
My idea was to engrave this.
It turned out well.....

It took somewhere around 8 hours. I think the first mistake was wood choice. Pine doesn't seem to be the best to engrave. . .
I did measure 3" with a calipers from laser to board, moved up 3.4mm and set focus on a black powder coated piece of steel, and then moved the Z back down 3.4mm. that has helped immensely with cutting.
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( PicEngrave Pro 5.0.24 - for MS Windows US Version )
( Date/Time: 11-14-2015 at 11:12:59 )
( Image File: 10658412_1 )
( Analog + Feed Rate )
( 25.0% Feed Rate Change )
( 2850.0000 units/min. )
( Image size in mm: 200w x 199h )
( Pixel Resolution: 0.2 mm )
( Line Spacing: 0.2 mm )
( Max. Cut Depth: 12000.0000 mm )
( Min. Cut Depth: .0000 mm )
( 3rd Axis Safe Position: 0 mm )
( Start Position: image center )
( Horizontal Axis Offset: 0 mm )
( Vertical Axis Offset: 0 mm )
( Engraving Angle: Left 45° )
( Spindle On/Off Enabled )
( GRBL Code w/G28 EOF )
( Metric Mode )
( X Axis Align 0 )
( Y Axis Align 0 )
Not giving up yet. Trying a dithered version that is a couple hours in, which is already looking better.