first off 100% noob got a redsail 100w 1600x900 testing lightburn ATM … playing with 1/4 mahogany speed 300 max power 0,10 min 0 and its still cutting through ? same for photos what am i doing wrong lol [Screenshot (386)]

[image] dee82: and its still cutting through Are you saying your ‘Fill’ layer is cutting through this material? Have a look at the link below. I use this to run test cuts to understand the power range of the laser with each material I play with. [image] Material Cut/Scan Test Files - Power Scale Finished Creations UPDATE LightBurn now has a very powerful material testing tool built right in! Find it in the top bar menu under ‘Laser Tools > Material Test Generator’ Please check out our documentation for a full run down on all the features: Material Test - LightBurn Software Documentation [image] If you’re here specifically looking for the manual material test files and instructions, click the arrow below. Expand this section to see manual material test files Here is a test file created using the ‘Arra…

started to test but no matter what i set the power or speed at still cut/engraves the same?

@Rick doing some tests 30x30 speed 43mms max power 1% min power 0 cutting 1/4 mahogany plywood/underlay and the parts are 100% perfect. this cant be right? engraving at 900mms power .01 % is the same as 100 speed max power at 25% both engravings/ fill are at least 1/16th deep [Screenshot (387)]

Is it the black outline layer that is cutting through? Per your screen shot, your 2nd layer (C00) is set to 30 speed and 35 power.

yes black cut line is goind through at .1 % power and fill even at 0% power is still wat to deep

Low power.1 still cutting through

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Rick (Technical Evangelist) August 21, 2020, 1:40am 2

Are you saying your ‘Fill’ layer is cutting through this material?

Have a look at the link below. I use this to run test cuts to understand the power range of the laser with each material I play with.