I have found most rubber materials don't cut worth a darn on a laser. At least with the power available in the small home lasers. Rubbers tend to melt and burn when they are cut. Most shops that do custom gaskets that are not stamped use water jet. Nitrile is about the most common of rubbers for gaskets and it kinda cuts, it burns at the edges and leaves a pretty awful finish. I had to go over and over to get it through. Silicones just don't cut. Latex burns.
Seals Unlimited does customer stuff and sometimes you can buy remnants from them. You might also be able to get gaskets cut by IRC aluminum. They have several water jet machines and cut more than just aluminum. -Jerry > On Apr 8, 2015, at 10:39 PM, Paul Stoffregen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does any have ideas where to buy thin rubber or similar material for making > gaskets, which would work for laser cutting (no corrosive or highly toxic > fumes)? > > > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
