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RE: Making routing guides with a laser engraver

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 downloa...

12 months ago
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RE: Making routing guides with a laser engraver

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 wh...

1 year ago
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RE: Making routing guides with a laser engraver

That would work as well; though if you check out E80 cutting 16mm pine it suggests that pine would also be an option. I haven't tested with pine, I'l...

1 year ago
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RE: Making routing guides with a laser engraver

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 th...

1 year ago
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RE: Making routing guides with a laser engraver

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 ...

1 year ago
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RE: Making routing guides with a laser engraver

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...

1 year ago