[TriEmbed] Large Format Laser Cutting Needed

Glen Smith mrglenasmith at gmail.com
Fri Jun 5 07:52:09 CDT 2015


Would Touchstone 3D on Maynard have a larger format laser cutter? I can't
remember the gentleman's name but he did a really cool talk at one of our
meetings not too long ago.

Glen

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:16 AM Adam Haile via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> LOL... thanks, that's what I finally did. Just entered the desired (100lb
> cardstock) in their "other material" field. Will see what they say.
> My main concern is going to be price I think... they quote ~$2.50/min of
> cutting time and unless they've got some blazing fast lasers, I'm going to
> guess that I'll blow through my (already blown through) budget :P I may
> just have to break down and do what I've done with the rest of the
> project... spend many nights laboriously fabricating things by hand :P
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Shane Trent <shanedtrent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Now my turn!
>>
>> Adam,
>>
>> I just remembered that the RMS laser can open for sheet feeding so you
>> can do long pieces but would still be limited to 35" width.  And you would
>> have to index your stock between cuts but that is not much of a challenge.
>> Let me know what you think of Pololu's service. I love those guys but have
>> never used their laser service.
>>
>> Contact Pololu and ask them about card-stock or thin pressboard. I take
>> it they are flexible about letting you drop-ship material to them or have
>> them order it if you need a material they do not stock.
>>
>> Shane
>>
>
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