Engraving Round Cork Coasters - Atomstack A5 M50 Pro (5.5-watt Diode Laser)

This video is going to go over my method and settings for engraving round cork coasters using the Atomstack A5 M50 Pro laser (5.5-watt) and the Lightburn software.
I'll be using a piece of white card stock for a framing layer on top of my standard honeycomb bed and will be engraving onto 90mm diameter round cork coasters that are approximately 3mm thick.
00:00 Start (Intro and description)
01:09 100% Lightburn Design Layout
05:15 Framing Circle Engrave
05:30 Adjustments Before Cork Engraving
06:40 Cork Placement and Engraving
07:49 Alternate Design - Image Import
09:18 Final Product - Additional Finishing Options

[@sidehop]

Nice video! How long did that take with your 5W out laser per coaster?

[@CubicleNinja]

For the version in the video, with the image border and the layered content, it's 12m 53s per coaster. I have an optimized one where I used the image trace in Adobe Illustrator to get cleaner paths and that one takes 9m 48s per coaster.

[@sidehop]

@@CubicleNinja Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@LoboDad5]

What did you use to adhere the cork to the wood? 11:50

[@CubicleNinja]

For the example in this video, I used a generic contact cement I had on hand. More recently, I've used gorilla polyurethane glue because I had a lot of that from other project work I was doing. Both seemed to work fine and have held up so far through regular use of the coasters.

[@mrichards3057]

Hi Is that the 40w or 50w engraver

[@CubicleNinja]

The a5 m50 pro I use is 40w (5.5w output)