Laser cutting reflective card

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Good morning everyone.

When the laser cutter is working again I was interested in trying to laser cut some designs out of some mirrored cardstock. Is that safe to do?

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I’d assume not and was planning on buying a cheap vinyl cutter for the project I’m working on, but I figured I’d check if the laser cutter would work. I’ve successfully used it before with card, just nothing with a reflective coating.

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The laser cutter is working again… also we have a vinyl cutter in the Space

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Do you know where the vinyl cutter is? I saw some references to it in the Discourse a few years ago but I can’t find it anywhere.

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Yes, it is under the light switches in the textiles / 3d printing room…

Here is the tool page:

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In textiles. If you go through the double doors from the messy room its on your left under the shelves.

I am not sure show suitable it is for card (compared to a cricut thing) but worth giving a go

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I see it now, thanks @asander1 and @tmilner for pointing it out. In my defence it was hidden under a blanket.

Assuming it won’t work with card, would the laser cutter be OK for that reflective card stock?

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@lasertechs?

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Are these cards reflective on both sides?

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Yea, not your fault, we need to add a photo to the tool page at a minimum!

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Just on one side.

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I’ve cut mirrored acrylic by cutting the back of it making sure to mirror the design. It came out great!

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I just finished a test cut. It took a couple of attempts to get the settings right, but it looks like the laser cutter will work for this.
I only tried it with the reflective side down JIC.