Laser cutting

Thank you for contacting us about our laser cutting services.

Our passion is to train people to use the laser cutter themselves through the MakerSpace membership, but we do offer a premium commercial cutting service for your convenience.

We can cut the following materials:

• Wood
• Plastic
• Fabric
• Leather
• Paper

Up to 10mm but not metal. We can etch into metal if required for name plates / engraving etc.

Laser cut materials generally have a blackened edge where the laser has touched the workpiece, although certain plastics like perspex cut without this.

We can cut 1300mm x 900mm sheet size in wood and plastic with a maximum of 10mm thickness. We can etch metal but we cannot cut metal.

Pricing

New Design – R400 per hour.

Partial Design – R200 per hour (where files are not in a usable format – overlapping lines, paths not closed, text not converted to curves, etc).

Cutting – R8 per minute (the thinner / softer the material the quicker the cutting time).

Set-up – R50 once-off.

N.B.: Material to be quoted separately.

Minimum charge per job is R500.

We need your artwork in the file format of open vector SVG with a JPG reference for cutting or JPG format for etching. (SVG files need to be SVG type not Adobe type, and all objects need to be converted into paths not just masked.)

Our turnaround times for simple laser cutting jobs less than R3,000 is 3-5 days. Turn around time for special projects is generally 1-4 weeks depending on complexity. We do offer an express service where you pay an additional 50% to jump the queue, where we can deliver same day or the next day depending on the volume of your job and our capacity. Please send us details of the work you would like done, and we will respond shortly.

Requirements:

1. Artwork in SVG/JPG format.
2. JPG screenshot (to compare and make sure what we are seeing matches what you are seeing).
3. Type of material required.
4. Thickness of material.
5. Size of item.
6. Delivery date.

N.B.: Please note we only do finishing work like sanding, painting and assembly on special request and for bigger projects.