Mini test piece and my brain asploded with possibilities

I’m still trying to find a happy space for my laser to occupy, but playing with it in the meantime (of course) and I’m just blown away. I know lasers aren’t new by any means, but they’re new to me.

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SICK.
That’s… just incredible.

(goes to find a piece of wood in the garage… wondering whether that was oak or maple or what… Maple? Cherrry? Doesn’t matter, I want to play with all of it.)

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Have you cleaned the char off already, or did it cut that cleanly?

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It’s 1/8” walnut but anything should work.

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Neat experiment! If it cut that clean, you had the settings nailed.

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190 / Full power.

Source file: https://www.zenziwerken.de/en/Household-Items/Trivets

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This is right off the laser - no cleaning.

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Thank you for that link, and settings! :sunglasses:

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Really fun piece!

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Ooooo…this is neat! Thanks for sharing!

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Very nice, I love the ability to cut these complex shapes even if I have not quite figured out what to do with them.
If you have illustrator there is a simple one command way to make spirals of any size.

I played with it quite a bit when I first had a beta machine:

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Custom made fidget toy… Move over spinners, you’re yesterday’s news!

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Sweeet! :sunglasses:

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