Design Nomenclature / Physical Model Making
Laser cutting
Also called laser, CO2 laser, lasering
This entry has not been translated yet and is shown in English.
Burning through sheet with a focused beam. The cut is a taper, not a slot — the top edge is wider than the bottom — and every edge is heat-affected: acrylic flame-polishes, wood chars, MDF stinks and darkens a millimetre in. Kerf runs a few tenths of a millimetre and must be offset for any fit.
In practice
A desktop CO2 tube and a metal fibre laser take the same file and are not the same machine. Ask the wattage before promising steel.