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This is 3mm Birch Plywood that I bought from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Baltic-Birch-Plywood-Grade/dp/B016H589HC?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2

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And the honey is made of Acrylic Resin and an amber tint. The resin has about a 30 minute working period and takes around 24+ hours to fully set. The pours were done in different batches and on many of the hexes I had to pre-coat with resin so that they didn't later leak out of the bottom.

You should be able to cut just about anything up to 5mm (1/4") thick with a 40W.

We've been using this Baltic birch a lot lately, fairly decent quality, had a few chipped or warped pieces but most of it was very good:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B013NT3OAC

While not cheap, you can probably find baltic birch in that thickness and size. Look for a local Woodcraft or order off Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Single-Piece-Baltic-Birch-Plywood/dp/B003A0JB8E/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1507935587&sr=8-6&keywords=3mm+plywood

I've had decent success with these 12inx12inx3mm birch sheets I got off amazon. 45 sheets for $65 (these were down to $60 a while back).

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013NT3OAC/

Yes I’m sure it’ll be fine as long as your laser doesn’t have problems with it and it’s very close to 3mm. Kerf isn’t too big a deal with the Birch because it’s softer relative to the mdf so a tight fit isn’t a problem, just a few taps with a mallet and you’re good. Some adjustment to your kerf setting might be necessary with the hardboard, but it’s more than likely to be closer to a true 3mm than the birch and will probably work just fine.

Cut a couple of the smaller pieces that fit into each other before you do the whole thing and make sure you’re happy with the fit so you don’t waste any material.

Alternatively, you can get the Baltic a birch in small sheets from Amazon. Baltic Birch

Or at Woodworker’s Source

I used WWS until I found a good local yard to buy my wood from.

Hope that helps.

I’ve done this with a Glowforge before to create a lake depth map (similar idea - but reversed). I traced the contours from the map in Inkscape then cut it into baltic birch 3mm or 1/8” plywood from Woodpeckers.

I have had pretty good results using this plywood from Amazon, they have other sizes, you may be able to find one that will fit in your laser natively. I have a wood shop also, so I buy these, and cut them to 12x8 which is the size of my laser bed, and get 60 sheets from a box.

We get most of our boards on Amazon. This is an example of what we like to get. These are the 12x12 and we get a 12x24. Lots of other good cuts of wood there too.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4B1G3B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We give them a good sanding before we start burning, just to get a nice smooth surface. We also pick up some nice wood at Lowe's. We found out that if we buy a large sheet and have it cut down that saves us some money.

https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Baltic-Birch-Plywood-Woodpeckers/dp/B01MXVB6O6/ref=pd_sim_201_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01MXVB6O6&pd_rd_r=CTDGZZMSXTBKH9B8KXVB&pd_rd_w=DbLsu&pd_rd_wg=i2nBN&refRID=CTDGZZMSXTBKH9B8KXVB&th=1

Is this an example of the wood you used?

Thanks

I just looked at this for a 29mm Cesaroni motor. I'm going to switch over to a 29mm motor mount. I think I'll just use a 29mm one grain F load instead of adapting to 24mm. I'll definitely try that in OpenRocket! I would never use balsa for fins :^ ) You caught me. The 1/8" 1sq ft G10 stock is a bit pricey at $27.00 per unit, so I think I'll go for this if that sounds good.

I imagine that using three hinges between each board would protect against any reasonable abuse.

What kind of wood did OP use I wonder?

Edit: Perhaps just craft plywood. Like so:

https://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Products-Co-5306-Plywood/dp/B000MNKTSS

http://www.amazon.com/American-Wood-Round-Plywood-Table/dp/B001FA3SIA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412262104&sr=8-1&keywords=round+wood+top

They have tons of different sizes. pretty cheap too.