Basically with this low powered laser cutting machine[cutting machine?:CUTCNC sample maker cutting machine] , if you can burn the material with a match, you can cut it with this low powered laser cutting machine. The problem comes into play with nasty vapors, residues, and dust. PVC[PVC?:PVC sample cutting machine] and polycarbonate vapors are down right poisonous. You don't even what to be venting this stuff out to your neighborhood. That said, some laser shops boost their ability to cut polycarbonate! Fiberglass has nasty vapors as well as glass fibers that can mess the precision slides and optics. But cutting it sure comes in handy; you can cut your own circuit boards. Cutting Corian, that is solid surfacing countertop material is really handy. Mostly shops engrave it, then fill it with epoxy. It makes for a beautiful inlay. Again this stuff is nasty because it has bits of rock, grit, glitter, what ever else they toss in there that makes it look so good. All that grit gets into the laser cutting machine machine, and you have to clean it more often.
So that said, what does it cut nicely? It's a long list. There are plastics that are engineered to be cut with laser cutting machine . They have bi and tricolor sign plastics that look oh so nice. Acrylic just rocks on the laser. It cuts with a perfect polished edge, and it does so with like no fumes. When acrylic burns it releases CO2 and water. That's it, plus maybe some modifiers that are in there. A lot of the laser cut-able plastics are a form of modified acrylic. Thin polypropylene[polypropylene?:flatbed digital polypropylene/pp cutting machine], polystyrene[polystyrene?:cnc ps/polystyrene cutting machine], ABS, acetate, rubber, Delron, rubber stamps, matting for picture frames, vinyl, labels, stickers, books, junk mail, wood, 2 by 4's, veneer, paper[paper?:paper sample maker cutting machine], cardboard, chip board, press board, cork, 1/2 inch MDF, Formica, Fabric, and Fig Newtons.
