Wood Types

Don't know what wood type do you want?

These are quick tips about some of the wood types we work with, the better the wood quality for engraving and cutting, the price of the piece wood goes up, unfortunately.

1) MDF
MDF
MDF is the cheapest one.
Engrave OK, better for cutting out.
Examples:

Wombat hoop sign on MDF

2) Radiata plywood

Examples:

A bit more expensive than MDF, however, the full wood sheet may not be consistent. The Radiata plywood has different grades and types. We use non-structural plywood and grade B/C. Which means on the face(B) side it looks neat but some small deformations may appear, on the back(C) side, it can have more deformations and repairs may appear.
Engrave OK, with big pieces it may show differences on the engrave, not consistence, better for cutting out.

3) European poplar

Looks much better than the first 2.
Engrave very well and good for cutting too.
European poplar 3mm is weaker than a MDF 3mm or any other wood type at the same thickness. So, depending on what the product is European poplar 6mm is recommended.