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[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Thank you for updating your profile. When I first looked, and I suspect the same for @Hank based on his comments, I saw that this information identified you were still shopping. I see now we are talking about a Ruida controlled system.

Yes, the Ruida controllers use a ‘Start Speed’ setting to control cutting as described here:

Ruida / LightBurn won't cut below 10mm/s

This isn’t a LightBurn issue, but a Ruida one that’s quite common. There’s a controller setting called “Start Speed” that defaults to 10mm/sec. At that speed, power starts ramping up from Min Power to Max Power. Cutting at or below that speed means you’re using Min Power only, so if you’re cutting slow, set both Min and Max power the same and you’ll have no issues.

This is not a setting for the LightBurn software. This is a setting in the controller itself. LightBurn does provide access to this setting along with other controller settings via the ‘Machine Settings’ window to present this information in an easier UI, but you can set this value directly from the controller without LightBurn being involved at all.