Need Help What material for Dimensional Letters?

[AllegraPrintSigns]

Are they any/many choices of material for laser cut letters of 1-2”?
Both indoor & outdoor uses?
Thx


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[Ian Stewart-Koster]

Go for a walk around a shopping mall or city streets and have a look. It's very educational!

 

[AllegraPrintSigns]

Go for a walk around a shopping mall or city streets and have a look. It's very educational!

And? From what I understand a number of materials, foam included, that can not be used with laser because of hazardous fumes.
I’m looking for safe, laserable materials that would be thicker than single layer acrylic.


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[Ian Stewart-Koster]

PVC is lethal, vinyl is the same, stick with acrylic...
Some timber can be lasered, but the reality is why would you bother- routing is quicker.
Stick with cast acrylic.
I spent all day lasering 25mm thick single layer acrylic... how much thicker are you wanting it to be - you've omitted any useful measurement of thickness.
I've also doubled up 2 layers- no problems.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Acrylic is available up to 9" thick from most plastic suppliers, how much thicker do you need?

 

[customquint]

Typically if we use the laser for letters we use acrylic,. But we normally us our CNC router for letters have have way more options for material.

 

[AllegraPrintSigns]

Looking to get a laser before a router, since our other business is printing, and want to get ideas.
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[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Looking to get a laser before a router, since our other business is printing, and want to get ideas.
Thanks


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What does printing ha e to do with laser vs router? We use a CNC router with our digital prints.

 

[AllegraPrintSigns]

Printing presses, not large format.


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[GVP]

I would think focusing with that kind of thickness of material would be problematic with a laser. Like others have said, a router is more useful for that kind of job. You could, of course, get into channel letters - the laser would be good for cutting out the faces.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Printing presses, not large format.


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Again I'm not understanding why a laser is your only option. We have a mutli-function flatbed cutter router that can handle die-cutting paper all the way to routing signs.

 

[studawg]

Are they any/many choices of material for laser cut letters of 1-2”?
Both indoor & outdoor uses?
Thx


G'day mate.
It's my understanding that there are different power ranges for lasercutters. For example - only some are powerful enough to be able to cut acrylic or wood, and then others with higher outputs that can cut stainless steel or aluminium as well.
Personally I don't have one in my factory but I do have companies that I can outsource the job to. I've had lettering done in stainless that look great. Maybe consider finding out if there are locals in your area that you can get onboard with what you are looking at doing. Works well for me.

Stuart