FYI – Tele body blank routed to become a Tele Custom using 5mm black plexi as a template cut on laser cutter using Lightburn and free template downloaded from Electric Herald

Hi – I’ve just done some tests with pine.  Firstly I used 18mm pine with a variety of settings, but it was having none of it.  I then used 8mm pine which cut pretty well with the following settings:

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That would work as well; though if you check out E80 cutting 16mm pine…   Read more»

Yes – I use air assist, but more to stop any smoke fogging up the laser glass and having to clean it all the time.  If you’re doing multiple passes then a z-axis control can be useful as this moves…   Read more»

If it’s useful, here are my Lightburn settings for 5mm black plexi/acrylic:

I’m planning on using this method to create fret spacing templates as well.
 
Best of luck
John

I’ve not had fantastic success with cutting mdf or ply with my blue diode laser (Neje E80 24W optical power), though 5mm walnut is a breeze and 5mm or 8mm black plexi cuts really well.  For thicker templates, I’d laser…   Read more»