A deciduous wood, Alder has an attractive orange/brown shade and is resilient to cracking. It is easy to work manually or by machine, well suited to lasering and raster engraving. Surface finishing is unproblematic, in particular it is easy to stain and is often used as an alternative to expensive high-grade woods.
Our Alder planks are supplied with a pre lacquered finish, to maintain this finish we process (and ship) with a protective masking tape that will require removal on receipt of your custom parts.
Cutting Offsets (kerf width / laser cut line width)
3mm thick material = approx. 0.15mm
6mm thick material = approx. 0.20mm
PLEASE NOTE: Alder is a natural timber and supplied as narrow planks