first time with leather

[Casey kerner]

Hey everybody! Just run my first leather project and love the results! 500 mm/sec 30% power.

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[Casey kerner]

Forgot to mention, this is for a fellow ARMY buddy. We call each other battle.

[Bert Kemp]

Nice lookin work there, ain't it fun

[Mike Audleman]

You people need to stop this.

Those look very cool. Now you made me want to try some leather. And I got so many other things I want to try. My brain is a buzz with ideas and it fills up faster than I can try/experiment with them. I got some naked 1907 slings on my 1903A3 and Remington 700 223 target rifle that could use some "dressing up" laser style. Don't think I will be using my Les Tam slings to experiment with though.

[Casey kerner]

Haha! My apologies! It is crazy what a guy thinks about putting in front of the business end of the machine! I'm having lots of fun though, great toy to have!

[Bruce Volden]

"Nothing like the smell of burning leather in the morning"!
Apocalazer Now

Bruce

[Deane Donaghy]

I can engrave leather no problem with my 50W chinese laser but I can't cut leather, so have you cut leather as well as engrave it ?

[Vicki Rivrud]

Try masking the leather and cutting in 2 passes

[Bert Kemp]

I can engrave leather no problem with my 50W chinese laser but I can't cut leather, so have you cut leather as well as engrave it ?

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Deane
what type of leather are you trying to cut? If it veg tan you should have no problem with a 50 watt cutting up to say 6 or 7 oz. On the other hand if your trying to cut oiled sides they can be a problem. I go 100%pwr 20 spd 2 passes and still hAVE to use the exacto to finish the cut.

[Deane Donaghy]

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Deane
what type of leather are you trying to cut? If it veg tan you should have no problem with a 50 watt cutting up to say 6 or 7 oz. On the other hand if your trying to cut oiled sides they can be a problem. I go 100%pwr 20 spd 2 passes and still hAVE to use the exacto to finish the cut.

Well I'm new to leather and have some veg tan leather, but I also grabbed a bag of offcuts to experiment with and it engraves nicely but doesn't cut so good and I can only get about half way through 3 mm. thick pieces, so maybe the offcuts are not veg tan, I was saving the large piece for some real jobs and just experimenting with the offcuts which I hope is my problem because it can cut 3mm. MDF and acrylic with no problems.

[Chris DeGerolamo]

Try soaking the leather in cool water (not hot or warm) and see if you get a better cut. Try two passes also if you still get a lot of charring. FYI - I've cut 8/9 oz veg tan single pass soaked on my Epilog.