The Best Ways to Laser Cut Wood

Are you planning to carve and cut wood at home? The Ortur Laser Master 3 laser engraver can help you easily create custom woodworking projects for both hobby and commercial use to start or grow and expand your business. The Ortur has been the laser engraver used by many hobby makers.
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Ortur Laser Master 3 laser machine is an automatic power tool that uses high-energy laser beams to easily engrave and cut softwood and hardwood. It has the characteristics of good beam quality, stable power, reliable performance, no consumables, maintenance-free, and long service life. Convenient and flexible processing. It is a great partner for DIY personalized wooden crafts, art, signs, logos, letters, boxes, plywood, bamboo or MDF gifts.

The maximum cutting depth of a laser cutter depends on the wood material and laser power. If you are cutting very thick wood, you can cut slowly, but you may burn the wood. For specific operations, try to use large-size lenses and use repeated cutting methods. Some woods are softer and cannot change color anyway. For the coloring of the finished product, acrylic paints can be used.

Step 1: Buy a wood laser cutter or laser engraver. A fiber laser machine can be equipped with different laser powers, table types, table sizes, and some optional parts, such as rotating attachments, lifting tables, etc. Of course, a fiber laser machine can do all the engraving and cutting depending on the laser power. Fiber laser engraving machines for wood engraving and cutting are available from HTPOW.

Step 2: Set Up Your Laser Wood Engraver or Wood Laser Cutter Your Ortur Laser Master 3 laser machine should offer suggested settings for engraving or cutting different materials and different thicknesses. You should also be able to load these settings into your computer or laser machine and save them as presets. Be sure to give them meaningful names so you can easily find them.

Step 3: Prepare wood laser engraving and cutting files Vector and bitmap files are used for laser engraving and cutting. Vector files are mathematical formulas that define lines, circles, etc., created by AutoCAD, illustrator, Inkscape, or CorelDRAW. Bitmap files are collections of individual pixels and include Adobe Photoshop files, digital photos, JPGs, and more. With a fiber laser engraving and cutting machine, you can use vector or bitmap files for engraving.

Step 4: Test Laser Engraving and Cutting Wood Even if you have presets for engraving and cutting, you should run a test before starting your final project. You can then see if you need to increase or decrease laser power before starting the entire job. There's nothing worse than taking material out of a laser machine and discovering it wasn't fully engraved or cut.

Step 5: Start Your Final Laser Engraved and Cut Wood Project With all the prep work done, you'll be happy to begin your laser engraved and cut project.
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1. Laser engraving means that the laser head goes through the work area from left to right and repeats until it engraves the item. Laser cutting means that the laser beam follows exactly the lines of the laser cut design.
2. Types of wood for laser engraving and cutting
Softwood, hardwood, coniferous wood, veneer, plywood, MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard).

Step 6: Warnings and Precautions There are some warnings and precautions you should be aware of when operating your laser engraving and cutting machine.

1. The laser engraving and cutting machine must be grounded with copper wire. It is also recommended to connect the laser engraving and cutting machine frame with the computer frame with copper wires.
2. Allow the water to circulate for a few minutes to allow the metal and glass components to adjust to the new temperature.
3. The temperature of the cooling water must be between 5°C and 25°C. Check the water temperature frequently to make sure it doesn't get too hot.
4. To perform the alignment, use the control system to move each axis...or remove the motor wires from the amplifier. Manually moving the shaft with the motor wires connected may create electrical feedback to the amplifier and cause damage to internal electrical components.
5. Make sure to follow the laser tube installation instructions carefully.
6. Do not put flammable items into the laser machine. Do not operate the laser if you smell flammable gases in the air.
7. Do not attempt to cut or engrave until the laser beam is properly aligned. 8. Follow a proper laser machine cleaning and lubrication maintenance schedule.
9. Keep lenses and mirrors clean.
10. Turn on the laser engraving and cutting machine while pressing the emergency stop button, test the internal light, and then release the emergency stop button to start the power of the whole machine.
11. The power supply, electrical components and all wires must be kept dry.