I am having an issue trying to get a clean cut out of 1/8 in Black acrylic. With an AtomStack S10.
AtomStack provided the following setting for this machine to cut 1/8 acrylic.
110mm/s, 100% power, 1 Pass (lightburn)
For testing purposes - I have an array of squares. Each .3 in by .3 in that i am trying to cut out.
When I tried the setting above provided by Atomstack. I barley scratched the surface of the acrylic. No matter how many passes I attempted. When I slowed it down some - the lines just got sloppier. But the depth of cut didn’t appear to change. Then I discovered the Constant power setting. Which is yielding some what better results. But I think I’m still missing something.
As Ive worked my way up to 10 passes now. And I am still only cutting through the corners on each square.
My last test was 5 squares. 100mm/s , 110mm/s , 120mm/s , 130mm/s, 140mm/s, 150mm/s. All at Constant Power. 10 Passes each. Their is a deep cut around the square. But its still only cutting through on the corners. I also don’t think I have noticed any change in the cut since 3 passes onward. I figure since I am at 10 passes when the manufacture suggest 1. I must not be doing something right :).
The Material Setting Sheet that came with the Machine. Does not specify if the speed they are referring to - is in mm/s or mm/min. They just put a number under a column for speed. like 110 - 1 pass. 210 - 2 pass. 300 - 3 pass. (for 1/8 acrylic).
So instead of assuming they meant mm/s
I went with mm/min this time. Then converted to mm/s…
I took off constant power and tested - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 mm/s. Varying between 1-3 Passes. And was able to cut through all without any issues - except 2. The 6 mm/s and 7 mm/s still wouldn’t cut all the way through even at 3 passes. Which would mean 300/60 = 5mm/s is the max for 3 passes. (for 1/8 acrylic). On their spec sheet they stated speed was 300 with 3 passes to cut 1/8. So seems to line up…
In ‘Edit → Settings’ you can set default parameters like inches/s, inches/m mm/m or mm/s
You can switch the ‘units’ back and forth at any time
Generally I think your type of machine use the inches/min. In the end, it doesn’t really matter. It might be easier for you to use one or the other but if you convert them properly they are the same…
I cut in mm/s for my co2 as the numbers are ‘easier’ to deal with…
