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    Cutting 1mm Basswood with a 5W diode-LASER

    December 25, 2018 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 Materials

    If you’ve read my other Basswood LASER cutting tests you’ll already know that it’s a great material for use with a low-power CNC-mounted LASER. So

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    Cutting 2mm MDF with a 5W diode-LASER

    December 25, 2018 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 Materials

    MDF (a.k.a. medium density fibreboard), just like plywood, is a very popular material in LASER cutting circles, largely due to it being a stable and

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    Cutting 1.5mm Basswood with a 5W diode-LASER

    December 25, 2018 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 Materials

    Basswood, like Balsa, is a go-to material for many Maker projects. Unlike Balsa, Basswood is a little lighter and denser and so has many uses

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    Cutting 3mm plywood with a 5W diode-LASER

    December 24, 2018 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 Materials

    If you’ve searched the internet about laserable materials you might have decided that plywood is the most popular sheet material out there. And, you might

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    Cutting 1.5mm Mahogany with a 5W diode-LASER

    December 24, 2018 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 Materials

    Sometimes it’s nice to push the boat out and work with a nice (but obviously sustainably produced) hardwood on a special project. Once the staple

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    Cutting 6mm Basswood with a 5W diode-LASER

    December 24, 2018 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 Materials

    Basswood is one of the most versatile woods I’ve found for CNC routing and low-power LASER cutting. And, when starting out in the world of

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    Cutting 0.8mm Balsa wood with a 5W diode-LASER

    December 21, 2018 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 Materials

    Balsa is an amazingly versatile wood widely used in hobby making. If you’ve seen it nowhere else you must have seen many model planes flying

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