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Tutorials

Tutorials

Our CTR tutorials provide step-by-step guides on how to carry out a range of useful and interesting procedures relating to your laser machine.

This includes how to generate a specific type of design file quickly and easily with minimal editing, through to how to process material you may not be aware are laser compatible.

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As always, let us know if there's anything in particular you would like to see added here.

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