How to Engrave and ANNEAL Any STEEL with a Fiber | Fiber Laser Tutorials

In this fiber laser tutorial I'll teach you how to engrave and anneal any steel with Ezcad! In this video we cover the Laser Everything standard for steel engraving. These are my all time favorite settings for steel regardless of context or application and it's one of my most used settings combinations in the entire shop. I'm excited to share these fiber laser parameters with you and hope you can use them to better your business! Thanks so much for watching - we'll see ya in the next episode!

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0:00 - Intro - Overview
1:17 - Setup and Alignment
3:45 - Steel General Settings
4:58 - Running Steel General
5:47 - Steel Anneal Settings
6:48 - Running Steel Anneal
7:14 - Anneal vs Non-Anneal
8:45 - Cleaning and Finishing
9:51 - Final Look
10:15 - Outro - Supporting the Channel

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[sidehop]

I'm surprised all the videos I watched, no one or company talks about annealing after engraving on stainless steel. Ty 👍

[leecunningham]

Beautiful. I'm a TOTAL newbie to this world so thanx for your high quality videos.

[havocproltd]

Oh! THAT is pretty. again, I wish I'd seen this a couple of mnonths ago.... Thanks!

[MG_Sid]

Do you have a list of your parameter library? When you pulled up that list to select anneal, it was an impressive list. I know I would have to tweak it due to having a 50W JPT LP laser though. Thanks for all your videos.. they are amazing learning tool!

[YAOG]

What kind of adjustments would need to be made to compensate for a longer lens (300mm, e.g.)? More power? Thanks.

[jaredcrowley]

I'd love to see you experiment with engraving and electroplating. For example, engraving through a coat of plasti dip then plating so you end up with a detailed electroplated design. Or anodizing different patterns so the oxide layers vary in color

[christosvoug]

Hello, I have a 1500watt fiber cutting laser, and I wonder if I can have these results on my machine ?

[raywyatt]

Hi. I recently had a custom 3D Galvo 80W MOPA fiber laser machine built and after a few months of getting everything worked out, it finally made it through customs and arrived a few weeks ago. I was involved in the design because after initially knowing very little about various laser types (physics in college was about it), I went down many rabbit holes during research and finally had a thorough understanding of lasers, particularly the fiber lasers. However, I am less than useless when it comes to having a thorough understanding of the software and particularly some of the names given to certain functions. Mine doesn’t have EZCAD, but the software is likely related because several things look just like EZCAD. I assume that it is essentially a 3D version more or less. I have been working with different file types and various settings, but I still have what seems like light years to go before being able to have confidence in the end result with different settings/material/effect/colors, etc for most things. I am colorblind also so changing settings to get all of the colors dialed in with stainless and titanium is challenging. I have a 110x110 lens for most things, and 175x175 for colors. My primary use will be firearm related, both customizing and building prototypes. I basically wrote this extended novel to let you know my predicament and see if you have 3D and/or MOPA settings. If not, would you be interested in collaborating and/or helping build a library? You are more than welcome to use it to do anything or try whatever and of course use it for engraving, milling, finishing, coloring, or whatever else it is capable of, including handling non flat materials without distortion or any problems. I have Team Viewer and can get other software if preferred. If not, if you can refer me to someone that would be great too. Thanks. Ray

[Tater_Poutine]

Personal preference I guess.. I liked the contrast of the gold, IT Makes The Writing Look important, whe you annealed it.. It just looked like a factory tool mark..

[hassanenterprises]

Can you give a manual guide to run machine. I bought a new machine but I don't know how to mark in black on steel and brass .

How much speed and power I need to set.?

Fiber laser marking 30W.

Waiting for your response

Thank you

[ROREAX]

Assuming that the steel isn't treated with any oils, or grease, does annealing steel or aluminum emit any toxic VOC's or particulate into the air that would be dangerous to breathe?

[nightlifegamer]

can you anneal color engraving? im new to this and i just ordered a 60w mopa laser as i want to start color engraving/marking stainless steel. is there a way to do this to still get color but prevent rust?

[blackoutkustomz]

Alex
For the base pass and the anneal do you have the the laser in focus or out focus? And if out focus by how much ?

[adetounalashi]

Hi quite insightful video thanks, I want to find out can the 50w fiber laser machine cut metals like sterling silver of 1.5mm or 1mm?

[priestleyjay]

Where can I get the black flexible hose to that you are using to connect your cutter to your vent system?

[geraldfischer]

Amazing, I'm doing every pair of scissors in my house right now lol.

[walterkennison]

been looking at marking lasers, , , a friend of mine has an old video jet S60 and apparently its mine. the laser and power supply are synrad. and they work. would you repurpose this for marking or just plan to use for a table?, , , i have capabilities to create either

[oerwolf]

can the stainless steel rust after engraving on it? and I'm talking about black engraving and color (MOPA)

[markbarger]

What machine would you recommend to anneal stainless steel knives?

[restubattousai]

Any advice for smoother engraving result for metal surface?