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Hi, I need help understanding if i can engrave 0.8mm metal cards with the 5Watt IR or 15Watt Blue laser on these types of rainbow mirror double side treated cards for trading card games (example photo added)

And if so, does it work best with the blue or IR laser, this type of engraving?

Thank you very much for your help

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This is a 0.5mm metal card stainless steel with brushed gold coating.

When I engrave it comes out like this. I cant engrave with more power because it damages the coating.

Is there a treatment / method / trick to get the engraved lines to become more dark? Perhaps apply some kind of surface treatment?

Thank you very much in advance (Just started my laser journey)

I finally found 88x63mm metal gold brushed card stock. Just finished doing some tests. How do you guys feel about metal commander proxies?

Hi,

I bought the Silver Stainless Steel Military Pendant Necklace (6pcs) from the xtool.eu website, to be sure I have the right material.

Next: I went to this example project to do a test: https://www.atomm.com/project/105474-hibou-en-couleurs-sur-pendentif-acier-inox-304?utm_source=xtool&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=shopify_machine

From there I open directly the project in XTool Studio.

I follow the instructions om the page (first run the colors, then the "Black Owl" group) by enabling first the color output and in the 2nd run disable the color output and enable the black output.

I adjusted the height to the pendant manually before doing this.

For some reason, I dont get any color, just black/grey/yellowish.. What am I dont wrong? How do I get the colors as given in the examle image in the atomm.com page?

I just wanted to share these with the community. After learning here how to make proxies I also started making customized deck boxes with a laser machine. (XTool f2).

Let me know what you think!

After watching this video https://youtu.be/b78Vij7HBvU?si=NHtNJAU8ngxfz8Nb I wanted to try and emboss engrave with my new F2.

I used chatgpt for a design, imported it directly into XTool Studio and used the AI tools there to convert the image to a emboss ready file.

Since its a process of 8 hours I would like to ask here, is it normal for the coin to be black after 1 hour of processing?

I was finally able to get the back printed. Using proxxied.com and playing with the offset setting for the back pages eventually got me the right setting for my printer (HP Officejet Inkjet dw477).

Switching paper from Glossy to Matte is required, because I print the front page and back page separately. The glossy paper gets too much scratches on the second print run when Im printing the other side.

My process for this particular foil:

Download card image from scryfall.

Optimize image using the Upscayl app.

Upload image to proxxied.com

proxxied.com settings:

- bleed 1.5mm

- card spacing2x2mm

-Seperate back offset 1x0.5

-Guide width 1mm, corners solid light grey

- Darken pixels contrast edges auto-detect

-sort by color

-pdf export 1200 DPI

Export to pdf duplex printing

Printing settings:

Matte 180 Brochure paper

Max quality

Vivid colors

100% fixed size

Print first the back! 2nd time the front (backside is sometimes acceptable if it has tiny marks..)

Apply thin clear foil sticker from Ali on top of paper

Laminate with 50 micron laminate from Ali Express

Cars thickness without foil on my caliper is 0.32mm

Card thickness with foil layer is 0.39mm

Original is 0.32mm on my caliper aswell.

Now I'm off to the store to buy acrylic spray to see if I can improve the texture and remove the foil gloss like this guys : https://youtu.be/QIslyMFwwCk?si=SXOm7UUDRhqD992C

Let's all keep sharing as much info as possible so we can make the best proxies and develop the simplest method 😎

So be kind 😅

I'm hoping to find somewhere 88mmX63mm metal cards for engraving still but my machine arrived today and I had to try.

I want to make products for Magic the Gathering players ❤️

I opened it and noticed this burned connector. Is this something I could fix myself, easy replacement cable fix, or do I need to bring it to a repair store?

Edit: tried to find a replacement board for TZRNP05QRWE but no stock anywhere. Is a burned connector like this replacable? Im unable to remove the cablez the connector is melted stuck

Yesterday I received the 50micron laminate pouches from Ali Express. I applied them with 180gsm Koala double glossy paper. Very happy with the result, once sleeves I am not noticing a difference.

Im still waiting for 60micron matte laminate to test which I found on Amazon, and next week my die cutter arrives for a better consistent cut per card, but all in all very happy with the results.

I have mixed these cards in a commander deck with 50/50 real/proxied cards and I'm not able to notice the difference, which is exactly what I was trying to achieve.