Laser Cutting
We have access to several Laser Cutters at North Forge Fabrication Lab. These can cut many materials including acrylic, wood/veneer, paper, cardboard, some rubbers and other plastics. They can also engrave metal.
Other Laser Cutting related pages on this wiki:
- Alhambra veneer
- Custom Acrylic Soap Rack
- Alhambra veneer.jpg
- Laser cut inlay walnut on oak.JPG
- Polycarbonate laser.jpg
- Veneer cut line test.jpg
- Floating Night Stands
- InkScape vector cutting problem
- Internal:Adjusting for kerf size
- Internal:Big Red (Universal Laser Systems ILS12.150D)
- Internal:Laser Cutting
- Internal:Little Blue (Epilog Helix Laser Cutter)
- Internal:Tactile map
- Laser Cutter
- Laser Cutting
- Wake Lamp
- Wood inlays
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this needs to shift to an internal page
75 watt epilog laser cutter
workable materials
- Laserable materials: http://www.epiloglaser.com/laserable_materials.htm
- for plastics:
Material size
- 18" by 24" (aka 45.72cm x 60.96cm)
eliminate the "fog" around things
Alexander's calgary flames had a fog around them - why? when looking how to print from Inkscape I found some info about this... some people called it a "halo"; didn't find out what the solution is.
Materials/Speed/Power settings
see Laser_cutting_test_settings for tool to facilitate
see stick\Tools\Laser\Laser cutter settings for tested settings
Tweak and put into files instead
Template:TD Possum Lodge retest and save in settings if best
- Styrene "use low frequency like 30 but high speed"
- 10sp 30pw 40fr worked; could prob go faster