Both of these types of foam are okay to cut on the epilog laser at techshop sj.
Laser cut eva foam settings.
Laser cutting of eva foam with a co 2 laser produces a wide cut with some light brown discoloration.
Most stuff sold as tool box foam is polyethylene pe or ethylene vinyl acetate eva and is way too expensive.
Vgk vegas golden knights eva foam snowboard stomp pad custom laser cut cmoriginalsco.
Laser cutting with zmorph vx is a fairly easy task to perform but there are a few important points to cover before you turn on the laser toolhead if you set the travel speed too fast it won t cut the material and too slow settings will burn it.
General foam laser system considerations.
Platform size must be large enough to hold the largest sheets of foam that will be laser processed or be equipped with class 4 capability and safety precautions for processing larger sheets.
Epilog laser engraving and cutting foam epilog co2 laser mini 24 35w the material is 25mm polyethylene foam job settings 4 lens engraving 40 speed 25 power cutting half cut 60 speed 55.
Laser cut eva foam and the laser pro toolhead how to laser cut eva with zmorph vx.
I went on a hunt for other less expensive sources for the same stuff.
Laser marking of eva foam is not possible with the 9 3 10 6 or the 1 06 micron wavelengths.
Wavelength the 10 6 micron wavelength is the best choice for laser cutting and engraving polymer foams.
The 1 06 micron wavelength is the best choice of.
The lowest cost pe foam i found was a blue camping pad from walmart.