Suggested 10w settings?

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#1

I’ve been asked to engrave an Acacia cutting board for Christmas and don’t have a spare one to test settings for the new 10w laser.

I can’t afford to ruin the board and I can’t find any new library files as yet. Do you have any suggestions for settings?

#2

Hi Elayne,

We have just released the 10W material library, but it is still a big risk running settings on a material without testing.

I have no experience with that type of material either.

All I can suggest is to run a test on another material that is close to the color and density first. That way you may pick up any problems.

Good Luck.

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#3

As Domenic points out, this is very risky.

If I were tackling this job and no suitable equivalent was available for testing, I would do the following:

  1. Fix some material to the board in two seperate areas that will not be engraved (preferably opposite corners), in a stable but non-permanent way (using double-sided tape, etc.)
  2. Engrave a cross-hair onto each of the two pieces of material.

The above will allow you to use Print & Cut to re-align artwork if the board is moved. This method should not be relied upon, but it is the best backup available and has saved me a few times in the past.

Next, start engraving gradually with conservative settings, one pass at a time, ensuring the board is not moved when inspecting the results. You can always run another pass, but you can’t take one away!

Good luck!

#4

Good idea Lliam.

I guess this will help if the engraving is too light. Another pass can be made even if the material has been moved.

#5

Thanks guys, appreciated. Today is my first day of using the 10W so I might pass until I have more expertise.