Can the Glowforge cut custom poured epoxy resin?

I use an epoxy resin pouring kit I bought from Michaels craft store to pour into molds. I let the resin cure for two days, as to be sure it has 100% hardened. If I can find a way to pour my own “sheets” of resin, could the Glowforge then engrave or cut these hardened pieces? I’m a little worried it might not be compatible and mess up the machine. Has anyone tried this? Yay or nay?

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You’ll have to get an MSDS for the specific resin product you’re using. Some resins release highly toxic gases when lasered.

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Thank you for bringing this to my attention! Yikes, will do some research.

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Pretty sure that the kids at #whengeekscraft can tell you everything you need to know about epoxy & glowforge…

I was hoping that would be a link to them and/or their posts but either something has changed or my sleep-addled brain isn’t remembering how to do that properly…

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@Whengeekscraft :slight_smile:

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Yay! Thank you :slight_smile:

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:man_facepalming:

D’oh! Yeah. That…

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YIKESS… i dont know. So resin in a plastic…normally the answer to sticking plastics in the glowforge is a no…I can say, i have never done it to confirm or deny…sorry guys

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