Hi, thanks for the great demo. Do you turn off the air assist? The only time I tried cutting paper, it scorched, and the cutouts flew around. I will try your power/speed settings and see if I can get closer.
Hi - I have a CO2 laser - I have always found that cutting card and paper leaves a sooty edge that can then spoil the final product. For thick corrugated card I can clean the edges easily enough with a paper towel but I can not do the same for intricately cut paper / thin card. How do you deal with this OR is it a quirk of my, Chinese import, machine? It is the one frustration I have that I have not been successful with this medium so far. Thanks, Peter
Hi Trevor, I recently found your channel as I am only getting started with laser cutting, thanks for your videos, they are super informative and thanks to you I actually found out that you are not suposed to cut pvc so thanks for saving me from myself :) Quick question, how do you manage to keep the paper down while cutting? I tried cutting a similar design, and used magnets around the paper but eventually some bits started to curl so the whole thing got dragged around by the laser head. I was thinking of using some tacky glue to temporarly glue the paper to the laser bed, but thanks to you now I now that certain certain products can release toxic chemicals so maybe not the best course of action.
Do you have a video of what is happening to better understand what you’re experiencing? You can email it to me or send it to me through the community I have. Either way would work.
It depends on the material that’s used for the sticker paper. Some of them contain chemicals you cannot laser cut. Normal sticker vinyl cannot be cut. That would be better on a plotter/vinyl cutter.
There’s all kinds of combinations you can use. I try not to run it at too fast of a speed when cutting so I get smoother lines. If you move too fast with intricate designs, they may not be as smooth.
@Maker Experiment Fair point... I just assumed that the price premium that goes with buying an Epilog over a lesser machine would mean problems like that don't exist... I know Trotec machines are capable of very fast speeds without quality deterioration, just assumed Epilog would be the same 🤔
@@semperidem2577 Epilog is capable of high speeds with high quality. Part of it just comes from my old days of owning a glass tube laser that couldn’t do it.
Do you have a link to the paper you used to cut out your design? I wanted to try a couple of projects on paper, but i'd rather start on a paper that someone had some reasonable success in prior to me burning through samples. :)
@@MakerExperiment I have Coreldraw as a design software. So I guess I have to get my design into Coreldraw. But it's impossible to get this design into Coreldraw. So I guess I need a design program that's a lot easier to enter my designs into. Do you know of a program that would allow me to download a hand drawing into that would allow me to transfer to my 24"x12" Epilog laser?
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Hi, thanks for the great demo. Do you turn off the air assist? The only time I tried cutting paper, it scorched, and the cutouts flew around. I will try your power/speed settings and see if I can get closer.
I typically do cut it with the air assist turned off for that reason of pieces flying around.
Hi - I have a CO2 laser - I have always found that cutting card and paper leaves a sooty edge that can then spoil the final product. For thick corrugated card I can clean the edges easily enough with a paper towel but I can not do the same for intricately cut paper / thin card. How do you deal with this OR is it a quirk of my, Chinese import, machine? It is the one frustration I have that I have not been successful with this medium so far.
Thanks, Peter
Hi Trevor, I recently found your channel as I am only getting started with laser cutting, thanks for your videos, they are super informative and thanks to you I actually found out that you are not suposed to cut pvc so thanks for saving me from myself :)
Quick question, how do you manage to keep the paper down while cutting? I tried cutting a similar design, and used magnets around the paper but eventually some bits started to curl so the whole thing got dragged around by the laser head. I was thinking of using some tacky glue to temporarly glue the paper to the laser bed, but thanks to you now I now that certain certain products can release toxic chemicals so maybe not the best course of action.
Do you have a video of what is happening to better understand what you’re experiencing? You can email it to me or send it to me through the community I have. Either way would work.
Hi thank you! Can this laxer cutter be used for sticker paper?
It depends on the material that’s used for the sticker paper. Some of them contain chemicals you cannot laser cut. Normal sticker vinyl cannot be cut. That would be better on a plotter/vinyl cutter.
Is there a reason you didn't run this at a higher power setting and a much faster speed?
There’s all kinds of combinations you can use. I try not to run it at too fast of a speed when cutting so I get smoother lines. If you move too fast with intricate designs, they may not be as smooth.
@Maker Experiment Fair point... I just assumed that the price premium that goes with buying an Epilog over a lesser machine would mean problems like that don't exist... I know Trotec machines are capable of very fast speeds without quality deterioration, just assumed Epilog would be the same 🤔
@@semperidem2577 Epilog is capable of high speeds with high quality. Part of it just comes from my old days of owning a glass tube laser that couldn’t do it.
Do you have a link to the paper you used to cut out your design? I wanted to try a couple of projects on paper, but i'd rather start on a paper that someone had some reasonable success in prior to me burning through samples. :)
I had this on hand but this place has similar stuff.
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*Nice project!*
Thank you!
How did you get your intricate design into your laser?
I’m not sure what you mean. I sent it from my design software to the laser software and put my settings in.
@@MakerExperiment I have Coreldraw as a design software. So I guess I have to get my design into Coreldraw. But it's impossible to get this design into Coreldraw. So I guess I need a design program that's a lot easier to enter my designs into. Do you know of a program that would allow me to download a hand drawing into that would allow me to transfer to my 24"x12" Epilog laser?
@@davelyver599 you’ll still need to use a software like Corel or Adobe illustrator if you want to cut. It has to be a vector file.
@@MakerExperiment OK, but how do I get my design into Coreldraw or Adobe Illustrator?
@@davelyver599 you’ll have to either create it in the program or trace it in that program if it’s a hand drawing.
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Thank you!
Yes, time to move out of pixel slumber land and start making real stuff.