Laser Cutter Materials

To have a material approved please contact the laser maintainers group (coming soon, please contact the committee in the interim) with material information/datasheets.

• Solid wood sheets
• Plywood
• MDF
• Non PVC composite woods
• Paper/Card
• Cardboard
• Acrylic/Plexiglas/PMMA
• Depron foam
• Acetal/Delryn/POM
• HIPS sheets
• Non PVC foamcore
• Non PVC rubber
• Cotton/Hemp based textiles
• Untreated real leather
• Non coated carbon fibre weave
• Magnetic sheet
• Polypropylene - may melt and/or catch fire, needs to be watched carefully

• Any material approved for cutting - however not all will produce good results
• Anodised Aluminium
• Glass
• Ceramic
• Stone/Slate

The following materials are banned for safety reasons, because they give off highly toxic fumes, are a fire risk, or may damage the machine.

• PVC/Vinyl - releases Chlorine which will damage the laser
• Any other material containing chlorinated or halogen based compounds
• Treated Leather - releases Formaldehyde
• Any other material containing more than trace levels of Formaldehyde
• Polycarbonate
• Polystyrene foam
• Epoxy/Fibreglass
• PETG - releases large amounts of fine dust which can contaminate the optics and is flammable
• Coated carbon fibre
• Any metals, other than engraving anodised Aluminium
• Food - please don't eat anything out of the laser cutter