Hi! I am a yupo expert of sorts… I have been working with it exclusively since 2012.
Before the glowforge came into my life I was cutting it at Nextfab, a makers space in Philly.
I used a Trotec 500 to cut yupo with the settings they had for Duralar, which is another kind of synthetic paper. Using their settings the yupo cuts beautifully with very little melt and great details.
With the Glowforge I am still trying to hone in on the perfect settings. Right now I am cutting at .070 with a speed of 415 and a power of 40. There is definitely significant melting for details which is why I came to the forum today, to ask if anybody has found a better approach to cutting it. @dan I wish I could send in some of my yupo material to have you guys calibrate the perfect settings. I would pay for this service. I have done signifiant testing but still not quite there and it would be a huge boon to my art business to get the settings dialed in. Should I do two passes at a lower power? I am just not sure what else to try.
Here is what I have done with these settings, which is pretty good, but I really want to get better detail! Please help us!
Also, if anybody wants to buy yupo paper, I may offer it on my website soon. Let me know if you are interested. I have a master roll!
If you want to see what else I am doing with laser cut yupo you can also check out my instagram!
I have been doing Color Flow workshops with my ink on yupo techniques and then letting people laser cut something out of their paintings when they come in to pick up their pieces. The pineapple in the image is an example of one done by somebody from my last workshop.
Hope this helps and I hope we can get better answers!
