{"id":810,"date":"2013-10-01T21:21:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T21:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/?p=810"},"modified":"2015-04-17T16:22:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T21:22:02","slug":"cutting-18-116-and-132-hobby-balsa-wood-with-1-7w-laser-upgrade-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"Cutting 1\/8&#8243;, 1\/16&#8243;, and 1\/32&#8243; Hobby Balsa Wood with 1.7W Laser Upgrade Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been wanting to try out some new materials with the upgrade kit in the lab lately to test how thick of materials can the 1.7W laser cut. \u00a0So we went to our local hobby shop and stocked up on material.<\/p>\n<p>The first test we did was trying it on balsa wood. \u00a0Now this seems like an easy test, so we will be putting more materials on the work surface soon, but we were impressed by the results. \u00a0We found that we can cut all the way up to 1\/8&#8243; balsa wood without any problems, and with very good cut lines and speed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">1\/32&#8243; Balsa: \u00a0Cuts very good at 250-300mm\/m with one pass. \u00a0Cuts even better with two passes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1\/16&#8243; Balsa: \u00a0Cuts very good at ~200mm\/m with two passes.<\/li>\n<li>1\/8&#8243; Balsa: \u00a0Cuts very good at ~150mm\/m with three passes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are going to mess around with this some more and come up with a conclusive cut speed and power for best results, but we were excited to see up to 1\/8&#8243; cut very good with a decent speed. \u00a0So for all of the hobbyists who want to cut their own material for custom RC planes and other kits, sky is the limit. \u00a0Next up is Basswood and Birch Plywood!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Laser-Cutting-Balsa-Wood-with-J-Tech-Photonics-445nm-Laser-Upgrade-Kit-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-811\" src=\"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Laser-Cutting-Balsa-Wood-with-J-Tech-Photonics-445nm-Laser-Upgrade-Kit-small.jpg\" alt=\"Laser Cutting Balsa Wood with J Tech Photonics 445nm Laser Upgrade Kit small\" width=\"612\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Laser-Cutting-Balsa-Wood-with-J-Tech-Photonics-445nm-Laser-Upgrade-Kit-small.jpg 612w, https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Laser-Cutting-Balsa-Wood-with-J-Tech-Photonics-445nm-Laser-Upgrade-Kit-small-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Laser-Cutting-Balsa-Wood-with-J-Tech-Photonics-445nm-Laser-Upgrade-Kit-small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Laser-Cutting-Balsa-Wood-with-J-Tech-Photonics-445nm-Laser-Upgrade-Kit-small-36x27.jpg 36w, https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Laser-Cutting-Balsa-Wood-with-J-Tech-Photonics-445nm-Laser-Upgrade-Kit-small-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Laser-Cutting-Balsa-Wood-with-J-Tech-Photonics-445nm-Laser-Upgrade-Kit-small-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been wanting to try out some new materials with the upgrade kit in the lab lately to test how thick of materials can the 1.7W laser cut. \u00a0So we went to our local hobby shop and stocked up on material. The first test we did was trying it on balsa wood. \u00a0Now this&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/?p=810\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cutting 1\/8&#8243;, 1\/16&#8243;, and 1\/32&#8243; Hobby Balsa Wood with 1.7W Laser Upgrade Kit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cutting 1\/8&quot;, 1\/16&quot;, and 1\/32&quot; Hobby Balsa Wood with 1.7W Laser Upgrade Kit - J Tech Photonics, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/?p=810\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cutting 1\/8&quot;, 1\/16&quot;, and 1\/32&quot; Hobby Balsa Wood with 1.7W Laser Upgrade Kit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have been wanting to try out some new materials with the upgrade kit in the lab lately to test how thick of materials can the 1.7W laser cut. \u00a0So we went to our local hobby shop and stocked up on material. 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