Difference between revisions of "LASER Cutter Materials"

Revision as of 05:13, 18 October 2015

Approved Organic Materials

Name	Engrave	Cut	Max thickness	Notes	WARNING
Acrylic (aka Lucite, Plexiglas, PMMA)	x	x	1/2"	Cuts well, leaves a smooth polished edge. Higher powers can leave smoke/scorch marks along edges
Cardboard, cartons	x	x	thicker	Cuts well, can catch fire	FIRE hazard!
Ceramic	x
Cloth (cotton, felt, hemp)	x	x	Cuts easily		NO plastic coated or impregnated cloth!
Corian	x	x
Cork	x	x
Delrin	x	x
Fabric	x	x
Fiberglass	x	x
Glass	x
Leather, suede	x	x
Marble	x
Matte Board	x	x
Melamine	x	x
Mylar	x	x
Paper, card stock	x	x	thin
Pressboard	x	x
Rubber	x	x
Wood	x	x
Wood Veneer	x	x

Approved Metal Materials

Name	Engrave	Cut	Notes
Painted Metals	x
Tile	x
Bare Metals	x
Anodized Aluminum	x
Brass	x
Coated Metals	x
Stainless Steel	x
Titanium	x

CO2 lasers will engrave metals when coated with an added metal marking solution.

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 ! Name !! Engrave !! Cut !! Max thickness !! Notes !! WARNING
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-| Acrylic (aka Lucite, Plexiglas, PMMA) || x || x || 1/2" || Cuts well, leaves a smooth polished edge. Higher powers ca leave smoke/scorch marks along edges ||
+| Acrylic (aka Lucite, Plexiglas, PMMA) || x || x || 1/2" || Cuts well, leaves a smooth polished edge. Higher powers can leave smoke/scorch marks along edges ||
+|-
+| Cardboard, cartons || x || x || thicker || Cuts well, can catch fire || FIRE hazard!
 |-
 | Ceramic || x ||  ||  ||  ||
 |-
-| Cloth || x || x ||  ||  ||
+| Cloth (cotton, felt, hemp) || x || x || Cuts easily ||  || NO plastic coated or impregnated cloth!
 |-
 | Corian || x || x ||  ||  ||
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 | Glass || x ||  ||  ||  ||
 |-
-| Leather || x || x ||  ||  ||
+| Leather, suede || x || x ||  ||  ||
 |-
 | Marble || x ||  ||  ||  ||
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 | Mylar || x || x ||  ||  ||
 |-
-| Paper || x || x ||  ||  ||
+| Paper, card stock || x || x || thin ||  ||
 |-
 | Pressboard || x || x ||  ||  ||