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    Laser cutter for PCB stencils?

    Hi there,

    I am planning to buy a small laser cutter. I want to use this laser cutter/engraver to cut plastic/mylar sheets. These sheets of plastics are of standard size (8.5x11 inch) and they have a thickness of 1-4 mil (0.03-0.10mm).
    I want to use these sheets of plastics for stencils to be used for printed circuit boards.

    I have looked at some Chinese and this one looks fine to me. (See link below):
    http://www.hflaser.com/Desktop-Laser-Engraver.html

    this one also looks good:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Laser-Engraving-...ayphotohosting



    Do you have any suggestion, and advice? I have never worked with lasers before. I need the cuts to be very precise, clean, and not burned.
    The stencils I want to make are similar to the one in this link:
    http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/446



    Regards
    Last edited by smdfan; 03-28-2009 at 10:30 PM.


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    Those units are similar to the unit I have:
    http://www.mbkpinternational.com/art...r_engraver.htm

    I paid less than $1500 shipped to the door for this unit and have been happy with the results.

    It came with a 2" FL lens which produces a pretty small spot size, should be acceptable for your application. I would check with the seller to be sure.

    Zax.


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