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    B4 my laser crapped out, I was cutting 1/4...

    B4 my laser crapped out, I was cutting 1/4 bluecor (fan-fold foam) at 60 ipm at something between 20-40 watts Co2 flowing gas laser.
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    closer to joy... AC servos are somewhat tuned. ...

    closer to joy... AC servos are somewhat tuned. I get 200 in/min and 30 in/sec^2 acceleration.

    Back to calibrating laser power/machine speed issues.

    I have cut (though not real nicely) up to...
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    Get ready for an education and $$$.... ...

    Get ready for an education and $$$....

    Basically, lasers are "moved" similar to plasma cutters, so think plasma table (which ever size you want, mine has 2'x4' cutting area).

    Next, consider...
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    IMHO(and little experience), the 75/25 doesn't...

    IMHO(and little experience), the 75/25 doesn't change much in the quality of cut nor the color.

    +Stan
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    Charge for Laser Cutting...

    First, this may be bad form to ask this here......

    But here goes anyway.

    I have a few guys that want me to cut parts for them (mainly wood) and I want to be extremely fair about this.

    So...
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    I'm redesigning the cutting nozzle to be a bit...

    I'm redesigning the cutting nozzle to be a bit more "elegant" than the simple pinhole design.

    The use of papermask is intriguing...

    Yet, now a question remains concerning burning....

    Charred...
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    Use of shielding gas on wood....

    Ok, I'm an official lurker as I wanted to make sure I could do what I thought I could do...

    I have a laser table with 2'x4' capacity, vacuum table, ac servo drives, and a flowing CO2 laser..
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