A/B Veneer MDF Cherry 2 Sides
Our supply: Stock / special order material
Thickness: Available in 6mm only
Sheet sizes: 2400×1200mm, 1200×1200mm, 1200×600mm, 600×600mm
Your supply: You can also supply your own veneered MDF at any thickness up to 9mm and any sheet size up to 2440×1220mm.
Other Veneered MDF wood types also available. Get in touch to find out more.
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Material properties
An MDF craft wood core with 0.5mm natural cherry veneer on each side. Cherry has a beautiful grain and is used mostly for decorative purposes. This oils beautifully creating a warmer finish than it’s bare surface.
Typical applications
Art & sculpture, Jewellery, Furniture,Fittings & linings – commercial, Model making.
Appearance and Grain line
As a natural material please be aware that the tone of the wood grain can differ slightly from sheet to sheet.
Laser cutting
Both faces of Cherry veneered MDF are laser cut with protective paper backing applied to
minimise burn marks and ensure the cleanest result. In some cases a subtle discolouration can occur around the surrounding area of the cut line if the backing has not adhered fully to the surface. In most cases these marks are unnoticeable but they can be easily sanded off with a fine grit wet and dry paper if required.
Cut widths & Kerfs
As a benchmark, we recommend that minimum cut widths be no smaller than the corresponding thickness of the material. For example, if cutting from 6mm veneered MDF a safe cutting width would also be 6mm. We can go smaller (see cut width image above) but this can make your components quite fragile which might not be suitable for the application. See more on cut widths and Kerf (how much the laser takes away.)
Cut edge
Cherry veneered MDF cuts with a dark brown edge.
Raster and vector engraving
We have established optimised engraving settings for all our own supply materials. For cherry veneered MDF the marking is a shallow light surface scratching. As standard we engrave through the protective backing into the cherry veneered surface. You will need to remove all the protective backing once you receive your job.
Variation in engraved finish
As a natural material, slight variation in the tone of the engraved finish can occur from sheet to sheet. Tone of wood, grain line and density and moisture content all have an impact on the engraving tone. Variation in tone can also be affected by power distribution if you have lots of pieces of artwork to engrave that vary in size.
Deeper engraving
If you would like your engraving to be deeper than our standard settings, you will need to specify this in your job request. The veneer is approximately 0.5mm in depth, so engraving any deeper will expose the MDF layer. Deeper engraving will be carried out through the protective backing in the same format as standard raster engraving.
Be aware that the higher laser power and slower processing speeds required can cause more oils from the wood to be released.
