Laser cutting and engraving workflow
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Types of workholding solutions
Your workholding solution should be adapted to material and its dimensions to ensure
best results.
Below you can find most common solutions with pros and cons of every one of them.
Workholding
Usable for
Ease of use
Pros
Cons
Double sided
tape
Sheet material
Block material
1/5
-> Cheap
-> Easy to use
-> Does not stick
out above mate-
rial surface
-> Surface must
be scraped of
tape residues
Sheet clamps
(added to
ZMorph VX)
Sheet material
3/5
-> Can be cus-
tom 3d printed
-> Harder to use
-> Only for flat,
sheet materials
like plywood
Step clamps
Sheet material
Block material
2/5
-> Allow for
mounting mate-
rials of different
heights
-> Stick out
above material
surface
Vises
Block material
2/5
-> Robust
-> Can be cus-
tom 3d printed
-> Must have
custom mount to
CNC worktable
14.4 Laser engraving file preparation
Open Voxelizer 2.0 software, choose ZMorph VX machine and Laser PRO Toolhead.
Click START.
