I am new here and new to laser crafts. I have a Falcon 10w. I have tried to cut 3mm Basswood. I have cleaned the laser, adjusted focal point and even increased the number of passes.
Hi Theresa
Are you getting any mark on the material.
Can you say what your power & speed settings are.
Can you post your settings here for people to see.
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I am getting marks. Mostly burning. I have went as low as 5.6 mm/sec at 70%-100% Then up to 100mm/sec at same power 70-100%
I have even tried the Lightburn material test card and still did not cut all the way through.
Change your speed to mm/min, mm/sec is ctoo fast for a 10watt diode
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Thank you! I will try that this evening. I will post here with my results.
Changing the units is not going to help apart from getting numbers you may be used to. I agree 100mm/s is too fast for your laser.
you have air assist that would help
Without the help in this forum I would have failed - also a newbie.
One thing at a time:
- check the machine settings (laser tools → machine settings) and post a screenshot here
- do a material test (laser tools → material test) … yes! really do it, otherwise I’ll show you photos of the material I wasted
- try to stay under 80 % power and do more phases instead;
- place your workpiece on a honeycomb or at least so that air can circulate under the workpiece
These were the best and most effective advice I received here, but the really experienced people here can surely help you
