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| The power on the lasercutter machine was 90% out of 100. And the geen wool would have been better with a higher power. Plus I would not necessary recommend cutting wool, as it smells very, very bad. | The power on the lasercutter machine was 90% out of 100. And the geen wool would have been better with a higher power. Plus I would not necessary recommend cutting wool, as it smells very, very bad. | ||
| - | I recommend either (faux) leather or vilt mainly as lasercutting fabrics. Most important thing to reconsider when picking the fabric is does it unravel/fray? When the fabric does, it is less suitable for lasercutting. So: | + | In general I recommend either (faux) leather or vilt mainly as lasercutting fabrics. |
| + | Most important thing to reconsider when picking the fabric is does it unravel/fray? When the fabric does, it is less suitable for lasercutting. So: | ||
| * Preferably pick a fabric that does not fray (for the most beautiful result) | * Preferably pick a fabric that does not fray (for the most beautiful result) | ||
| * For the textiles that do; lasercut a test shape to see if the laser melts the fabric edge enough to keep it from unraveling. | * For the textiles that do; lasercut a test shape to see if the laser melts the fabric edge enough to keep it from unraveling. | ||
| * Keep in mind natural (animal) materials, like leather and wool, smell extremely bad after being cut. Make sure you have enough time to let them air out before using them in your project. | * Keep in mind natural (animal) materials, like leather and wool, smell extremely bad after being cut. Make sure you have enough time to let them air out before using them in your project. | ||
| * MOST IMPORTANT: do the coin test on any non-natural material! Hold a copper coin (ex. €0,05 cent) with tweezers into a flame to heat it up. After that hold the still-hot-coin onto the fabric that you are doubtful about. Keep the coin back into the flame, do you see a green flame after the coin went in? DON'T use this fabric in the lasercutter. I'll come back on this in a later week. | * MOST IMPORTANT: do the coin test on any non-natural material! Hold a copper coin (ex. €0,05 cent) with tweezers into a flame to heat it up. After that hold the still-hot-coin onto the fabric that you are doubtful about. Keep the coin back into the flame, do you see a green flame after the coin went in? DON'T use this fabric in the lasercutter. I'll come back on this in a later week. | ||
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| + | For this design in specific, you could say with all modular fashion projects, it is important to pick a thicker fabric. Mainly because most of the connections made are not very strong. The more rigid the fabric (the harder it is to bend), the better it is suitable for modules, so that when pulled the male part stays hooked on the female side better. | ||
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