Material Table (WIP)
NOTE: It is NOT possible to cut metal with this lasercutter!
Link to tutorial for using the laser cutter: https://hci.rwth-aachen.de/tutorial-laser
Materials we offer in FabLab
Size & Price of materials we sell
Material sheets can be bought as following:
| Material | Size | Price |
| Finn board 1mm | 297mm x 210mm | 0,76€ |
| Finn board 1.5mm | 420mm x 297mm | 1,13€ |
| Finn board 2mm | 297mm x 210mm | 1,11€ |
| Finn board 3mm | 420mm x 297mm | 1,67€ |
| Laser acrylic (different mono-colours & bi-colored) 3mm | 600mm x 300mm | 1,66€/dm² |
| MDF 1.5mm | 500mm x 250mm | 1€ |
| MDF 2mm | 500mm x 250mm | 1,33€ |
| MDF 3mm | 600mm x 300mm | 1,99€ |
| Poplar plywood 3mm | 600mm x 300mm | 2,69€ |
| Poplar plywood 4mm | 600mm x 300mm | 3,39€ |
| Poplar plywood 5mm | 600mm x 300mm | 3,46€ |
| Poplar plywood 6mm | 600mm x 300mm | 4,16€ |
| PMMA (transparent) 2mm | 600mm x 300mm | 4,95€ |
| PMMA (transparent) 3mm | 600mm x 300mm | 7,43€ |
| PMMA (transparent) 4mm | 600mm x 300mm | 9,89€ |
| PMMA (transparent) 5mm | 600mm x 300mm | 12,38€ |
| PMMA (transparent) 6mm | 600mm x 300mm | 14,84€ |
| PMMA (opaque) 3mm | 600mm x 300mm | 7,43€ |
Cutting & Engraving Preferences for different Materials
Tests were made on 'Epilog Fusion M2 40' with machine config. "LaserPWR = 10" at xy-position: 500x300 with a 10x10mm Square
Materials offered in FabLab
| Material | Vector Speed[%] | Vector Power[%] | Vector Frequency[%] | Engrave Speed[%] | Annotations |
| Finn board 1mm | 78 | 80 | 5 | 100 | *1 |
| Finn board 1.5mm | 52 | 80 | 5 | 100 | *1 |
| Finn board 2mm | 18 | 80 | 5 | 100 | *1 |
| Finn board 3mm | 80 | 5 | 100 | *1 | |
| Laser acrylic 3mm | 8 | 50 | 2 | 100 | 75% engrave power for bi-colored plate engraving |
| MDF 1.5mm | 21 | 80 | 10 | 100 | |
| MDF 2mm | 14 | 80 | 10 | 100 | |
| MDF 3mm | 3 | 80 | 2 | 100 | |
| Poplar plywood 3mm | 18 | 80 | 5 | 100 | |
| Poplar plywood 4mm | 10 | 80 | 5 | 100 | |
| Poplar plywood 5mm | 10 | 80 | 5 | 100 | |
| PMMA/Plexiglas (transparent) 2mm | 10 | 80 | 10 | 100 | |
| PMMA/Plexiglas (transparent) 3mm | 5 | 80 | 10 | 100 | Cut with 2mm as thickness setting |
| PMMA/Plexiglas (transparent) 4mm | 4 | 80 | 10 | 100 | Cut with 3mm as thickness setting |
| PMMA/Plexiglas (transparent) 5mm | 2 | 80 | 15 | 100 | Cut with 3mm as thickness setting |
| PMMA/Plexiglas (transparent) 6mm | 1 | 80 | 10 | 100 | Cut with 3mm as thickness setting |
| PMMA/Plexiglas (opaque) 3mm | 5 | 80 | 10 | 100 |
Materials we already cut, but do not offer in FabLab
| Material | Vector Speed[%] | Vector Power[%] | Vector Frequency[%] | Engrave Speed[%] | Engrave Power[%] | Annotations |
| (P)EVA-Foam 3mm | 80 | 1 | 100 | |||
| (P)EVA-Foam 5mm | 80 | 1 | 100 | |||
| PTU-Foam 20mm (only 100% PTU!) |
85 | 55 | 1 | cut 5 to 6 times with cooldown (might burn without cooldown) |
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| EVA-Foam 5mm | 35 | 80 | 1 | cut 2 times, with a bit of cooldown | ||
| Cork 6mm | 65 | 45 | 1 | 100 | 20 |
Cut with 3mm thickness height, |
| Acorn plywood 11mm | / | / | / | 80 | 70 | deep but of light contrast |
| Snap Pap 1mm | 60 | 80 | 1 | 100 | ||
| Finn board 5mm | 13 | 80 | 5 | 100 | *1 | |
| Craft paper 1mm | 70 | 400 | 2 | 100 | cut small parts on MDF-plate (PMMA sticks) | |
| Brown Cardboard 1mm | 10 | 30 | 1 | 100 | ||
| Paper 1mm | 25 | 12 | 1 | cut with 0,5mm height |
*1: To engrave lines onto Finnish board it may be much faster following vector lines with vector cutting option: (spd:90, pwr:12, frq:1) and adjust contrast with slight variation of frequency.
Hydrogen chloride and vinyl chloride are hazardous to the life of your laser system (and to your life!).
Unsure if your material contains PVC? Do the copper wire test!