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Laser Cutting Stencils

Our clients generally opt to create their laser cut stencil from polypropylene – a strong, flexible and affordable thermoplastic polymer. Unlike cardboard / paper stencils, polypropylene stencils can be reused many times, washed if needed and stored either flat or rolled. We stock 0.6mm thick polypropylene which can be purchased from us in full sheets…

In addition to stocking a large range of laser safe materials to our clients we also laser cut materials supplied to us by clients. When it comes to laser cutting plywoods we have one hard and fast rule – interior plywood only.

[cmd-space height=”30″] Our premium Beechwood Ply is ultra flat attractive plywood great for projects requiring a lightweight yet sturdy timber. Scoring and engraving is a pleasant dark brown colour making this material a great choice for invitations, tags and other similar projects. Liquid formaldehyde-free adhesive is used in the production process.

[cmd-space height=”30″] Minimise burn marks on your laser cutting by adding application tape to one or both sides of your material. Application tape is also referred to as transfer tape, masking tape, protective tape. Laser cutting and engraving is the process of burning materials with  intensely amplified light, so by nature the  materials get burnt around…