Ruthgrace: add acrylic craft felt

2024-11-03T16:30:19Z

add acrylic craft felt

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	\| Acrylic (19mm / 3/4 inch) \|\| 400 \|\| 5 \|\| \|\| \|\| 0.5mm at surface of cut, 0.15mm at bottom of cut \|\| \|\| \|\| Focal length is 4mm, one pass only. Peel off the top film of the acrylic. **The current settings does not guarantee a clean cut -- you may have to knock your pieces out because the bottom didn't quite go all the way through all the time. If you want to guarantee a clean cut and don't mind it being really slow you can use 1 speed 30 power, just keep an eye on it (slightly flamey)		\| Acrylic (19mm / 3/4 inch) \|\| 400 \|\| 5 \|\| \|\| \|\| 0.5mm at surface of cut, 0.15mm at bottom of cut \|\| \|\| \|\| Focal length is 4mm, one pass only. Peel off the top film of the acrylic. **The current settings does not guarantee a clean cut -- you may have to knock your pieces out because the bottom didn't quite go all the way through all the time. If you want to guarantee a clean cut and don't mind it being really slow you can use 1 speed 30 power, just keep an eye on it (slightly flamey)

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			\| Acrylic craft felt \|\| \|\| \|\| 150 \|\| 25 \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\|

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Ruthgrace: add tested settings for 5mm standard packaging cardboard

2024-10-04T06:00:07Z

add tested settings for 5mm standard packaging cardboard

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	\| Cardboard (~~4mm~~) \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| 50 \|\| 5 \|\| Minimum line separation at 50/15 ~ 1/2mm		\| Cardboard (5mm) \|\| \|\| \|\| 30\|\| 40\|\| \|\| 50 \|\| 5 \|\| Minimum line separation at 50/15 ~ 1/2mm

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Ruthgrace: missed one

2024-09-25T19:20:01Z

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	\| Acrylic (4.76mm \ 3/16 inch) \|\| 400 \|\| \|\| \|\| 55 \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\|		\| Acrylic (4.76mm \ 3/16 inch) \|\| 400 \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\|

Ruthgrace: copy table from old page but deleting all the cutting settings

2024-09-25T19:19:35Z

copy table from old page but deleting all the cutting settings

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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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! colspan="10" bgcolor="#cccccc" | Good Materials
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! rowspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Material
! colspan="2" | Engraving
! colspan="3" | Cutting
! colspan="2" | Scoring
! rowspan="1" style="width: 500px; | Notes
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! Speed (mm/s) !! Power !! Speed (mm/s) !! Power !! Kerf Width !! Speed !! Power ||
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| Acrylic (1mm) || 400 || 5 || || || 0.15mm || || || The plastic has a tendency to stick back onto itself a little after cutting because it's so thin, so you may have to pop your pieces out

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| Acrylic (2mm) || 400 || 5 || || || 0.15mm || || ||

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| Acrylic (3mm) || 400 || 5 || || || 0.15mm || || || Engraving: Power setting 4 and 5 have little visible difference except some minor lightening at the beginnings of cuts at power 4. Power 3.5 produces very light engraving, almost non-existent, with no engraving at the beginnings of cuts. Above power 5, little difference is visible, but powdery soot becomes more prevalent. Power 5 seems to be the best setting to produce frosted effects. If you are engraving with the paper still on, you may want to go higher (do a test)

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| Acrylic (4.76mm \ 3/16 inch) || 400 || || || 55 || || || ||

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| Acrylic (6.35mm) (1/4") || 400 || 5 || 15 || 65 || 0.15mm || || ||

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| Acrylic (12.5mm) || 400 || 5 || || || 0.15mm || || || Focal length is 4mm

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| Acrylic (18mm) || 400 || 5 || || || 0.15mm || || || Focal length is 4mm

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| Acrylic (19mm / 3/4 inch) || 400 || 5 || || || 0.5mm at surface of cut, 0.15mm at bottom of cut || || || Focal length is 4mm, one pass only. Peel off the top film of the acrylic. **The current settings does not guarantee a clean cut -- you may have to knock your pieces out because the bottom didn't quite go all the way through all the time. If you want to guarantee a clean cut and don't mind it being really slow you can use 1 speed 30 power, just keep an eye on it (slightly flamey)

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| Balsawood (3.2mm) || 400 || 5 || || || || || || Engraving balsa produces little differences in power above 5, and below 3.5 or so, there's no engraving at all.

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| Balsawood (1.6mm) || 400 || 5 || || || || || || Engraving balsa produces little differences in power above 5, and below 3.5 or so, there's no engraving at all.

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| Bamboo (3/32" nominal, 2.5mm actual) || 400 || 3-20 || || || || || || Engraving power 3% produces visible, but very light, marking w/ no depth, 20% produces darker marking but w/ significant depth

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| Basswood (1.5mm) || 400 || 5-20 || || || || || || Engraving above power 20 seems to produce no difference in color, only depth, see reference piece in toolbox.

