Hiya Mat,
When a laser cuts's it's basicaly burning, in the tiny air gap between layers you get trace smoke and thats what causes marking of your paper. Imagine holding a sheet of paper over a lit cigarette, the impurities in the smoke will discolor it, same thing with a laser
As to burns when cutting one sheet? nope, nothing to speak of (unless you have an electron microscope) as the power levels are set soooo low and the speed so high the paper at the cut edge just vapourises without leaving any staining. Cutting stuff like complex snowflakes is easy and far more accurate than any bladed trace cutter will achieve.
Accuracy wise a laser is top of the field,quite simply light doesn't bend (in real terms) so what you tell it to do...it does without error or dragging or gumming up.
Speed wise you could probably double my earlier test speeds and achieve results,all that will take is a bit of tweaking on your settings.
I had a LOT of years as an engineer and to date I've yet to find a piece of equipment or machinery with more possibilities than a laser cutter. I didn't have a clue what I was going to use it for when I bought my first one 8 months ago, things have taken off so well I'm looking at ordering up the biggest model Chris does now to meet requirements.
Once you have a laser the number of people who ask "can you do this or that" is astounding.
best wishes
Dave
