There are three main types of lasers used in laser cutters.
Lasers that cut through stuff.
When lasers cut something they re only cutting in the sense that they re making atoms be not as attracted as they once were to each other.
This results in.
This results in an uneven or uncompleted cut.
Laser beams cut through things by vaporizing the material in the beam s path.
Although the laser cutters are all built very similarly they are distinct in that each type of laser has a specific power range thus each can be used to cut through different material types and thicknesses.
When you get down to the nitty gritty details it is not really the same as mechanical cutting.
Lasers aren t solid and a beam of laser light will make no sound when it hits another object.
That s what makes the reputed clean cut of a laser.
Rubber stamp this laser cut rubber stamp is a handy thing to have around.
Laser cut leather pillows would be incredibly easy to do with a laser cutter and some leather or felt.
Remember that lasers shoot photons and when photons hit atoms they excite electrons.
So although lightsabers do look like lasers it seems impossible to create one with laser technology.
Laser beams cut through things by vaporizing the material in the beam s path.
That s what makes the reputed clean cut of a laser.
If the laser does not generate enough heat to vaporize the material melts and or catches fire.
Imagine a lightsaber duel with mute blades going straight through each other.
