Laser Cutter Material Settings: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:30, 30 November 2018

Unfortunately you can't just calculate the perfect settings based on the power ("Watts") of a laser cutter because the actually delivered energy is always based on a combination of power and speed, which is different for each brand or model of laser cutter. To make things more complicated, 100 % power in a cutting profile is not the same as 100 % power in an engraving profile...

As there is always some trial and error involved, please share your experience with the others! You can often use experience from other machines as a rough starting point.

In general, cutting is usually done at 100 % power and the highest speed that will still result in a reliable cut. If 100 % speed still gets you through (e.g. paper or cardboard), you should reduce the power until you find the sweet spot.

Once we have a permanent machine, we should also work on a github repository with VisiCut settings again.

Epilog Zing (30 W)

Material	Thickness	Operation	Power	Speed	Resolution (dpi)	Focus	Comments
Poplar Plywood (untested example!)	4 mm	cut	100	30		center (-2 mm)	NOT CONFIRMED YET
Poplar Plywood (untested example!)	4 mm	mark	15	100		surface	NOT CONFIRMED YET
Poplar Plywood	4 mm	engrave	100	100	250	surface	nice brown color

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 ! scope="col"| Power
 ! scope="col"| Speed
+! scope="col"| Resolution (dpi)
 ! scope="col"| Focus
 ! scope="col"| Comments
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 | 100
 | ''30''
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 | center (-2 mm)
 | NOT CONFIRMED YET
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 | ''15''
 | ''100''
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 | surface
 | NOT CONFIRMED YET
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 | 100
 | 100
+| 250
 | surface
 | nice brown color
 |}