I made a couple more buckles today. I wanted to see if there was any difference between the white and the black acetal. The only thing I really noticed was that the “smoke stains” on black were more visible as seen here.
since the debris from cutting seems to be white, it shows up pretty well on a black surface. It does just wash off easily with some water though. This was a belt for my nephew.
Nice! And thanks for the closeups. It looks like really straight cuts. Happy to see acetal being used, and hope that means we’ll be seeing some in our Proofgrade packs!
curious, can you “warm up” acetal in an oven or use a heat gun to bend it or give it a bit of curve? I’ve never used that material but could see some possibilties since it seems to cut quite nicely.
Have you tried masking them prior to cutting? I find this helps with the smoke stains. even ordinary masking tape applied to both sides helps. It can also be engraved through if there is not much of a grey scale.