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have you looked at a black painted mdf board as supplied by Laserply.co.uk, it is a 3mm board with black or white painted finish, it is designed for lasers and cnc, both methods produce dust and emit waste, cnc produced dust is more dangerous than the fumes produced by a laser

Unfortunately you would need more than one machine to process that range of materials, especially if you want to cut and engrave, Co2 would cut all the above, but for 1.5mm stainless you need 350/500W power, and in co2 tube glass format you are looking at a minimum of 6 foot long tube, with an...

cant beat spraying for mdf

southern yellow pine will look totally different if you mix it with regular pine, mild caustic soda, wash thouroughly then when dry build up with various layers of wax rubbed well back

make sure you are using pure alcohol not rubbing alcohol, I have some mixed and still useable that I made up 6 years ago, must be airtight seal to stop the spirit evaporating though

Rustins still make a spirit based stain, i bought some a couple of weeks ago from restexpress but as a newbie here I cant post the full link