Note: Some squares will look like they cut through, and you'll be tempted to push them out gently when you take your test block out. So you want to select the square that cut out all the way through at the fastest speed. Depending on your material and its thickness, some of the squares might not cut all the way through because it was going too fast. Our test file attempts to cut out a series of squares, all at the maximum allowed power of 85, and at different speeds. So we need to turn down the speed a bit to ensure we get through our material. However, if we go at full speed and full power, we very likely will not be able to cut all the way through our material unless we're cutting paper. Our goal with cutting is also to go as fast as possible. Find the square that you like the most and use those settings! Note: you can use a power setting in between the levels we provided if you want a middle-ground darkness. Our test file engraves a series of squares, all at a speed of 200 mm/s, and varying power levels all the way up to the maximum allowed power of 85. Our optimal settings for engraving are therefore maximum speed (200 mm/s), and whatever power level (darkness) you want for your project. Our goal with engraving is to go as fast as possible while achieving the desired darkness we want. With an increase in speed, the less time it will take to finish your project and less time = less cost. If we increase our power, we can also increase our cutting speed without fear of not cutting through all the way.
The more power, the darker and deeper your engravings will be and the thicker the materials we'll be able to cut through. Power is how powerfully the laser fires regardless of speed. Obviously the faster it moves, the less time it will take for your project to complete. Speed is how quickly or slowly the laser nozzle will move around in the X and Y directions. Literally, you are paying per minute of use of the laser, so let's make it go as fast as we can! Depending on if we are cutting or engraving, we'll optimize in different ways. We want to minimize the time it takes because time = money. We want to play with these variables in order to minimize the time it takes to complete our project while still getting quality results. The laser machine has two variables we can play with: Speed, and Power.
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