Cutting Tin Foil!

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I wonder if any sort of laser absorbent material would do the trick? I had success with foil backed cardstock, maybe the same principle?

Very interesting new material: metallic cardstock

So I made that mask (see MOAG) and part of it used gold cardstock. You can see the product page here, though i am not sure it’s available anymore: What’s interesting about it is that it just can’t cut all the way through. The metallic layer appears to be actual metal foil. This led to an interesting method: Cut from the back, (350/50/1x) and you get perfect score lines. You can then punch it out, it peels out almost like you’re opening a really easy pull-top can. The end result is a per…