Rick
June 11, 2021, 5:15pm
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Your profile says Ruida, but you do not identify the wattage of the Laser, so it is hard to offer direct answers. Here is a post talking about cutting acrylics.
Hey, I’ve been working with a 150W CO2 laser for about 1.5 weeks now and I’ve received a project to cut on 3/4" acrylic. I’ve messed around with passes and power and can’t seem to find the best way to cut this cleanly and all the way through every time. I recently found out my work area wasn’t leveled as well so I assume that can also be an issue with half of the letters cutting all the way through and half not. I would still like to see if anyone has experience cutting through 3/4" or even 1/2"…
Here is another post to the Boss Laser site where they offer cut setting suggestions for a bunch of different materials using different powered systems:
Boss Laser has a list of starting points for settings on their site, with different values for different wattage machines: https://www.bosslaser.com/laser-settings
It won’t be perfect, but it should get you going.
For materials, Google is your friend - there are lots of online guides that will tell you what is safe, what is “mostly safe”, which materials don’t work well, and which ones to avoid completely.
In the never list, most prominent are PVC and vinyl, because they contain chloride com…