Hi folks,
I wanted to see if anyone had ever laser engraved their framework 13 top cover.
For reference I’ve access to a Glowforge Pro that has a 45 watt laser and a RetinaEngrave PS24 90 watt laser. As far as I’m aware (How Many Watts Does a Laser Need to Engrave Metal?) 30 watts is enough so I imagine the 6063 Aluminum of the CNC top cover should be good enough right?
Would love to discuss more, thanks!
Hi,
I just did it with the Touchpad Spacer
Specs:
Oh that’s so cool. Thanks for experimenting with your FW16 for it.
I’ll be doing a test on aluminum 6063 for the top cover later this month and I’ll update!
The glowforge is a CO2 laser, and aluminum is somewhere around 99% reflective. so direct engraving will not work very well. But using ceremark will make it quite black and beautiful. We have a laser engraving business. I’ve used our fiber laser to engrave laptops, they engrave white on aluminum. Here is the bottom of one
