Laser Etching Specs on ASMBLY Work desks

Thanks for the info @dannym. I’ve seen the advantage in using Tarkin at low power. I’ve got some 0.025" heat pressed epoxy card stock I’m trying to cut with fine detail to make a diorama.


The rectangles are 1/4" on the long side, 50mm/s @ 10% power using Tarkin. Is there something I can do that would make the cuts cleaner? I thought I marked things accurately but I’m not 100% certain about the direction the laser was traveling. If I were to setup a small desktop laser to cut my pieces with the required accuracy would a diode laser do a better job?