Large circle Engraving.

Step 1) Bring in really long narrow rectangle from insert button, set work area to extension, Bring in text and edit it to say what you need in the edit box.

Edit note: 2 of the key pictures should not be here but I could not delete so disregard those....

Step 2) Once the text was edited, I simply placed it in the middle of the rectangle, I aligned it with the alignment tool selecting horizontal and vertical. I then adjusted the setting for score and frame.

Step 3) In this step we will prepare the wood banding, this usually comes in rolls of 3/4" wide and how many feet you want. This is a self adhesive roll that generally is applied with heat to melt the glue when bonding to other woods for finishing or what they call banding. To do this properly and to line it up in the laser machine I took a scrap piece of wood long enough to fit the needed length of banding to cover the circle I wanted to make. I then taped it down on the wood so it would stay in place, this has really no effect with the scoring but I added 10% more power to score through the tape and onto the wood of the banding material. Once the framing was complete carefully lining it up so the wording was applied right in the middle from end to end the laser was turned on. once the laser was finished the tape was simply removed leaving the scored wording.

Step 4) Once the tape was removed the banding was adhered to the circles and clear coated, Now this doesn't have any real meaning but it shows the possibilities of adding banding to many makings. here is a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bjVj-VijqQ&ab_channel=comp56 hope you enjoy and try it yourself.