dkj4linux
Elite member
Slight side-trip...
Playing with Image2gcode some more and a piece of 3/16"(5mm) plywood paneling I found in my scrap...
Images burnt onto the ply look like crap IMO so I decided to have some fun and try cutting through it. The single line just above the photo image was simply 5 passes at 100% and 100 mm/min, with constant Z all passes, focus on top surface of material. Surprisingly it cut through quite cleanly.
So I went into Inkscape and threw down some simple shape and set it for 5 passes, 100 mm/min, focus remaining on top surface for all passes. Not sure but I think my laser housing must be providing decent "air-assist"... it looks pretty good to me; i.e. no flames, flareups, minimal smoke staining, etc...
One part fell out just turning the piece over...
-- David
Playing with Image2gcode some more and a piece of 3/16"(5mm) plywood paneling I found in my scrap...
Images burnt onto the ply look like crap IMO so I decided to have some fun and try cutting through it. The single line just above the photo image was simply 5 passes at 100% and 100 mm/min, with constant Z all passes, focus on top surface of material. Surprisingly it cut through quite cleanly.
So I went into Inkscape and threw down some simple shape and set it for 5 passes, 100 mm/min, focus remaining on top surface for all passes. Not sure but I think my laser housing must be providing decent "air-assist"... it looks pretty good to me; i.e. no flames, flareups, minimal smoke staining, etc...
One part fell out just turning the piece over...
-- David