Laser cutter max depth for oak

[afshind (Afshin Dehkordi)]

Hi would the laser cutter be able to cut a hole in 20mm thick Oak?

[Julia]

I think there is a function like for stepping down in Ruby @Brendon_Hatcher?

[petra (Petra Backovska (they/them))]

Hi Af, it won’t cut more than 12mm due to the focal depth and distance of the surface youre cutting to the bottom of the nozzle. Laser Cutter - Trotec Speedy 300

Check the tool page!

[petra (Petra Backovska (they/them))]

trying to cut down in increments down to 2cm would damage the laser
Af, how about the CNC or a router?

[asander1 (Andy Sanderson)]

CNC can do it - how big is your piece?

[Brendon_Hatcher]

The top surface would also get very charred due to the repeat passes of the laser.

[RichM (Rich Maynard)]

Or laser cut a template and use a router with guide bush

[Amit_Kohli]

that’s a bomb idea!!! I dunno why I never thought of that!

[RichM (Rich Maynard)]

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So this is what I’ve been up to - cutting multiple shelf brackets that fit into the super-pegboard system I designed for Sam’s new office. I tried using a template and a bearing guided cutter but the results weren’t great so I came up with this, which is much quicker. Using a guide bush on my router: [image] I have laser cut this template. [image] The ‘jigsaw’ pieces in the middle are just because the laser cutter I used isn’t quite big enough to do the template in one go. The ones on the …

[mbg (Max G)]

could you cut the hole with a few passes of the cutter, stop the job, move the bed up, then do a few more passes with the laser? Or would that just completely char and destroy the hole.