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Acrylic distance holders
When cutting many materials (e.g. acrylic, wood), reflections on the back must be avoided as much as possible. Besides special cutting tables, it also helps to increase the distance between the material and the table.
Cut simple distance holders for your aluminium grid table from acrylic leftovers. The distance holders are designed to fit comfortably into the grid of the aluminium grid table.
Here you can find cutting files for different acrylic spacers.
Preparation
Required material
- leftover acrylic min. thickness 6mm, we use 10mm
Machine used:
- Speedy 400
- 120 watts
- 2.5" lens
- Aluminium Cutting Grid Table, Honeycomb Tabletop or Acrylic Gutting Grid
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Step by step
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Design
Import our template and adapt it to your requirements.
With "Create job" move the design to the "Prepare" screen.
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Laser process
Place the job to the desired position and adapt the settings.
The laser parameters may vary depending on the type of laser machine and available laser power.
Send the job to the "Queue" for Laser processing.
Inner geometries first: Off
Skip overlapping cut lines: Off
Effect | Cut Speed |
Process | Cut |
Layers | red |
Power (%) | 95 |
Speed (%) | 0,2 |
Hz | 1000 |
Source | CO2 |
Air Assist | On |
Z-offset | -3mm |
Passes | 1 |
Power Correction | 10 |
Path Planning | Standard |
Finishing
If still on, remove the protective sheet and place the distence holdern in the aliminum cutting grid table.
Inspiration
Use different shapes for more or less area of support.