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| Basswood (6.5mm) || 400 || 5-20 || || || || || || Engraving above power 20 seems to produce no difference in color, only depth, see reference piece in toolbox.

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| Birch (0.9mm) || 400 || 5-15 || || || || || || Engraving is very finicky; 4 is the absolute lowest the machine will engrave at, 15 is high enough to cause serious charring on birch. The 5-15 range is best. See the test engraving for what the 5, 10, and 15 settings produce.

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| Birch (4.8mm) || 400 || 5-15 || || || || || || Engraving is very finicky; 4 is the absolute lowest the machine will engrave at, 15 is high enough to cause serious charring on birch. The 5-15 range is best. See the test engraving for what the 5, 10, and 15 settings produce.

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| Birch (1/4 inch plywood from Discount Builders Supply) || || || || || || || || The actual thickness of this stuff varies a lot throughout the sheet, plus there are knots in the wood that are harder to cut through. These settings should work though.

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| Birch (1/2 in) || || || || || 0.2mm || || ||
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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! colspan="10" bgcolor="#cccccc" | Good Materials (continued)
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! rowspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Material
! colspan="2" | Engraving
! colspan="3" | Cutting
! colspan="2" | Scoring
! rowspan="1" style="width: 500px; | Notes
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! Speed (mm/s) !! Power !! Speed (mm/s) !! Power !! Kerf Width !! Speed !! Power ||
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| Cardboard (4mm) || || || || || || 50 || 5 || Minimum line separation at 50/15 ~ 1/2mm

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| Cardboard (6.5mm, double corrugated) || || || || || || || || [[Image:IMG 20161017 232022.jpg|thumb|center|upright|alt=Cardboard (6.5mm, double corrugated)|Cardboard (6.5mm, double corrugated)]]

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| Cardstock (white, 80lb) || || || || || || || || The higher speed reduces the amount of browning on the edges.

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| Cardstock (white, 138lb / 224GSM, Canson brand drawing paper) || || || || || || || || speed 140 power 3 for a lighter score, speed 200 power 4 for a heavier score.

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| Cardstock (Fabriano brand, 160 GSM, 40% cotton) || || || || || || || || The color tested for safety was Tiziano 02 Crema

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| Chipboard (~2mm) || || || || || || || ||

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| Chipboard (~6mm) || || || || || || || ||

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| Cork (nominal 1/4") || 400 || 2-3 || || || || || ||

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| Corrugated Plastic (white, 3.7mm) || || || || || || || ||

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| Corrugated Plastic (yellow, 4.1mm) || || || || || || || ||

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| Delrin (nominal 3/8", actual 9.6mm) || || || || || || || ||

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| Denim || || || || || || || || engraving numbers might produce very thin fabric, might fall apart in the wash
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| Douglas Fir (15mm) || 400 || 3-25 || || || || || || power differences are mostly differences in depth not color; engraving produces different depths over the growth rings due to wood density changes = rippled surface
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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! colspan="10" bgcolor="#cccccc" | Good Materials (continued)
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! rowspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Material
! colspan="2" | Engraving
! colspan="3" | Cutting
! colspan="2" | Scoring
! rowspan="1" style="width: 500px; | Notes
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! Speed (mm/s) !! Power !! Speed (mm/s) !! Power !! Kerf Width !! Speed !! Power ||
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| FR-2 resin PCB blank || || || || || || || ||

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| Fabric - 1000D Cordura Nylon || || || || || || || || crisp heat sealed edges

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| Fabric - Alpha Broder Style 88127 (7.4oz, 96% polyester, 4% spandex) || || || || || || || || https://www.alphabroder.com/cgi-bin/online/webshr/prod-labeldtl.w?sr=88127

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| Fabric - ~0.2mm polyester/cotton blend || || || || || || || || crisp heat sealed edges

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| Fabric - ~0.6mm cotton?/spandex blend || || || || || || || || better edges

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| Fabric - 100% poly burlap from Amazon || || || || || || || || ([https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IX2XZC2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1])

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| Fabric - 100% poly gabardine from Fabric Outlet || || || || || || || || You do have to pull the cut fabric apart (it's not a clean cut), but it rips at the cut cleanly.

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| Fabric - 100% poly polar fleece from Fabric Outlet || || || || || || || || lovely clean cut

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| Fabric - 100% rayon crepe from Fabric Outlet || || || || || || || || You do have to pull the cut fabric apart (it's not a clean cut), but it rips at the cut cleanly. I think this is just a property of the fabric melting back together after being cut. I tried increasing the power and it didn't result in a cleaner cut.

