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Michael
Try Avon Plywood in Keynsham near Bristol. They stock Poplar plywood in both 3mm and 6mm in single sheets and offer a cutting service.
The plywood I bought from them a couple of years ago...

Try "Medite Premier" MDF, clean brown edges, no char, easy to vector cut. Available in UK, not sure about ROW.

Phoebe,

I use UK sourced lightweight Italian poplar plywood which cuts very easily with a 30 watt laser. There is no edge charring but if left unprotected there is some surface marking.

The...

I have tried vector cutting dozens of different types of exterior grade plywoods and they all leave a sooty residue on the cut edge. Adjusting the laser settings will not eliminate this problem as it...

Rodne

Many thanks for your reply to my posts.

I understand the reasons why a high power laser can cut faster and therefore cleaner than one with lower power and agree with you that wood cutting...

As the speed of cut can be faster with a higher wattage laser there should be less after-burning of the wood/glue/resins which should, in theory, leave less soot on the cut edge .

Has anyone...

Dave and Mike. Thanks for your replies.

My laser is an Epilog Mini with the optimum PPI, power, speed, focus, number of passes etc. set for each type of material.

These are determined from a...

Mike

I purchased this material in order to test it's suitabilty as a substrate in the manufacture of jigsaw puzzles.

Although it cuts cleanly, it's high density and its rough surface make it...

According to my laser manufacturer's sales blurb, wood is the most commonly used material for vector cutting.

If that is so, then am I alone in getting the following results ?

I have conducted...

My vector cutting tests on 1mm Maplex sheet produced clean, light brown, cut edges with no black soot (charring).

The material is however very dense and therefore cuts very slowly compared with...