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Last saturday we went to the Reynisfjara black sand beach in Vik. There was a huge sign saying "Dangerous sneaker waves" and the sign was not there in vain. But we managed to collect some nice incredibly smooth rocks from the shore. Today I started experimenting on them to see how they engrave. I did three trials first, and gave them a good wash to see how well they actually engraved. I used epilog's default marble settings for the first trials, and I have the other sides left to do second test before I get to the huge stone which | Last saturday we went to the Reynisfjara black sand beach in Vik. There was a huge sign saying "Dangerous sneaker waves" and the sign was not there in vain. But we managed to collect some nice incredibly smooth rocks from the shore. Today I started experimenting on them to see how they engrave. I did three trials first, and gave them a good wash to see how well they actually engraved. I used epilog's default marble settings for the first trials, and I have the other sides left to do second test before I get to the huge stone which i don't wish to ruin. | ||
I edited one of my photos from the beach and used that in the design for the bigger rocks. The engravings turned out much better than i expected, i am still going to tweak the settings a bit but it was amazing to see how well you can engrave rocks with laser. | |||
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File:DSC_0147.jpg|''<span style="color:#008080">Close-up of the larger rock</span>'' | |||
File:DSC_0148.jpg|''<span style="color:#008080">Close-up of smaller, round rock</span>'' | |||
File:DSC_0146.jpg|''<span style="color:#008080">All the test rocks</span>'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
Latest revision as of 14:41, 3 March 2016
Last saturday we went to the Reynisfjara black sand beach in Vik. There was a huge sign saying "Dangerous sneaker waves" and the sign was not there in vain. But we managed to collect some nice incredibly smooth rocks from the shore. Today I started experimenting on them to see how they engrave. I did three trials first, and gave them a good wash to see how well they actually engraved. I used epilog's default marble settings for the first trials, and I have the other sides left to do second test before I get to the huge stone which i don't wish to ruin.
I edited one of my photos from the beach and used that in the design for the bigger rocks. The engravings turned out much better than i expected, i am still going to tweak the settings a bit but it was amazing to see how well you can engrave rocks with laser.
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Close-up of the larger rock -
Close-up of smaller, round rock -
All the test rocks
