What to make it out of?

Overview of suitable and unsuitable materials for my CNC laser:

Suitable materials:

"Materials that are great to work with and for which great results can be expected"

• Wood and wooden materials:
  

1. Solid wood - cross section max approx. 15 mm (dry spruce)
2. Plywood - cross section max approx. 10 mm
3. MDF, HDF, DVD (hardboard - the more glue, the harder it is cut)
4. Veneer
5. Paper and Cardboard
6. Cork
7. Bamboo
8. Balsa wood

• Fabric

• Hemp

• Cotton

• Felt

• Kevlar

• Leather (real and without chromium)

• CF - real Cellophane 

• Plastics:

1. PMMA - Acrylic - Lucite - Plexiglass, Acrylic Poly
2. PES - Polyester
3. PE - Polyethylen (sticky mess, easily melts and catches fire)
4. PUR - Polyurethane
5. Mylar
6. PLA - Polylactic acid , Polylactide
7. PET - Polyester, Polyethylene terephthalate
8. PETG - Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (creates mess; it is a lot more stable or resistant than Acrylic)
9. Rubber - without Chlorine (Neopren has Chlorine; some kinds might produce a lot of smoke)
10. FOAMS - made out of PES, PE, PS, PU, Depron, Gator
11. PP - Polypropylene - Coroplast, Corflute, Synthetic Cellophane, PP Foam (wider kerf, melts, catches fire)
    

1. Gypsum Drywall / Plasterboard - Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate

Only for engraving:

• Coated metals
• Tiles
• Anodized aluminum (Aluminium Oxide)
  
• Glass
• Glass mirror (will not affect the silver mirror finish) 
• Ceramics
• Stones and Slate, Soapstone, Onyx
• Marble and Granite

Materials that should
be avoided:

"Meterials that I don't like to work with"

• HDPE - High-Density Polyethylene, plastic bottles (sticky mess, easily melts and catches fire)
• LDPE - Low-Density Polyethylene
• PCB - Polycarbonate, Lexan, Makrolon
• PS - Polystyrene (hard board, makes big mess)
• PE - Polyethylene (sticky mess, easily melts and catches fire)
• POM - Polyacetal - Delrin (might produce formaldehyde while cutting)
  
• Polyimide - Kapton Tape (does not cut well) 
• Leather that contains chromium
  
• Corian (a composite of acrylic and minerals used in worktops)
• Magnetic sheet - without Clorine (creates hardly removable (magnetic) mess)
• Borosilicate glass (not a good result)
  
• Manganese
• Chromium
• Nickel
• Cobalt
• Copper
• Lead

Materials I don't work with nor even try to work with:

"My laser doesn't have the desired effects here, or toxic fumes are released when cutting"<br>

• PVC - PU - Polyvinyl Chloride - Vinyl - Pleather (imitation of leather) 
  
• SPC - Stone Plastic Composite (has PVC inside), Rocko panel
• PVB - Polyvinylbutyral
• PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylenes - Teflon
• PC - Polycarbonate
• ABS - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
• EPS - Expanded Polystyrene Foam, Styrofoam, Solid styrene, ethenylbenzene (highly flammable, toxic gas)
• PCB (FR4) (a composite of fiberglass cloth with an epoxy resin binder that is flame resistant)
  
• EPOXY - (Epoxy resin contains Chlorine and emits toxic fumes)
• Laminate
• Beryllium oxide
• Carbon fibers - Carbon, Polyacrylonitrile
• Fibreglass
• Nylon (better use Delrin)
• Any materials containing halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine), epoxy or phenolic resins
• Uncoated metals (other lasers are designed for cutting and engraving metals)

Feel free to contact me for more information - Phone - Email - Facebook or WhatsApp (I prefer it). We can talk about what is possible and what is not possible for me to do (especially the technical limits of my machine).
If I will be not sure if something will work, I'm definitely open to test it out.