{"id":918,"date":"2013-12-09T23:27:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T23:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2013-12-10T15:13:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T15:13:04","slug":"cutting-18-foam-board-with-the-1-7w-laser-upgrade-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/?p=918","title":{"rendered":"Cutting 1\/8″ and 3\/16″ Foam Board with the 1.7W laser upgrade kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have been getting a lot of inquiries about the ability to cut hobby foam core board.\u00a0 So we decided to cut out a bit of time and do an investigation in the lab.\u00a0 We went to a few stores to get a few examples of different foam board to test.\u00a0 Here are the foam products we are going to test:<\/p>\n

1. Hobby Store Cell Foam Board 1\/8″ from Midwest Products<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is the typical foam board you will find at your local hobby store.\u00a0 It is all a consistent material with no outer protection or paper.<\/p>\n

\"Hobby<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Office Depot Foam Presentation Board 3\/16<\/strong>“.\u00a0 You can find this in the presentation section of Office Depot.\u00a0 It has a sheet of foam that is contained by two sheets of paper\/poster board.<\/p>\n

\"Office<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Dollar Tree Foam Board 3\/16″ White<\/strong>.\u00a0 Similar to the Office Depot board with two sheets protecting the foam.\u00a0 This one is more shiny though.<\/p>\n

\"Dollar<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Dollar Tree Foam Board 3\/16″ Black<\/strong>.\u00a0 Same as number 3, but black.<\/p>\n

\"Dollar<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Wall Mart Elmer’s Dry Erase Foam Board 3\/16″<\/strong>.\u00a0 Similar to the other boards with two sheets of protection, but this one has a very shiny side for dry erase markers.<\/p>\n

\"Walmat<\/a><\/p>\n

Test Conditions:<\/h4>\n

-Set the laser driver to 1amp (which will normally give about 1.1W of output power).
\n-Ran tests at various speeds.
\n-Ran tests with focus at the top of the board and at the bottom.<\/p>\n

Results:<\/h3>\n

So the outcome was not all great, but not a complete wash out.\u00a0 The \u00a0Hobby Cell Foam cut good as well as the Office Depot board.\u00a0 The Dollar tree board would cut the paper and burn it and then melt the insides, not very good.\u00a0 The Walmart board looked like it would cut, then it just had trouble getting through the foam. \u00a0So there are two foam products that work, the Hobby Cell Foam and the Office Depot presentation board.\u00a0 Both are a bit different (one has a paper coating) so you can have some variation in making your projects.\u00a0 Here are the details:<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Hobby Store Cell Foam Board<\/strong> – Optimal cutting was at 150mm\/min with 4 passes.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Office Depot Foam Presentation Board<\/strong> – Optimal cutting was also at 150mm\/min with 4 passes.<\/p>\n

All the others failed to cut.<\/p>\n

\"Foam<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Foam<\/a><\/p>\n

There it is, the answer to “will it cut?”\u00a0 Two foam boards made the final cut!\u00a0 (pun intended)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have been getting a lot of inquiries about the ability to cut hobby foam core board.\u00a0 So we decided to cut out a bit of time and do an investigation in the lab.\u00a0 We went to a few stores to get a few examples of different foam board to test.\u00a0 Here are the foam… Read More »Cutting 1\/8″ and 3\/16″ Foam Board with the 1.7W laser upgrade kit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":925,"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-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCutting 1\/8" and 3\/16" Foam Board with the 1.7W laser upgrade kit - 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