Color Laser Engraving on 304 Stainless Steel with xTool F1 Ultra | Step-by-Step Butterfly Tutorial

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Engrave stunning, multi-color designs on 304 stainless steel using the xTool F1 Ultra! In this in-depth tutorial, I’ll walk you through every step—from preparing your SVG butterfly file to dialing in diode vs. fiber laser settings—for vibrant, pearlescent color effects on metal.

🔹 What You’ll Learn:
00:00 Intro & Materials
0:45 Creating & Importing Your SVG
2:10 Releasing Compound Vectors & Layer Setup
4:00 Assigning Colors: Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple, Red, Orange
6:30 Using “Subtract Overlap” for Clean Cutouts
8:15 Arranging & Ordering Layers for xTool F1 Ultra
9:45 Diode vs. Fiber Laser: Power, Speed & Frequency Settings
12:20 Scoring & Alignment Tips
14:00 Running Multi-Pass Color Engravings
15:30 Heat-Up Tricks for Consistent Colors
17:00 Final Cleanup & Alcohol Wipe-Down
18:00 Pendant Application & Scaling for Jewelry
19:20 Recap & Pro Tips

🔹 Materials & Software:

xTool F1 Ultra (blue diode + fiber module)

304 Stainless Steel, 2 mm plate

SVG design (butterfly)

CapCut / Illustrator (for color-layer prepping)

90% Isopropyl Alcohol (post-engrave cleanup)

🔹 Key Settings (304 SS, 200 LPCM):

Blue Diode: 45% power, 60 mm/s

Green Diode: 60% power, 50 mm/s

Orange Diode: 65% power, 75 mm/s

Purple Diode: 70% power, 75 mm/s

Red Fiber: 17% power, 30 mm/s, 60 kHz

Yellow Fiber: 20% power, 40 mm/s, 60 kHz

Score Line: 70% power, 200 mm/s, 30 Hz

(Adjust power/speed per material & machine)

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