[Swansea Hackspace] Anyone know of laser cuttable vinyl-like material?

[Andy Rush]

I'll give that shot, thanks!


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From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk <hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk> on behalf of Justin Mitchell <justin at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
Sent: 11 October 2017 12:51
To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Anyone know of laser cuttable vinyl-like material?

On Wed, 2017-10-11 at 11:39 +0000, Andy Rush wrote:
> I've got an etching project that needs some very small (under 1"
> square), detailed resists made for it. normally, I'd go for the vinyl
> cutter, but the level of detail is smaller than what I know the vinyl
> cutter can handle. The laser cutter would be the ideal tool to make
> this, but you can't put vinyl in the laser cutter because of the
> fumes. Does anyone know of a material that's got similar properties
> to vinyl (ie: waterproof, self adhesive backing, non conductive) but
> that can be safely put into the laser cutter without re-enacting the
> chemical warfare of WWI?

I believe you can buy self-adhesive mylar sheeting, which is the
preferred material for laser cut stencils.



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