Scott Shepherd
06-15-2007, 2:20 PM
I've been looking for something that will hold up outside that's not metal, so I can cut it with the laser. So far, my search has been only moderately successful. However, at the trade show last week, there was a guy in a booth with only one product. It was called "Scooterboard".
It looks like mdf sandwiched between two pieces of formica. It's about 3/16" thick (actually around .200"). He had samples that had been completely submerged in water for a month and showed no signs of swelling or breaking down and coming apart.
I asked him if you could laser it and he pulled out a couple of samples with all the laser manufacturers logos on them. He said you can put vinyl on it, laser it and color fill it, or just about anything else you wanted to do.
I forgot to ask him how it vector cut.
I researched it a little on the internet and most people seem pretty positive about it.
It's quite cheap as well. It runs less than $4 for an 18" x 24" piece. It just came in, I put some text and a shape on it and hit the button. It engraves beautifully. Nice and sharp edges and all the smoke damage from vector cutting wipes right off, clean as a whistle (how clean is a whistle anyway?).
It comes in a variety of colors as long as they are white :)
Attached is a quick sample of it.
The website is http://www.woodcraftmanufacturing.com . I won't recommend a supplier because I wasn't thrilled with the people I got it from, but either look around or call these people and see if it's something you might use.
I don't know if it'll end up being what I was looking for, but from this first cutting of it, I can say that I REALLY REALLY like the way it cuts. I think my vector speed was 9 or 10 with power of 100% and it clearly cut through, so I can start bumping up the speed from there. Rastered at 60S/80P and it just cut through the outside surface. Might go up on power a little.
Anyone else tried it?
It looks like mdf sandwiched between two pieces of formica. It's about 3/16" thick (actually around .200"). He had samples that had been completely submerged in water for a month and showed no signs of swelling or breaking down and coming apart.
I asked him if you could laser it and he pulled out a couple of samples with all the laser manufacturers logos on them. He said you can put vinyl on it, laser it and color fill it, or just about anything else you wanted to do.
I forgot to ask him how it vector cut.
I researched it a little on the internet and most people seem pretty positive about it.
It's quite cheap as well. It runs less than $4 for an 18" x 24" piece. It just came in, I put some text and a shape on it and hit the button. It engraves beautifully. Nice and sharp edges and all the smoke damage from vector cutting wipes right off, clean as a whistle (how clean is a whistle anyway?).
It comes in a variety of colors as long as they are white :)
Attached is a quick sample of it.
The website is http://www.woodcraftmanufacturing.com . I won't recommend a supplier because I wasn't thrilled with the people I got it from, but either look around or call these people and see if it's something you might use.
I don't know if it'll end up being what I was looking for, but from this first cutting of it, I can say that I REALLY REALLY like the way it cuts. I think my vector speed was 9 or 10 with power of 100% and it clearly cut through, so I can start bumping up the speed from there. Rastered at 60S/80P and it just cut through the outside surface. Might go up on power a little.
Anyone else tried it?