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Looking for a piece of 18mm Marine Ply to be laser Cut
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:13 pmby stonycraft
Looking for a piece of 18mm Marine Ply to be laser Cut (for machine build)
PM me with cost/timing/shipping cost please. Can possible collect.
As attached image.
Thanks
Re: Looking for a piece of 18mm Marine Ply to be laser Cut
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Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:38 pmby JeremyBP
That's an awfully big laser cutter. Does it have to be lasered, or would any process that gets that shape work?
EDIT: What I'm driving at is that it's probably easier to find a table saw with a competent operator than a laser of that size. Probably cheaper too.
Re: Looking for a piece of 18mm Marine Ply to be laser Cut
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Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:11 amby stonycraft
Your'e right. I should have added CNC Router or similarly Saw Cut.
Dimensional accuracy is the key aspect.
Thanks for input/advice.
Re: Looking for a piece of 18mm Marine Ply to be laser Cut
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Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:13 amby JeremyBP
Where are you located? That will help find people near you.
Re: Looking for a piece of 18mm Marine Ply to be laser Cut
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Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:25 amby stonycraft
Im in UK
Re: Looking for a piece of 18mm Marine Ply to be laser Cut
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Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:59 amby macona
This is a job for CNC router. You could have it waterjet too. Or have a good cabinet shop cut it for you.
Re: Looking for a piece of 18mm Marine Ply to be laser Cut
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Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:39 amby Fred
If I was making that then to be honest I'd do it by hand. Measure out with a pencil and a ruler. Clamp a straight edge parallel to where you want each edge cut and run a hand-held router along it manually. Maybe cut it out roughly with a jigsaw first to make it easier to handle and less for the router to cut. CNC routing would be fine but it's probably not really necessary for such a simple shape. I don't think you can get a nice square edge with a laser for that thickness.