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How Laser Material Guide works

Laser Material Guide is a reference built from statements that laser manufacturers, stores and US agencies publish. Laser Material Guide owns no lasers and runs no burn tests. Each page reports what those organizations list, with a link to the page.

How a statement is counted

Each cell in the compatibility table is one laser type and one job, such as CO2 cutting. A manufacturer statement counts for a cell when the page gives the material and the laser type together. Tables and plain sentences both count. A page that says nothing about a material counts as Not listed, not as a No.

A cell shows Yes or No with the number of manufacturers that list it. A count of 1 means one manufacturer only. Where manufacturers list both, the cell shows Disagree and both sides are listed. Laser Material Guide does not pick a side.

The compatibility table holds 200 statements from 8 manufacturers and 1 store.

Safety wording

Safety statements come from manufacturer manuals and support pages, the FDA's laser product pages and OSHA's technical manual. Laser Material Guide does not write its own safety advice. The machine's manual and the material's safety data sheet are the authority for any job.

Money

Right now Laser Material Guide earns nothing: no banners, no sponsored rows, and every outbound link to a manufacturer goes straight to the manufacturer. Should a commission link ever appear, a notice will sit on this page and beside that link before it goes live.

Corrections

Spec pages change. Corrections go to support@lasermaterialguide.com with the page address and the change. Corrections are checked against the manufacturer's page, not against forum posts.