When you get a new tool you want to put it to work right away, so i’m no different and made raspberry pi cases right out of the gate before doing more formal testing. I got the import laser cutter as a starting place from Amazon. Please use link below. It was well packed and shipped from California instead of overseas, so delivery was quick.
Orion Motor Tech 12″x 8″ 40W CO2 Laser Engraving Machine Engraver Cutter with Exhaust Fan USB Port
The object I used to first test was Thingiverse thing 679809 it is a great case. I did two in 3mm birch plywood and one in acrylic. They came out nice the discount acrylic was a little thin so the case is a bit loose, but not too bad. Wood cases were cut at 40%@40mm/sec and took two passes. The Acrylic was cut at 60%@40mm/sec and took 3 passes. I will definitely have to learn the best settings for the new laser cutter.
I will resume formal testing and adjustment of speeds and feeds. I will also start documenting the upgrades I did to make the laser cutter mine. This site is about tinkering after all so even if the cutter came complete ready to go. I still had some upgrades in mind already when I bought it.