Can carbontex be cut with a laser cutter?

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I talked to a manufacturer in town about laser cutting dogs and showed them some CF material.  They said it can be cut but it takes a powerful laser to do it.   They cut up to 1/2" SS and titanium but said their lasers would not cut it unless pushing them harder than they wanted.

Quote from: Bryan Young on August 18, 2020, 07:57:21 PM
I doubt laser would cut it very well. Waterjet is the way to go to cut CF drag washers. Punch is another means.

I had some cut with a water jet, the edges were frayed and I had to flush out a lot of grit (ruby?) From the material.
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Shootr2003

How about a Cricut machine?it maybe workable ,it may lunch the blades or create dust but if it worked you could program it to cut a whole 12"x12"sheet into various size washers shapes,I know it will do that operation ,I'm not familiar with how easy carbon Tex cuts.it sounds hard but if scissors can a Cricut can.experiment on one of your own ,not you wife's!
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Quote from: Shootr2003 on July 07, 2022, 09:39:34 PMHow about a Cricut machine?it maybe workable ,it may lunch the blades or create dust but if it worked you could program it to cut a whole 12"x12"sheet into various size washers shapes,I know it will do that operation ,I'm not familiar with how easy carbon Tex cuts.it sounds hard but if scissors can a Cricut can.experiment on one of your own ,not you wife's!

Seems unlikely.  The "frame" and steppers in those things are only strong enough to drag a sharp razor through soft vinyl.  And I am mot sure if cutting carbon drag sheets with an xacto style blade is even doable.  If you have to try something like this, there are hacks to mount a rotary tool like a Dremel onto a 3D printer ( and you get to learn GCode programming!).  Or even find one of those junk hobby Chinese desktop CNCs. But then all the problems with carbon fiber dust.  Beyond the health issues the dust is also conductive, so it can build up and short out all your electronics.

Another option is to use a Palm router or rotary tool setup with a pattern bit.  If you can find a friend with a 3D printer and some CAD skills, not too hard to make patterns.  Come to think of it, it probably wouldn't be too hard to design and 3D print a rotary tool gizmo that allows you to drop in different pattern guides.  I made something along these lines to resize cork rings for rod building.

Still all the dust problems, and really only useful for fancy eared washers.  If we are talking round washers, I would go with Keith's suggestion of punches.

-J

Shootr2003

That's the average wife's Cricut though ,she told me they make bigger badder versions that will cut metal and wood,I haven't looked into that.
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