CNC | Knife Materials

Materials

Students must supply their own materials. If the knife breaks while cutting the user is responsible for purchasing a new blade.

If your material is not on listed on this page please send an email to soatechdesk@utexas.edu with information on the requested material for us to review CNC Knife applications.

Acceptable Materials

• Paper Products
  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Chipboard
  • Museum board
• Fabric
  • Felt
  • Canvas
• Vinyl
• Soft Plastics
• Foam
  • XPS
  • Polyethylene
  • Polyurethane
  • Foam-core board

Prohibited Materials

• Any rigid materials
  • Both the top and bottom surfaces or your stock material must be a flat plane
• Wood
• MDF
• Metals
• Magnetic Sheets
• Anything containing Portland cement
  • Cement board
  • Rockite
  • Plaster
  • etc.