# Who wants Laser Cut Stainless ? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 18, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853 "2007-04-18T15:10:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853/1 "2007-04-18T15:10:18Z")
I have the opportunity to get some stuff laser cut out of 18ga stainless sheet. Car logos, graphics, ect. Programming it takes time and time = $$ so if you guys want something done there would need to be a reasonable quantity involved… say 10 pieces. The stuff can be as big as 24" x 14" and maybe bigger. Here is a large example. ![http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2286/snakenb1.jpg](http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2286/snakenb1.jpg) 8 x 5" would cost about $35 24x14 about $90 ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853/2 "2007-04-18T15:52:24Z")
:tup: I have access to a laser cutter at school. Far too much fun to play with… edit: is it done from AutoCAD? ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853/3 "2007-04-18T16:17:12Z")
Im not sure. Im not the one doing it. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853/4 "2007-04-18T18:28:45Z")
We use AutoCAD for all our lasers at work… kinda AutoCAD drives all our CO2 lasers, but we transfer the files to LaserCAD for the YAG’s… Pretty fun stuff there; but programming doesn’t take that long, even for complex designes… I’ve done a 24x18" Firebird Formula WS6 Logo all custom done and it took me longer to get everything arranged the way I wanted it and crosshatched (for patterning in the fill-in areas because I only cut the outside, and etched the centers) than “programming it”, which took a hit of the print button and some editing of the paramaters. As long as it’s a 2D design with etching and cutting, it’s not really a “programming” task persay, but more of a layout and print. If we’re talking a 5-axis (3D) Laser system than that’s an ENTIRELY different animal and needs to be programed like a true CNC machine. ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853/5 "2007-04-18T18:31:08Z")
Its only 2D but like you said… there is some setup time. Laser time is not cheap either.