CO2 CNC Lasers work by bouncing light emissions back and forth between mirrors on an XYZ axis until the beam passes through a special lens at the tip of the router head. Types of cutting material can range from thin plywood, acrylic and cardboard.
This is an image of the first cut that I made on V-Carve. I sued V-Carve to make the design and then exported it to RDworks to actually print it out on the laser. I found a picture of a shark on google and copied it into V-Carve. I used the Trace Bitmap tool.
This is an image of the first cut on RDworks. The blue shows the areas that are going to be scanned, and the red is the area that is going to be cut out.
This is the video of how the laser is going to work. It does the scans first, then goes back and makes the cuts.
This is the video of the laser cutting out the design.
This is the finished design and cutout.
This is an image of the design in V-Carve with an oval around it so it would be easier to cut out. The design was also exported to RDworks so it can be printed out by the laser. The letters were added on RDworks.
This is an image of the design on RDworks. The blue is where the laser is scanning and the red is what is being cut out. The letters and some of the details on the waves are being cut out.
This is the video on RD Works cutting out the design. It does the scans first. then does the cuts. It scanned the wave, then went back and cut out the details on the wave. and the letters.
This is a video of the laser cutting out the design.
This is the finished design after it was cut out by the laser.
This is an image of the layout of all of the parts for the box in V-Carve.
This is an image of the layout of the box on RDworks. The red is what will be cutout, and the blue is part that will be scanned over.
This is a video from RD works on how the laser will cutout the box.
This is the video of the laser cutting out the box.
These are pictures of the finished cardboard box printed out by the laser.