Aluminium Etching

[Nick Scott]

If I wanted to laser etch an aluminium sheet approx A4 size with detail to look like a control panel, so a mix of lettering and diagrams etc, would the laser cutter be able to do that?

[Ian Dickinson]

The laser can't etch aluminium directly, but it can be used to either:

a) remove the anodising from anodised aluminium, or

b) burn an applied coating (like CerMark) into the metal. 

This blog post may be of interest ... https://smokeandmirrors.store/blogs/blog/engraving-metal-with-your-co2-laser-cutter

On 03/08/2022 11:53, Nick Scott wrote:

If I wanted to laser etch an aluminium sheet approx A4 size with detail to look like a control panel, so a mix of lettering and diagrams etc, would the laser cutter be able to do that? --

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[j4cob...@gmail.com]

Seems like this might also be something the CNC would be good at