That’s not to say that laser-versus-hand is analogous to John Henry’s hammer battling a steam engine. For one, Newsome’s laser work tends to start in the digital realm. He says that, given the time it takes to create the file for the laser, it could take about the same amount of time to make a single product via laser as it does by hand. It’s when it comes to making multiple copies that the laser shines, though. “And that’s why, you know, if there is some boring part of the process that you don’t really need your level of skill to do, you just need it to be done so you can get on to the more skilled part, then that’s really where it helps,” Newsome says. Most natural materials can be used, including plants, glass, and some stone, as can synthetic materials, including acrylic plastic. But Newsome does mention a word of warning with such materials. You’re basically vaporizing it,” he says. “So things that you don’t want to breathe - if they were to be on fire - might not want to burn.”Īnd burn things will.
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Newsome says that the laser he uses - Full Spectrum Laser’s P-series CO2 laser - runs at only 100 watts, although that energy is focusing on an area roughly three thousandths of an inch in size. “So it takes just the energy of a light bulb,” Newsome says, “but it’s putting it at such a tiny point that it can burn away whatever’s in front of it.”ĭespite how it may sound, lasers do have a low barrier of entry, meaning that even people with only basic computer knowledge are able to use them. The amount of time required for the laser to do its duty varies: Anywhere from minutes to hours, with that time difference coming down to how much detail is being captured.
“It’s just shooting heat instead of ink dots.” “It works a lot like a printer,” he says.
Sometimes that heat requires supervision, depending on what the laser is doing.
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