Laser Setup for cutting 1" PE Packaging Foam for inserts?

A 60 W CO₂.

IMO, a diode laser will have trouble with anything other than dead-black foam, because light material reflect pretty nearly all visible light … which is exactly what a visible-light diode laser emits. As a result, a diode will cut poorly, particularly through any material with non-zero-ish thickness.

Opinion: That laser has some disadvantages:

  • Cloud-first design, so it depends on their servers
  • No control panel, so you must use their interface
  • LightBurn is “compatible”, but an afterthought

A previous discussion about the Gweike Cloud:

You should definitely do test runs before plunking down serious money!

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