Thanks @CTMike

lkapigian

My second cutting board from him, this is more of a Cutting Station for Events …2.5 feet Wide.  2 Feet deep. I wanted something I could put a pan under with a cutout to “ scrape scraps “ into … after a few messages back and forth, the final product is amazing… If you are in the market for a custom Board @CTMike doe excellent work! 



for scale this is a 18 cutting board on top of, also @CTMike

kl8ton

Nice!

shtgunal3

Very nice indeed!

Botch

Sweet! Love that design.  

lousubcap

Top shelf quality and very practical board.  Great concept and product.  That bubblehead will always deliver a product the totally exceeds your expectations.  
Submarines once!

CTMike

Thanks for the kind words @lkapigian et al, I appreciate it. I plan to ramp up the woodworking/laser engraving gig after I retire in a few weeks. 

RRP

Mike - nice custom work! BTW as a wood butcher myself what laser equipment do you have and would recommend?

CTMike

RRP said:

Mike - nice custom work! BTW as a wood butcher myself what laser equipment do you have and would recommend?

Depends on what you want to do:

- To engrave metal you need a fiber laser
- To engrave wood/slate/mirrors/glass/Yeti-Stanley type powder coated tumblers  you can use a CO2 laser (what I have)
- If you want faster engraving on glass you’d want to look at a UV laser

I have a 55 watt 16x24” and a 130 watt 40x63” CO2 lasers from OMTech.

If I had it to do over again I would order from Pascal Liu at Haotian Laser and save some money. 

A couple other points -  CO2 lasers use an X-Y gantry that has to travel and are slow compared to other types. You can get a galvanometer type CO2 laser that uses mirrors to move the beam and is much faster. UV and Fiber lasers are this type. CO2 lasers use a tube that has a working life and has to be recharged or replaced. They also require some type of cooling mechanism to remove heat - I have a chiller but some folks use a tub full of ice and a pump and watch the temps. 

RRP

Thank you, kind sir! I see I have volumes of reading to do!

CTMike

There are also diode lasers I forgot to mention - to my knowledge they are low power and gantry type - slow and not very powerful. 

alaskanassasin

https://www.amazon.com/Fixed-Focus-Protection-Compressed-Motherboard-Engraving/dp/B09NBK615C/ref=asc_df_B09NBK615C?mcid=7d362df8cfa23636b8f9db8f7bdc77e8&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693274834470&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=926016536280789412&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1016367&hvtargid=pla-2200280493824&psc=1

I have this one @RRP very entry level and easy to use for engraving wood.

These were a quick project I made for swmbo. Tailors Clappers if you are wondering.

alaskanassasin

Btw solid work @CTMike, my friend uses the cup you engraved for him all the time!

bluebird66

That looks great!

CTMike

alaskanassasin said:

Btw solid work @CTMike, my friend uses the cup you engraved for him all the time!

Great to hear, glad he is enjoying it.