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Offline ibell7945

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Feasibility of laser engraved images on keycaps
« on: Mon, 20 January 2014, 08:22:41 »
Now that I have access to a maker space with a small Epilog laser engraver, I'm planning to engrave a new set of keycaps for my Model M. Thus, I was wondering if these engravers have sufficient resolution and can vary their beam strength enough to produce small grayscale images on keycaps. Also, has anyone already done this?
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Re: Feasibility of laser engraved images on keycaps
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:57:27 »
Laser engraving isn't a new thing, you should at least try it.
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Re: Feasibility of laser engraved images on keycaps
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 20 January 2014, 15:26:39 »
Quote from: TacticalStache on Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:57:27
Laser engraving isn't a new thing, you should at least try it.

If you read more carefully, my actual question is not whether or not you can laser engrave keycaps. What I am asking, however, is whether or not it is possible to engrave small pictures with differences in tone.
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Re: Feasibility of laser engraved images on keycaps
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 20 January 2014, 16:21:27 »
isn't this what WASD does?
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