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| − | '''Approved Organic Materials'''
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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 can leave smoke/scorch marks along edges. Some people remove paper/plastic protection sheets before cutting. ||
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| − | | Cardboard, cartons || x || x || thicker || Cuts well, can catch fire || FIRE hazard!
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| − | | Ceramic || x || || || ||
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| − | | Cloth (cotton, felt, hemp) || x || x || || Cuts easily || NO plastic coated or impregnated cloth!
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| − | | Corian || x || x || || ||
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| − | | Cork || x || x || 1/4" || Cuts nicely, the quality of the cut depends on the thickness and quality of the cork. Engineered cork has a lot of glue in it, may not cut nicely. ||
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| − | | Delrin || x || x || thin || Comes in a number of shore strengths (hardness), the harder tends to work better. Great for gears! ||
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| − | | Fiberglass || x || x || || ||
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| − | | Glass || x || || || Has a sandblasted look, green glass works best ||
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| − | | Leather, suede || x || x || 1/8" || Leather is very hard to cut, can be if thinner than a belt thickness ||
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| − | | MDF, engineered woods || x || x || 1/4" || May experience a higher amount of charring when cut ||
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| − | | Magnetic sheet || x || x || || Cuts easily ||
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| − | | Marble || x || || || ||
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| − | | Matte Board || x || x || || ||
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| − | | Melamine || x || x || || ||
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| − | | Mylar || x || x || 1/16" || Works well if it's thin. Thick mylar has a tendency to warp, bubble, and curl || Gold coated mylar will not work
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| − | | Paper, card stock || x || x || thin || ||
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| − | | Plywood, composite woods || x || x || 1/4" || Contain glue, and may not cut as well as solid wood ||
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| − | | Pressboard || x || x || || ||
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| − | | NON-CHLORINE Rubber || x || x || || || Beware chlorine-containing rubber! If you're not sure, assume you've got chlorinated rubber, and don't cut it.
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| − | | Wood || x || x || 1/4" || Avoid oily/resinous woods || FIRE - Cutting oily woods, or very resinous woods can catch fire.
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| − | | Wood Veneer || x || x || 1/4" || Contain glue, and may not cut as well as solid wood ||
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| − | '''Approved Metal Materials'''
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| − | | Painted Metals || x || ||
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| − | | Bare Metals || x || ||
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| − | | Anodized Aluminum || x || || Vaporizes the anodization away
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| − | | Brass || x || ||
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| − | | Coated Metals || x || ||
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| − | | Stainless Steel || x || ||
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| − | | Titanium || x || ||
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| − | * CO2 lasers will engrave metals when coated with an added metal marking solution.
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