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 |
| Finnpappe 1mm | 297mm x 210mm | 0,76€ |
| Finnpappe 1.5mm | 420mm x 297mm | 1,13€ |
| Finnpappe 2mm | 297mm x 210mm | 1,11€ |
| Finnpappe 3mm | 420mm x 297mm | 1,67€ |
| Laseracryl (different mono-colours & bi-colored) 3mm | 600mm x 300mm | 1,66€/dm² |
| MDF 1.5mm | 500mm x 250mm | 1€ |
| MDF 2mm | 500mm x 250mm | 1,99€ |
| MDF 3mm | 600mm x 300mm | 2,23€ |
| MDF 4mm | 600mm x 300mm | 2,79€ |
| MDF 5mm | 600mm x 300mm | 3,35€ |
| Pappel (Sperrholz) 3mm | 600mm x 300mm | 2,69€ |
| Pappel (Sperrholz) 4mm | 600mm x 300mm | 3,39€ |
| Pappel (Sperrholz) 5mm | 600mm x 300mm | 3,46€ |
| Pappel (Sperrholz) 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 (opak) 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 |
| Finnpappe 1mm | 78 | 80 | 5 | 100 | |
| Finnpappe 1.5mm | 52 | 80 | 5 | 100 | |
| Finnpappe 2mm | 18 | 80 | 5 | 100 | |
| Finnpappe 3mm | 80 | 5 | 100 | ||
| Laseracryl 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 | |
| Pappel (Sperrholz) 3mm | 18 | 80 | 5 | 100 | |
| Pappel (Sperrholz) 4mm | 10 | 80 | 5 | 100 | |
| Pappel (Sperrholz) 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 | 80 | 10 | 100 | ||
| PMMA/Plexiglas (opak) 3mm | 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 | ||
| HDF (Buche) 2mm | 80 | 10 | 100 | |||
| Kork 6mm | 65 | 45 | 1 | 100 | 20 |
Cut with 3mm thickness height, |
| Ahorn 11mm | 80 | 70 | sehr tief, aber recht hell | |||
| Snap Pap 1mm | 60 | 80 | 1 | 100 | ||
| Finnpappe 5mm | 13 | 80 | 5 | 100 | ||
| Bastelpapier <1mm | 70 | 400 | 2 | 100 | cut small parts on MDF-plate (PMMA sticks) | |
| Braunpappe 1mm | 10 | 30 | 1 | 100 | ||
| Papier (glatt) <1mm | 25 | 10 | 1 | cut with 0,5mm height |
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!