Cutting Corian

[PFI-Guy]

It is somewhere in the “Beyond the Manual” category, but not officially PG

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Etching and cutting Corian

Since ordering my Glowforge I kept running into to many ideas of things I wanted to try making so I started using a laser at my office I was able to get access to. I figured I’d share what I got out of my Corian (http://www.dupont.com/products-and-services/construction-materials/surface-design-materials/brands/corian-solid-surfaces.html) tests with the group in case anyone was interested. For anyone unfamiliar with Corian, it’s a synthetic stone type material made out of acrylic and aluminum o…

Corian Scoring and Engraving

[image] [image] After @karaelena’s demo of marble, I got a piece of corian out. This is a 4x4" piece .47" thick. I did a small test of an initial in the lower right corner, stopped it and just did the whole thing. Did a combination of trace and engrave to try and highlight the ducking in and out of the knot work. I’m pretty happy with it. 5%, 335 in/min at 340 lpi. I have a whole box of these pieces in many different colors. One thing to note about the scoring. Compared to the etching it wa…