As far as settings. The first one, the black 0 is set as your basic “cut”. It’s set up to move slower at a higher power for this purpose.
With a 50 watt running at 70% power you should be able to cut 3 mm plywood or baltic birch in one pass. Thicker material needs more passes.
The next one I have set as Fill+LIne. It will engrave the line then do a nice outline around it.
2nd is Line, so only a line.
3rd is Fill, so it will engrave out a desired area.
4th is Offset Fill, it will engrave out in between the areas you want, but instead of scanning left to right, it will essentially trace lines around the designs to remove material.
First thing you should do in my opinion (something I didn’t do as I had zero idea what the heck I was doing) is to do a series of Burn tests. There’s no shortage of them on the forum, just search for them, they’ll help you figure out your power settings that you need for all of the functions.
Figure out “Absolute Co-Ordinates”. This will help you set the material in place every time for your jig. For replicating anything it’s a good idea to get these down first.
Welcome to the forum, and enjoy your laser!
