What Cuts What? Lasering Different Materials
No laser cutter can do everything, but here’s a table of which materials the three most common types of lasers can handle.
laser cutters
Review: xTool F1 Ultra Laser Cutter
The F1 Ultra laser cutter from xTool is a lot bigger than the F1, but it’s built with production in mind.
Review: xTool F1 Laser Cutter
The phrase โsmall but mightyโ might have been created to describe the xTool F1. If youโre a craft person looking to take a laser to events to personalize items, youโve found your laser.
Review: xTool P2 Laser Cutter
The xTool P2 laser cutter is powerful and capable of quickly cutting through materials a diode laser can’t.
Review: WeCreat Vision
If you are in the market for a diode based laser especially if you intend to use it a great deal with a rotary for engraving mugs and tumblers, the WeCreat Vision is a great option.
Review: Glowforge Pro Laser Cutter
We got to get hands-on with the Glowforge pro. Beautiful hardware with limited software and frustrating pay to play business model.
Make That Laser Cutter Blaze: Upgrade a K40
Digital fabrication tools can run from hundreds to many tens of thousands of dollars. For makers interested in a really useful tool at a relatively low initial cost with tremendous upgrade potential, the generic โK40โ type 40W CO2 laser platform is hard to beat. Significantly more powerful than diode lasers, K40 lasers can cut wood, leather, […]
