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Post by Busted Bricks » Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:49 pm

I've been experimenting with the fiber laser today to see how small details it could produce. The sign in the picture is sitting on an AA cell and it is only 12mm wide. I'm really impressed.
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Re: Fine detail

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:57 pm

That's brilliant!

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Post by Big Jim » Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:57 pm

Good grief. Very impressive.
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Re: Fine detail

Post by ge_rik » Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:53 am

Impressive! What thickness of ply is it?

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Re: Fine detail

Post by Busted Bricks » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:42 pm

ge_rik wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:53 am Impressive! What thickness of ply is it?

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Ermm, it's 1mm stainless steel. (apologies for not saying - I often forget that many people do not know that a fiber laser is for metal cutting :D )

The web in the letters is only 0.25mm wide (1/100" for those with 12 fingers :D )

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Re: Fine detail

Post by Busted Bricks » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:11 pm

Some larger test pieces. They haven't been cleaned so do not looks as crisp as they really are.
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Re: Fine detail

Post by ge_rik » Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:23 pm

Busted Bricks wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:42 pm Ermm, it's 1mm stainless steel. (apologies for not saying - I often forget that many people do not know that a fiber laser is for metal cutting :D )
The web in the letters is only 0.25mm wide (1/100" for those with 12 fingers :D )
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Sounds like a useful bit of kit.

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