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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...

7 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...

11 months 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...

11 months 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...

11 months 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 ...

11 months 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...

11 months ago