Materials

Standard Materials

Hobarts

One source for Acrylic for cutting is Hobarts
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• http://www.hobarts.com/store/

Fred Aldous

Another place local within manchester is Fred Aldous

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They sell some perspex / bits of wood, and glass paint for experimenting with pcb solder masks

Special Materials / Cutting

Burnable Materials / Mahogany

With some types of material one approach to cutting is to use a low power setting but with multiple passes
However one thing to watch out for is that you may end up with a build up of carbon along the cut line

Acrylic

One approach to making a 3D thing is to use Acrylic then glue the parts together.
3mm Acrylic A4 size is fairly cheap from Fred Aldous about about 3 pound

Acrylic glue appears to work by softening both sides and melting them together. But it’s important to use sand paper fine grit, or perhaps the belt sander to get a smooth edge first