Engraving On Shapeoko Pro

Software Carbide Create
1

I’m looking to try and “engrave” stainless steel with my Shapeoko Pro XL. A couple of questions:

  1. Is it possible?
  2. If so, what bit to use?
  3. What feeds and speeds?
  4. In addition to engraving I want to cut them out. What bit if different from #2 above?
  5. What’s the best method for holding it in place while carving/cutting? It is very thin.

Thanks!

2

How deeply do you need to mark?

The M.C. Etcher works well for this:

As noted above, I made a custom fixture to hold the part.

3

Thanks Will. I will look into the etcher.

4

What about cutting the profile?

5

Cutting out wasn’t relevant to what I did.

You’d need a suitable carbide tool for cutting steel — there have been a couple of posts on it:

https://community.carbide3d.com/search?q=stainless%20steel