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Clear and transparent acrylic

also: plexiglass, PMMA

Clear acrylic is where the laser type decides everything. Blue diode light passes through it, so every maker page read sends clear sheet to a CO2 tube.

Board

YES x2 two or more makers say yesNO x2 two or more say noMAKERS SPLIT makers contradict each other1 SOURCE one maker page only, not confirmedNO STATEMENT nothing publishedIF = yes only under a stated condition
Laser typeEngrave or markCut
Diode (blue, about 450 to 455 nm)NO x4NO x3
CO2 (10,600 nm)YES x3YES x3
Fiber (1064 nm)NO x3NO x2

Run clear and transparent acrylic through the matcher to add a cut thickness.

What each maker says

Diode, engrave or mark NO x4

Diode, cut NO x3

CO2, engrave or mark YES x3

CO2, cut YES x3

Fiber, engrave or mark NO x3

Fiber, cut NO x2

Published one-pass cut depth

Only figures a maker prints for this material. Thicker stock may need more passes; no page read gives a multi-pass figure.

MachineTypeMax one passSources
xTool P2SCO220 mmxTool

Notes from the pages

Fumes

Every page read treats lasering as a fume source. Match your machine's exhaust figure to an extractor on the fume and room lookup.