Xtool F2 Ultra¶
Scoring red coca cola can:
- Power 100%
- Speed 4
- Other settings at default values
These settings will just cut the aluminium in a red Coca Cola can. Sometimes they'll leave the piece in place so you'll have to gently pry it out.
PCB Engraving¶
Use raster image. Back pixels will be engraved. It should look like the image below.
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Select the image and use the settings below.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Laser Type | MOPA IR |
| Dot Duration | 100 |
| Power | 1-100 |
| Pass | 3 |
| DPI | 500 |
| Bitmap mode | Grayscale |
| Frequency | 65 |
| Pulse width | 200 |
| Engraving mode | Bi-directional |
You can do a cleanup pass by adding a black mask rectangle all over the whole area of the PCB. Select it and use the settings below.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Power | 50% |
| Speed to | 10 000 |
| Pass | 4 |
Up next: solder stencils from soda cans!
It seems that, as the job progresses, the beam will cut more easily. It might be because the material is heating up.
Unrolling, then working it flat and attacking from the silver side:
- Power 100%
- Speed 10mm/s
Galvanized steel engraving¶
- 100%
- 8200 mm/s
- 10 passes
Stone engraving¶
Unsuccesful. The stone is composed of two minerals and they are affected differently, so what you see is the stone composition rather than the image.
Black acrylic¶
Very nice. 1.6mm thick, cut at - Power 100% - Speed 10mm/s
Color engraving in steel¶
We tried coloring an inox table knife. The process works but it is very sensitive. Same settings on different size patches or different thickness material resulted in slightly different colors.
We took the starting parameters from this page
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Laser | Blue |
| Power | 70% to 100% |
| Speed | 150 to 450 mm/s |
| Pass | 1 |