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5 Tips for Working with Multi Ply Acrylic

Maker Experiment

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I love working with multi ply acrylics and they can be a lot of fun. I’ll admit though, they can also be frustrating to figure out. Here are my top 5 tips for working with them. I hope it helps you!
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20 Comments

@MakerExperiment Creator 3 years ago Pinned

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@davidhall5844 11 months ago

Tip #1. Peel off protective layer. That fixed all of my problems. Thank you.

@powerchute1 3 years ago

Good stuff Trevor. Thank you.

@LocalStature 1 year ago

Great video! Exactly what we were looking for!

@GroundedConceptsLLC 1 year ago

You achieved another subscriber. Thank you for this great info. Just started diving into dual-ply acrylic laser engraving.

@leftyswoodshop2965 3 years ago

Great tips! Very informative.

@Bbgun0001 3 years ago

👍

@Andi-Maringer 1 year ago

Great video!
Thank you very much!!!

@sgtserginsky 2 years ago

Very informative video

@LaserEngraving911 3 years ago

👍👍

@jakerovig4575 3 years ago

I've had the best luck having it slightly out of focus. Another advantage is it will help account for minor material warping.

@roberth1858 3 months ago

I keep getting engraving lines in mine. I have an OMTech pro 100 watt

@David6ft6 2 years ago

Thanks for a great video and thanks for sharing your settings for the engraving. I been working on my setting for the vector cut and not happy with them. Mind sharing your cut settings. I have the fusion edge 50 watt. Thank Again.

@kencarrico3145 2 years ago

Are you able to help teach how to use lightburn?

@patberry3388 3 years ago

I have the Epilog Fusion Edge. When you discuss air assist off, how do I shut the air assist off? This is different than the vacuum?

@tomygun1585 2 years ago

Have you made nameplates white w/black letters? Curious to know what the smallest font can be used and still be legible.

@LarryJordan-o3r 1 year ago

I am new to lasers and am having trouble getting the right speed to cut on these two layer plastics. Trying to create tags for equipment power switches (IE: On/Off) and keep going too hot or not deep enough. Any suggestions on power and speed?

@kevhol1973 2 years ago

We have a lasermark fiber. And it doesn't do a terrible job but it's not perfect. It has a hard time doing black with white , red with white. What i have noticed online with those colors is turning the power down and something about being out of focus. I could be wrong but i think someone said try adjusting the focus.

@inigomontoya123 3 years ago

Nice video. Thank you. I thought Epilog Laser recommends leaving the air assist on to keep the lens or mirror from getting damaged by dust. Does leaving the air assist off cause plastic dust to get on the lens or mirror?

@TheJu2ber 1 year ago

When cutting two ply colored acrylic, say red on white, the red tends to smear into the white. This results in pink or red smeared edges instead of white. I usually have to hand sand these parts. Any tip on preventing this altogether? I've lowered air assist as much as possible. Still no luck.