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| Glassine (cellulose paper) || || || || || || || ||

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| Grip Tape || || || || || || || ||

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| HDPE (0.8mm, 1/32 inch sheet from TAP Plastics) || || || || || || || || creates a beveled edge and a slight under-hanging lip

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| Laser rubber (2-3mm, low odor) || || || || || || || || Low-odor laser rubber is typically grey, the normal kind is pink. Have not tested the latter yet
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| Leather (1.5 mil) || || || || || || || || Can be smelly. Open all windows, turn on fume hood, apologize to other h4ckers
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| Leather (2.5 mil) || || || || || || || || Can be smelly. Open all windows, turn on fume hood, apologize to other h4ckers

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| Notebook from Muji: Recycled paper notebook beige A5 plain, orange spine || || || || || || || || 5 will just score through the cover 10-15 will cut through, and 35 will cut through a few pages. Any higher and there's a fire hazard. Be sure to tape or weigh the book down flat or else it's more flamey.

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| Paper (printer paper) || || || || || || || ||

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| Plywood w/ reddish tinge (2.6mm) || || || || || || || ||

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| Plywood (3mm) || 400 || 5-55 || || || || || || see reference in toolbox for engraving

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| Plywood (1/8 inch, square foot for $2.99 from Discount Builders Supply) || || || 50 || 55 || || || ||

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| Plywood (5.6mm) || 400 || 5-55 || || || || || || see reference in toolbox for engraving

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| Plywood (9.5mm) || 400 || 5-55 || || || || || || see reference in toolbox for engraving

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| Plywood (12mm) || 400 || 5-55 || || || || || || requires overcutting beginning/end; see reference in toolbox for engraving

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| Plywood (18mm, nominal 3/4") || 400 || 5-55 || || || || || || speed and power is imprecise (3/85 cuts through fine sometimes, while 2/85 doesn't always cut through fine)

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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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! colspan="10" bgcolor="#cccccc" | Good Materials (continued)
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! rowspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Material
! colspan="2" | Engraving
! colspan="3" | Cutting
! colspan="2" | Scoring
! rowspan="1" style="width: 500px; | Notes
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! Speed (mm/s) !! Power !! Speed (mm/s) !! Power !! Kerf Width !! Speed !! Power ||
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| Polyethylene Foam (1/2") || || || || || || || || Requires two passes, doesn't perfectly cut through but is easily separable

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| Polypropylene (0.5mm) || || || || || || || || Ruth has found that 50 speed 20 power gives a cleaner cut for the 24x45 inch sheets from TAP plastics.

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| Polypropylene (0.5mm) || || || || || || || || 55% max power, 40% min power, pieces don't stick to the sheet like they do at the settings above

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| Polypropylene (1/4in) || || || || || || || ||

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| Redwood (20mm) || || || || || || || || 5mm/s gets you almost there, so you could probably go over it a second time and it would work instead. Or if you sand it down a bit, that would probably work. I've only tried engraving on max power. You won't get a consistent depth, and it will vary depending on the grain of the wood. Looks col, but just be aware.

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| Red Oak (0.25 inch) || || || || || || || || Engraving power 23 gives a dark engrave on a .5-1 mm line thickness. 12-18 gave a lighter engrave. When cutting a knot in the wood, you'll have to use a lower speed, 9-10 will probably work. This wood was high quality scroll wood with almost no knots.

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| Scotchlite 8930 || || || || || || || || Scotchlite, Reflective Material, 8930 Silver Flame Resistant Fabric

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| Silicone Sheet, 0.024" thick, black || || || || || || || || 50% max power, 30% min power. Not all cuts fall free, but increasing power/decreasing speed doesn't help, just makes more white powder. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N5MB2JK/
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| Silicone Sheet, 0.040" thick, black || || || || || || || || 55% max power, 30% min power. Remove clear protective sheet before cutting. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WCZD1LZ/
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| Silicone (HT 6135 elastomer, Marian Chicago) || || || || || || || ||
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| Sticker sheet (Avery 5975 Neon Assorted https://www.amazon.com/Avery-Labels-Rectangle-Assorted-Fluorescent/dp/B000093L5R) || || || || || || || ||
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| Transparency Sheets || || || || || || || || Only chlorine and speed/power tested a mystery brand from Switzerland that Henner bought; other brands may require tests again
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| Kapton Sheet 0.005" || || || || || || || || For solder paste stencils I scan at 200mm/s, 20% power, 0.05mm interval. 30% power and 0.1mm interval is faster, but slightly less clean results
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| Clear Polystyrene (1mm) (Mr Plastics) || || || || || || || ||

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Laser Cutter Known Good Materials List - Revision history

Ruthgrace: add acrylic craft felt

Ruthgrace: add tested settings for 5mm standard packaging cardboard

Ruthgrace: missed one

Ruthgrace: copy table from old page but deleting all the cutting settings