I feel ya man, those ammo cans are rough to engrave. Whenever we engrave one you can smell it even outside for a while after we are done. The paint is usually really adhered quite well to the ammo cans. Our deepest condolences to the Hall family.
I just did an ammo can and am thrilled with the look! However, im curious if you know if the bare metal will rust? If so, do you have any suggestions for sealing?
if you find yourself engraving multiple items that are the same, it wouldnt be too difficult to make a jig so that that the product can remain centred and squared each and every time, personally i would have used fibre on that substrate, the bright finish is superior to CO2
I did ammo can yesterday for a customer it easily took off the green paint but did not get the the shiny metal. It was a light gray color. . I’m looking for gray color or a shiny metal.
@@LaserEverything wow skipped that entire section of the video somehow, went too far past the CO2 portion I guess, thanks for answering the dumb question!
@@LaserEverything when I was in Iraq we had one that we used to light a fire in one to keep warm while on guard, after several months of us doing this we had got given a new one, the old one we cleaned with a green scrub pad and a bit of dawn, wasn't hardly any discoloration on it at all
Careful with the ammo can paint, not sure if it’s the same as what is on military vehicles, at least it seems like a similar paint. We had to mess with some of it in maintenance at my unit when I was in the Army. The paint I’m thinking it might be is called CARC, I’m including a link for you on it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Agent_Resistant_Coating
I feel ya man, those ammo cans are rough to engrave. Whenever we engrave one you can smell it even outside for a while after we are done. The paint is usually really adhered quite well to the ammo cans. Our deepest condolences to the Hall family.
Yeah it was rough stuff but we ended up with something really nice for them so I was excited to do the work.
I just did an ammo can and am thrilled with the look! However, im curious if you know if the bare metal will rust? If so, do you have any suggestions for sealing?
This is amazing! Awesome looking!!!
Loved the video. Thank you.
This was AWESOME! Great job man!
Thanks! So glad you thought it was awesome. More to come!
Another awesome video!!!!👍🏻👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Totally rocked it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video and great outcome.
Thanks! I'm really happy with it too. Glad you liked the video!
That turned out great!
Thanks!
Like it, that's a really good Idea.
Thanks! 👍
Nice! Gotta try something on one my ammo cans now! 😊
Yeah do it!
if you find yourself engraving multiple items that are the same, it wouldnt be too difficult to make a jig so that that the product can remain centred and squared each and every time, personally i would have used fibre on that substrate, the bright finish is superior to CO2
Well done
Thank you!
Did I miss it or did you say what size lens for the fiber laser? Looks really good
Its been a minute but I'm fairly sure this was done with a 150mm lens.
Wow was I the only one when the co2 was burning that thought it needed a second pass? Magic eraser and IPA and wow I was impressed.
Yep helps big time!!!
Wondering why you split it between co2 and fiber? Also if you could do it without limitations of devices would you choose diode/co2/fiber?
Hi Alex, do you have a video about params to rust removal? I love your videos 🤙
Not yet, but coming soon. Thanks for watching!
@@LaserEverything amazing 🤩
Glad you liked it!
Nice one, how much?
I did ammo can yesterday for a customer it easily took off the green paint but did not get the the shiny metal. It was a light gray color. . I’m looking for gray color or a shiny metal.
What were the magical settings for photo with fiber?!
@8:50
@@LaserEverything wow skipped that entire section of the video somehow, went too far past the CO2 portion I guess, thanks for answering the dumb question!
I'm here to help out!
That paint survives wars and fires.... It'll be fine. Also think that stuff is still lead based...
Yikes
@@LaserEverything when I was in Iraq we had one that we used to light a fire in one to keep warm while on guard, after several months of us doing this we had got given a new one, the old one we cleaned with a green scrub pad and a bit of dawn, wasn't hardly any discoloration on it at all
Hard core!!!
What is the machine you are using?
This was done on a 30w JPT Mactron fiber, link in the description :)
Time to replace your suction....
Definitely needed replacing back then lol. Long since updated now.
Careful with the ammo can paint, not sure if it’s the same as what is on military vehicles, at least it seems like a similar paint. We had to mess with some of it in maintenance at my unit when I was in the Army. The paint I’m thinking it might be is called CARC, I’m including a link for you on it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Agent_Resistant_Coating
Good to know, thanks for the heads up.