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Posted by J on Jun 18th 2021

Fiber laser cuts small text on aluminum foil

How small a text can be cut well on a piece of kitchen aluminum foil? We use a 30w fiber laser with 290mm lens. Text is "BAKE" in the picture cut in one pass. Smaller than 2mm overall length, the "E …

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Laser engraving air assist at a different angle

Posted by J on Jun 13th 2021

Laser engraving air assist at a different angle

Many laser machines only have nozzle that blow air from top to bottom. When doing engraving, the debris could be blown back to the engraved area, and it is hard to clean.When air is blown from the reg …

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how to pick the correct size of mirrors?

Posted by Laserminator on May 20th 2021

how to pick the correct size of mirrors?

Knowledge sharing time: how to pick the correct size of mirrors? For a small laser tube 60W, the beam size looks as small as 4mm while a 130W is 8-9mm when doing a beam test on cardboard. Well, …

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Cutting OD thread on CO2 laser with rotary

Posted by J on May 17th 2021

Cutting OD thread on CO2 laser with rotary

Not everyone has a lathe in their garage. However, if you have a rotary, you may make a coarse thread using a CO2 laser. Wood has burn which is not easy to work with, so we are using acrylic this time …

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