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WF-Education always recommends that you consult your MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) supplied with your material, even if the material is listed
below as acceptable to be used with your laser. This is because certain materials may contain different chemicals/substances from the manufacturing process.
The user is responsible at all times for the health and safety of themselves and the people around the machine with regards to the chosen materials.
A WF-Education laser cutter with a Co2 laser tube can only process non-metal material, by etching or cutting.
Acrylic
Veneer
Anodized Metals
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Fabrics
Painted Materials
Bamboo
Balsa
Greyboard
Cardboard
Ceramics
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Kevlar
Vinyl (GEFF)
Plastazote
Plastazote
Below is a list of ‘known’ materials which are
to be used in the laser cutter as they will produce corrosive fumes that will be harmful to health, damage the
NOT
mechanics of the machine and invalidate the warranty.
Material
PVC - This material is extremely toxic, the resulting fumes will pass through most extraction filters.
PTFE
Teflon
Metals
Styrenes (modelling foam board, Styrofoam)
PVC based Vinyls
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Boxcard
HIPS
Silicon Stone
Slate #
Ply
MDF
Polypropylene
Correx
Wood
Painted Metals #
Rubber
Pressboard
Tile #
Leatherette
Marble #
Matte Board
Melamine
Mylar
Nylon
Glass #
Non PVC Foam
Fiberglass
Composities Cork
= Engraving only (cannot be laser cut)
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Consult Your MSDS
Safe Materials to Use in the Laser
Materials NOT to Use in the Laser
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What Materials Can Be Used?
