The DFL carries a range of materials that can be used on the CNC. For pricing please visit the DFL shop page.
✔️ All grades of plywood including construction, film-faced and furniture grade plywood's. Bunnings has a great selection in stock, or for more options try DMK or Plyco (Expect longer delivery times).
✔️ Chip board and Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
❗ Specially laminated products will need particular attention to achieve a clean cut edge. For this reason, if your material is not listed above, please bring a sample of at least 100mm x 200mm for cut testing.
❌ MDF cannot be cut in the DFL as it produces toxic dust when machined.
✔️ Jelutong and Kauri Pine a popular timbers for making site models. They can be purchased in small quantities from the DFL or from Anagote Timbers in Marrickville and will require finishing prior to use.
✔️ Bench tops from Bunnings. Pre-finished, solid wood bench tops from bunnings can be one of the most economical ways to realize larger products in timber.
❗Dressing unfinished wood. Many timber products come 'raw sawn' or 'unfinished' from the timber yard and will need to be 'finished' or 'dressed' prior to use. When selecting the thickness of timber for your project, anticipate that at least 5mm extra will be required to account for the finished project
The DFL woodshop can help you plane your material up to 500mm wide and can help edge laminate your dressed planks for $6 per linear metre.
❌ No salvaged wood without special permission
✔️ XPS (Polystyrene) and Polyurethane Insulation Foam are readily available foams that come in 75mm and 100mm thickness. DFL sells XPS in 300x300mm and 300x600mm sheets. Direct from suppliers, these sheets come in 2500x600mm.
✔️ RenShape and similar composites machine slowly but provide a clean and strong surface for mould making, models and fixtures.
✔️ PVC, HDPE, LDPE and other plastic sheets can be machined but require particular attention to achieve a clean cut edge, so please bring a sample of at least 100x200mm for cut testing.
❗ Modelling Foams produce fine dust when machined, and requires special safety equipment, extraction and handling. Thus, we require that you obtain special permission to machine these materials.
❌ Carbon Fibre, Fibreglass and similar composites cannot be cut in the DFL as they produce toxic dust when machined.
❌ Acoustic Foam and Flexible Plastics cannot be machined as the material deflects instead of cutting.
Aluminium composites such as honeycomb, and thin aluminium sheet (<8mm) can be processed up to 2400x1200 on our Multicam CNC's. Aluminium bar, plate, and billet stock can be processed on our Tormach CNC up to 300x200 with a maximum thickness of 100mm
