Laser Cutting

Is it possible to use it in your house?
How do you trace and cut the picture exactly?
Do you control it or does the machine do it by itself?
So many questions…

We have laser machines to engrave photos into crystals. It is not exactly cutting, but the principle is the same.

To have precise cutting or engraving, you need computer control. Without computer control, cutting is possible, but it will not be pretty. Engraving is impossible without computer control, since you need to arrange millions of dots together to form the photo.

For laser cutting, you essentially heat the metal (or whatever you are cutting) to vaporize it. For laser crystal engraving that we do, the laser beam is focused inside a crystal, where its intensity is strong enough to cause a structure change. The surface is not changed because the laser is not focused there.

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