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    Laser to make wood bend?

    The art institute furniture design student came in with another odd request. She brought me a piece of 1/8" wood 8"x24" with a veneer glued onto it, and wants me to score the back every .175" so it will bend. I'm running it now with rastor set at speed 20 power 100 on my 45 watt, and it looks like a 20 minute job. I suppose I could try vector and experiment to go just deep enough. Anyone else tried this before, and have settings for it? I'm not sure if this is going deep enough until it finishes and I try to bend it.

    (edit) OK, that didn't work. Not nearly deep enough. Trying vector at 50 speed 30 power now.

    (edit) That did it nicely.
    Last edited by Joe Pelonio; 05-11-2006 at 5:40 PM.



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