Garrick Crocker
11-14-2008, 9:00 AM
I recently ordered a bunch of different types of wood from Sloan's Woodshop that are all 1/8" thick.
I ordered some Baltic Birch, some Cherry, some Maple and some Red Oak. Mainly, I just wanted to try them out and see the coloring. I will probably order some designs from Laserbuzz soon also.
I have an Accuris PowerSharp 16 with a 30W laser. I have been practicing with scraps of wood around the house and have found that there are a lot of different settings that work fine, but I'm not sure what is ideal for wood. In order to cut through the wood, I can make multiple passes, or slow things down or different power settings. There is also resolution differences.
Question 1
What settings would you suggest I start at to cut 1/8 baltic birch?
Question 2
Would these settings be pretty much standard on the other types of wood that I mentioned (Cherry, Maple and Red Oak)?
Question 3
I have a supplier who will deliver from Jacksonville every day of the week that has 1/8" Luan very reasonably priced. The minimums are high, but if it works it may be the right thing for us to look at. Does anyone know anything about luan?
Last note, I have been reading posts on Sawmill for about 2 years with the hope of purchasing a laser engraver some day. I appreciate watching all of the conversations. Thanks to each of you for all of your insights. Hopefully, as I learn, I will be a source of information rather than just a consumer of others knowledge.
I used to own a sign shop so I am pretty familiar with many substrates. I'm also pretty good with vector and raster images (with Coreldraw). My learning curve is coming from how the laser works with the materials. Plus, there are so many different materials to work with (where to start?).
My wife and I are also doing this as a home based business. My other learning curve is trying to figure out how we should specialize and market products.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
Garrick Crocker
Gainesville, Florida
I ordered some Baltic Birch, some Cherry, some Maple and some Red Oak. Mainly, I just wanted to try them out and see the coloring. I will probably order some designs from Laserbuzz soon also.
I have an Accuris PowerSharp 16 with a 30W laser. I have been practicing with scraps of wood around the house and have found that there are a lot of different settings that work fine, but I'm not sure what is ideal for wood. In order to cut through the wood, I can make multiple passes, or slow things down or different power settings. There is also resolution differences.
Question 1
What settings would you suggest I start at to cut 1/8 baltic birch?
Question 2
Would these settings be pretty much standard on the other types of wood that I mentioned (Cherry, Maple and Red Oak)?
Question 3
I have a supplier who will deliver from Jacksonville every day of the week that has 1/8" Luan very reasonably priced. The minimums are high, but if it works it may be the right thing for us to look at. Does anyone know anything about luan?
Last note, I have been reading posts on Sawmill for about 2 years with the hope of purchasing a laser engraver some day. I appreciate watching all of the conversations. Thanks to each of you for all of your insights. Hopefully, as I learn, I will be a source of information rather than just a consumer of others knowledge.
I used to own a sign shop so I am pretty familiar with many substrates. I'm also pretty good with vector and raster images (with Coreldraw). My learning curve is coming from how the laser works with the materials. Plus, there are so many different materials to work with (where to start?).
My wife and I are also doing this as a home based business. My other learning curve is trying to figure out how we should specialize and market products.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
Garrick Crocker
Gainesville, Florida