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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-29T13:41:06Z

Skipt: /* Wood */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

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|'''Material'''
|'''Also Known As'''
|'''Reason'''
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|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
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|Rubber
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|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
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|Polypropylene
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|Melty plastic mess
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|Carbon Plate
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|Melty mess
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|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 810px;" data-mce-style="width: 810px;"
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|'''Material'''
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|'''Thickness'''
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|'''Line/Fill/Image'''
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|'''Power (%)'''
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|'''Passes'''
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|'''Notes'''
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|}

===Plastics===

{| class="wikitable"
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|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
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===Other===

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|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
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|Paper Micarta
|4.45mm
|Line
|60
|15
|1
|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
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|Ozark Trail Tumbler
|NA
|Image
|40
|300
|1
|Requires clean up
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-29T13:40:52Z

Skipt: /* Other */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

{| class="wikitable"
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|'''Material'''
|'''Also Known As'''
|'''Reason'''
|-
|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
|-
|Rubber
| 
|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
| 
|Melty plastic mess
|-
|Carbon Plate
| 
|Melty mess
|-
|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 810px;" data-mce-style="width: 810px;"
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|'''Material'''
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|'''Thickness'''
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|'''Line/Fill/Image'''
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|'''Power (%)'''
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|'''Passes'''
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|'''Notes'''
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|}

===Plastics===

{| class="wikitable"
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|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
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===Other===

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|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Paper Micarta
|4.45mm
|Line
|60
|15
|1
|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
|-
|Ozark Trail Tumbler
|NA
|Image
|40
|300
|1
|Requires clean up
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-28T20:35:09Z

Skipt: /* Plastics */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Material'''
|'''Also Known As'''
|'''Reason'''
|-
|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
|-
|Rubber
| 
|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
| 
|Melty plastic mess
|-
|Carbon Plate
| 
|Melty mess
|-
|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 810px;" data-mce-style="width: 810px;"
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|'''Material'''
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|'''Thickness'''
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|'''Line/Fill/Image'''
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|'''Power (%)'''
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|'''Passes'''
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|'''Notes'''
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|}

===Plastics===

{| class="wikitable"
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|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
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===Other===

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|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
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|Paper Micarta
|4.45mm
|Line
|60
|15
|1
|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-28T20:34:35Z

Skipt: /* Plastics */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

{| class="wikitable"
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|'''Material'''
|'''Also Known As'''
|'''Reason'''
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|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
|-
|Rubber
| 
|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
| 
|Melty plastic mess
|-
|Carbon Plate
| 
|Melty mess
|-
|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 810px;" data-mce-style="width: 810px;"
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|'''Material'''
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|'''Thickness'''
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|'''Line/Fill/Image'''
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|'''Power (%)'''
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|'''Passes'''
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|'''Notes'''
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|}

===Plastics===

{| class="wikitable"
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|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Paper Micarta
|4.45mm
|Line
|60
|15
|1
|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-28T20:33:16Z

Skipt: /* Never Ever Cut These Things */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Material'''
|'''Also Known As'''
|'''Reason'''
|-
|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
|-
|Rubber
| 
|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
| 
|Melty plastic mess
|-
|Carbon Plate
| 
|Melty mess
|-
|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 810px;" data-mce-style="width: 810px;"
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|'''Material'''
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|'''Thickness'''
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|'''Line/Fill/Image'''
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|'''Power (%)'''
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|'''Passes'''
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|'''Notes'''
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|}

===Plastics===

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Other
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Paper Micarta
|4.45mm
|Line
|60
|15
|1
|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-28T20:33:06Z

Skipt: /* Wood */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Material
|Also Known As
|Reason
|-
|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
|-
|Rubber
| 
|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
| 
|Melty plastic mess
|-
|Carbon Plate
| 
|Melty mess
|-
|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 810px;" data-mce-style="width: 810px;"
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|'''Material'''
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|'''Thickness'''
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|'''Line/Fill/Image'''
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|'''Power (%)'''
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|'''Passes'''
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|'''Notes'''
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|}

