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Revision as of 11:18, 28 February 2014
If you found some sweet settings please share them here.
Tried but DIY parameters
- Laser rubber has been used (mainly for stamps) it works well but you'll need to experiment for engraving/cutting
Cutting
Acrylic - Perspex
Thickness (mm) | Speed (mm/sec) | Power (%) | Corner power (%) | Examples / Notes |
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3 | 6 | 100 | ||
4 | 3.5 | 100 | 21 | |
5 | 3 | 100 | ||
10 | 1 (not enough?) | 100 |
PLY
Thickness (mm) | Speed (mm/sec) | Power (%) | Corner power (%) | Examples / Notes |
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.5 | 25 | 80 | This seemed to work really well with not much burn on the edges for the super thin ply. | |
1.5 | 8 | 100 | ||
3 | 5 | 100 | ||
5 | 2 | 100 | ||
6 | 1 | 100 |
MDF
Thickness (mm) | Speed (mm/sec) | Power (%) | Corner power (%) | Examples / Notes |
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3 | 5 | 100 | 20 | |
4 | 4 | 100 |
Misc
Material | Thickness (mm) | Speed (mm/sec) | Power (%) | Corner power (%) | Examples / Notes | |
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Acrylic - Palglas | 3 | 6 | 100 | 21 | Cubauble | |
Corrugated Cardboard | 3 | 12 | 100 | |||
Hardboard | 3 | 3 | 100 | |||
Paper | 60 | 15 | ||||
Card | 35 | 40 | ||||
Mountboard | 12 | 100 | ||||
Engraving Laminate | 15 | 80 | ||||
Funky Foam | 25 | 25 | ||||
Curian | 1 | 100 | Four passes required | |||
Laser Rubber | 6 | 100 | 25 | |||
Suede | 1 | 25 | 100 | 25 | ||
Suede/Leather (line engraving) | >1 | 150 | 10 | 10 | ||
Leather | 3 | 4 | 100 | 100 (needs more testing) | ||
LD45 Plastazote | 12 | 25 | 100 | 20 | ||
Unknown clear thermoplastic | 4 | 10 | 10 - 15 | 10 | These box lids melt easily but can be cut with multiple passes at low power. | |
Polypropylene sheet | 500micron (0,5mm) | 14 | 40 | 17 | ||
Polypropylene sheet - scoring | 500micron (0,5mm) | 60 | 60 | 15 | This will produce a score. useful if you want just to mark a point or fold. | |
Polyester "paper" - NeverTear | 300micron (0.3mm) | 40 | 60 | 40 | Never tear is a polyester sheet that can be laser printed like normal paper. | |
Polyester "paper" - NeverTear - Scoring | 300micron (0.3mm) | 100 | 15 | 40 | This will produce a score. useful if you want just to mark a point or fold. |
Engraving
Material | Speed (mm/sec) | Power (%) | Corner power (%) | Examples |
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Acrylic - Perspex | 200 | 21 | ||
Birch PLY | 200 | 17 | ||
MDF | 200 | 25 | ||
Corrugated Cardboard | 200 | 20 | ||
Hardboard | 200 | 20 | ||
Paper | 200 | 15 | ||
Card | 300 | 20 | ||
Mountboard | 200 | 20 | ||
Engraving Laminate | 200 | 21 | ||
Curian | 3 | 100 | ||
Laser Rubber | 200 | 70 | ||
Anodized aluminium (dyed black) | 450 | 90 | ? | LHS logo on black phone |
Anodized aluminium (Macbook Pro) (Vector - in "cut" mode) | 100 | 100 | 80 | Russ's Macbook Pro |
Suede | 250 | 15 | 80 | |
LD45 Plastazote | 200 | 10 | 10 | At 10% engraves 2-3mm deep. Laser doesn't seem to come on at all at 5% or engrave at speeds >200 mm/s so may not be possible to engrave less deeply than this. |