@vinny Maple is funny. I've only messed with it a little bit using my diode lasers, and it gave me a light toasted brown color. Not nearly as dark as I would like. Once my new lasers (CO2 and non-MOPA fiber) have been delivered and I've set them up I'll give maple wood the same testing regimen as I did with bamboo with diode and CO2. That will hopefully yield some settings that are usable, and hopefully a couple of nice tutorials to be posted here and on LMA.
I also recall from the livestream this past Tuesday (October 24) that maple was one of the hardwood species that was challenging to engrave darkly. Oak and Walnut engraved, but not darkly at all. My personal experience with Acacia is that it is also a species that takes engraving well, but the engraving is not dark at all.
