Places to buy materials: Project Material Sources
Wood Sheet Material
- Colorado Heirloom - Alder, Maple, Cherry, etc sheets that Epilog uses for their Aztec Calendar demonstration
- Michaels (half mile from NovaLabs) carries Revell birch plywood sheets ranging from 1/32" to 1/2" thickness
- Northland Forest Products - Troy, VA Retail Location - Birch plywood, and other wood products.
- In the lumber business, thicknesses
under roughly 1/8" are considered 'veneer', sizes above that and under
about an inch considered 'thin lumber'. So searching for 'hardwood thin lumber' is a productive way to find new sources online, like:
- <DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IN BUSINESS ANY LONGER> D & D Hardwoods - 1/16", 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" thick exotic hardwoods
- WOODCRAFT - Springfield - 1/16", 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" thick exotic hardwoods
- WOODCRAFT - Rockville - 1/16", 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" thick exotic hardwoods
Coroplast Sheet Material
- White or colored plastic corrugated sheet used for road side signs (political/real estate, etc). Can be cut on laser or CNC.
- Signs by Tomorrow in Sterling stocks 3/16" thick and can order 1/4" thick sheets in 4' x 8' size
Acrylic Sheet Material
Useful Links
Thingiverse laser projects
Instructables Laser projects
Inventables (materials)
Inventables (Laser Projects)
Joinery
Other hackerspace/makerspace references
http://wiki.hive13.org/Laser_Settings - Hive13 laser tips