Anyone on the forum ever tried cutting 1/8 " door skin plywood what was the result
Thanks
Dennis
Not sure what, “door skin” plywood is, but I’ve cut 1/8” plywood before. Easy peasy.
3MM Baltic Birch…Piece O’ Cake.
1/8" plywood of any type should be easy with the 50.8 if your tube, power supply, alignment etc. is good. I was able to cut almost double that in one pass with my 50.8. 3/8" with my 38.1. 3/4" solid with a couple-few passes. Haven’t tried 1/2" yet, but I imagine it’ll be easier than 3/4"! lol
Hi Guy’s thanks for the reply’s, so door skin is some cheap home depot plywood that is mostly used as a layer over an inside door frame it has what looks like finished birch on one side and some real ruff looking brown wood on the other side don’t know what’s in the middle but so far i used 14 MA and 5 pass and i just start to cut through mirrors clean and aligned i am using LO air assess and a 50.8 focal lens
And you have no problem cutting other 1/8" plywood? That is some crazy-tough stuff! I thought the Lowe’s 5mm poplar utility board was tough, but that stuff… I was cutting through 1/2" solid oak earlier and it took a few passes, but I was at 5mm/s, forgot to turn it down a bit. I cut 3/4" pine (assuming pine) at 3mm/s without a fire, so that’s probably what I’ll need to do with the 1/2" solid oak to get by in a couple passes. Do you have a photo of the rough side? Someone may be able to tell what it is by the grain pattern.
Hi Jamie
Well i can cut other type ply’s certainly easier then this stuff i have not played around with my laser in a while the software i was using didn’t get it i have a new software and it works so now i am back at it i have a 50.8 focus lens i may try a 38 lens and see what happens i may have to play around with the speed right now i have tried 14 Ma’s @ 5-10 MMs it may be the glue they use to apply the different layers
Nasty arse glue. Guess it has to be to hold up to different environmental conditions depending on where it’s placed.