These same tools will work with plastic, though you need to take a bit
more care.
I decided to switch gases temporarily, CO2 instead of neon. I bought one of
the cheap Chinese laser
cutters, and plan to swap out the primitive control board and software for
modern ones. It'll cheerfully
cut
what about an old antique wood clock maby a mantle or a wall clock some of
those look really nice and it pays back to two bygone eras!
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I've recently been experimenting with profile cutting using water jets
with sapphire dust (60,000 psi) - cuts pretty much anything (except
rubber hollow tubes) up to 1 of solid granite or .75 of stainless
steel - no marking (unlike laser). I also have access to a laser
cutter for
Laser cutting wood ? Does't that give burned edges ?
Yes it does. It can be removed by sanding or covered by painting, or accounted
for by design,
but it's (AFAIK) unavoidable.
- John
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Laser cutting wood ? Does't that give burned edges ?
eric
Yes, it does. But as john said, you can sand it off later, or keep it
on, for effect, if you like.
On that note, lasers for cutting steel can also burn. It depends on
the 'purge gas' used. For Stainless Steel and aluminum, the gas is
Or use the Greenlee hole punches, a bi-metal hole saw of the correct
size, or a fly cutter used in a 'drill press'. CAUTION!!! Do not use a
fly cutter in anything but a 'drill press'. Greenlee hole punches can
be found on Ebay up to over four inches in diameter, and as small as
3/8. The
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The common tool