===Plastics===

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Other
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Paper Micarta
|4.45mm
|Line
|60
|15
|1
|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-28T20:32:54Z

Skipt: /* Plastics */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Material
|Also Known As
|Reason
|-
|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
|-
|Rubber
| 
|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
| 
|Melty plastic mess
|-
|Carbon Plate
| 
|Melty mess
|-
|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 810px;" data-mce-style="width: 810px;"
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Material
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|Thickness
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line/Fill/Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|Power (%)
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|Speed (mm/s)
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|Passes
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Notes
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|}

===Plastics===

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|'''Material'''
|'''Thickness'''
|'''Cut/Fill/Image'''
|'''Power (%)'''
|'''Speed (mm/s)'''
|'''Passes'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Paper Micarta
|4.45mm
|Line
|60
|15
|1
|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-28T20:31:15Z

Skipt: /* Wood */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Material
|Also Known As
|Reason
|-
|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
|-
|Rubber
| 
|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
| 
|Melty plastic mess
|-
|Carbon Plate
| 
|Melty mess
|-
|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 810px;" data-mce-style="width: 810px;"
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Material
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|Thickness
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line/Fill/Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|Power (%)
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|Speed (mm/s)
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|Passes
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Notes
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-28T20:30:51Z

Skipt: /* Plastics */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

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|Material
|Also Known As
|Reason
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|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
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|Rubber
| 
|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
| 
|Melty plastic mess
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|Carbon Plate
| 
|Melty mess
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|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Material
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|Thickness
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Cut/Fill/Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|Power (%)
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|Speed (mm/s)
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|Passes
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Notes
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Paper Micarta
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|4.45mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Cut
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
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Laser Materials and Settings

2020-07-28T20:28:07Z

Skipt: /* Wood */

==Narwhal Labs Laser Material and Settings Library==
A library of known materials and laser settings that have been tested to work at Narwhal Labs on a Thunder Laser Nova 35 100W CO2 Laser Cutter and Engraver. Settings are not guaranteed to work and should be considered a baseline. Please add to or update this page if you test a new known material. Please obey all safety protocols listed on our [[Laser Cutting_and_Engraving|main laser information page.]]
===Never Ever Cut These Things===

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|Material
|Also Known As
|Reason
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|PVC
|Poly Vinyl Chloride, Sintra, Oracal Vinyl, Pleather
|Emits deadly chlorine gas, corrodes machine internals
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|Rubber
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|Smells like a tire fire. Potential cyanide gas.
|-
|Polypropylene
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|Melty plastic mess
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|Carbon Plate
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|Melty mess
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|Unknown
|Anything you don't know the composition of
|Risk of fire, damage, injury or death.
|}

===Wood===

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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Material
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|Thickness
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Cut/Fill/Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|Power (%)
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|Speed (mm/s)
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|Passes
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Notes
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Ozark Trail Tumbler
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Image
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|40
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Requires clean up
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|25
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|100
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Dark/deep image. Can dial back.
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|2
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Mostly cut through with some areas that need to be trimmed with a razor
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|6mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|200
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Good quality line engraving
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Baltic Birch Plywood
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|9mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Line
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|95
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|10
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Should be a complete cut with proper focus. Work piece should be a few mm closer to the cutting head than auto focus distance. NOT EXTERIOR GRADE
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Fill
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|20
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|300
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
|-
| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Glass
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|NA
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|50
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|800
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Shallow engraving, clear image
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| style="width: 139px;" data-mce-style="width: 139px;"|Paper Micarta
| style="width: 68px;" data-mce-style="width: 68px;"|4.45mm
| style="width: 101px;" data-mce-style="width: 101px;"|Cut
| style="width: 75px;" data-mce-style="width: 75px;"|60
| style="width: 102px;" data-mce-style="width: 102px;"|15
| style="width: 47px;" data-mce-style="width: 47px;"|1
| style="width: 186px;" data-mce-style="width: 186px;"|Complete cut. Residue at cut edge can be cleaned easily with acetone / alcohol mix.
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