Diode Hobby Laser Etching & Cutting Warning!

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Hello Im new here,
Material with Sticky Glue Backing Coats lens, cracks lens
is it still a problem when you use air assist.
The air essist creates a overpressure in the nozzle i believe

(hope my english is good enough, im from the Netherlands ;-))
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Good information for us starters in laser cutting .
Thank you
My name is Nenad from Australia, novice in laser cutting using Naje 40w ? machine . Wary impressed with your "teaching" .
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N30820 diode laser

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I I'm new and got a n30820 laser its a 20w laser and 5.5w optic output. The site says I can cut 3mm in 1 pass but I'm doing 13 passes at 10mm/min and it doesn't always cut through. And my box joints are not tight. Am I missing something?
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Minion wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:33 am I I'm new and got a n30820 laser its a 20w laser and 5.5w optic output. The site says I can cut 3mm in 1 pass but I'm doing 13 passes at 10mm/min and it doesn't always cut through. And my box joints are not tight. Am I missing something?
My first guess would be that it's not focused yet.
My name is Ben. I own a Fokoos FE20 5W diode, which is finally working after quite a bit of part wrangling! I do also have the Odin 5 3d printer from the same company. As of this writing, I am using lightburn version 1.1.04 on Windows 10 pro.
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wynneslaser wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:22 pm Any chance of making this printable would like to put this up in my shed thanks Mark.
Just highlight the text you want, copy and then paste into Word/Wordpad/GoogleDoc, Etc. Adjust accordingly (Best fit for your paper size)
I did this and added to a Tab I have in an Excel spread sheet I have for speeds/feeds for my laser.

THANKS to Rich for bring this to attention !! I am new to lasers, but from my foam cutting days I know some are OK, and some not, so I knew the same would be true for lasers. I am guessing this isn't thought about by some laser newbies and great to have this here.
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Can I safely use my Atomstack A10 to cut and/or engrave chrome tanned and vegetable tanned leather?
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Does anyone have experience cutting corrugated plastic sheet? The stuff they use to make lawn signs? Like those annoying signs people plant in election times. My missis bought a pack of black stuff to make Halloween signs. There’s no indication of material type on the material or packaging it came in. I’ll drop a line to the supplier also.

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robbo141 wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:12 pm Does anyone have experience cutting corrugated plastic sheet? .... I’ll drop a line to the supplier also.

Robbo
Not 100% sure, but I think it may be a type of PVC. Years ago I used to buy this stuff by the 8'x4" sheet and make R/C airplane kits to sell. I used jigs I made and did the majority of cutting on a band saw. Sure did smell like PVC if I fed it too fast when cutting on the band saw.
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Hi i am new here.I am planning to get the ortur laser master 3 to do engravings only on pvc which is what I always use on my cnc router.It looks as if i have to find another material that I engrave and compliment white pvc material.Thanks.
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Anyone engrave on corian?Or is this a no no as well?
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