Engrave heatshrink?

[beikeland]

Anyone tried engraving heat shrink tube?

I've been accustomed to having access to a printer that does thermal printing on heatshrink tube for cable marking, but no more. So I though, well, I have a freckin laser..!

Tried various speeds and power levels, on yellow heat shrink (as it was what I had available after failed prints) - but it either left a faint imprint, or cut through the tube, with little charring or discoloration at all. And the faint imprint sort of dissapeared after shrinking the tube.

Edit, last picture with black print is the actual printed tube, just to show the difference in constrast.

[ROSS]

Why bother  when can but numbered/lettered  tags  for ID'ing cable  by  putting over heatshrunk cabling covering...?

[beikeland]

Partly because the heat shrink can be shrunk and it says in place, partly its neater; and no risk of running out of 1s or 0s..

Heat shrinking labeled female dupont crimps is also quite handy for prototyping, and its a lot more compact than the usual 1P casing + label.

But mostly beacause I have a friggin' laser!

[Zax]

But mostly because I have a friggin' laser!

Exactly... when I first got my CO2 nothing in the house was safe.

[ROSS]

Partly because the heat shrink can be shrunk and it says in place, partly its neater; and no risk of running out of 1s or 0s..

Heat shrinking labeled female dupont crimps is also quite handy for prototyping, and its a lot more compact than the usual 1P casing + label.

But mostly beacause I have a friggin' laser!

Not seen a frigging laser advertised..who sells it???

[ggallant571]

You can get it at GearBest. Goes with the friggin useless tech support.

[Zax]

I can guess what software it comes with 

[ROSS]

have to agree there!!