Tried some higher speeds with the glass process. Using the “Fill” cut path I get etching at 200mm/min and 300/min. Using “Line” cut path at 300mm/min I got a whole lot of nothing after removing the tape. I just let it start the logo and run a few passes at 0.1mm line interval for the Fill tests. I didn’t want to wait for the whole logo to finish just to see if it would mark the glass. The Line test I let it run the whole logo.
EDIT: Sorry, I guess I should read my own posts before running more tests…The etched logo was already at 200mm/min.
At 400mm/min(Fill) it is unnoticeable without angling the glass.
I just now realized why I’ve been having such a rough time with my aluminum extrusion gantry wheel fitments. I bought T-slot extrusion. I apparently needed V-groove extrusion. (face palm) Thought it was different names for the same thing. Slight difference in the channel depths and bevels.
So I started to feel like the Primo was getting neglected, then I saw @Flyfisher604 made a sweet pen/knife mount that fits the DW660 mount. His thread HERE. Thanks for that! Decided to try some pen drawing with a tool change.
The original file was much larger. Scaled it down so the largest pieces would fit on my 10x10x2.5-ish mm wood tiles, and what do you know, all the tabs fit perfectly! Doesn’t even need glue!
Just to let you know that 200 mm/s, 100% power, 3 pass seems to work perfectly on my machine too.
You’re post has been a huge help for me and have gotten my machine to work the way I was hoping when I initially bought it. I really didn’t know what I was doing when I bought it, or I would have gotten the higher power laser from the get go.
This is pallet wood I was collecting for a feature wall project that ended up being done with Pergo. I figured I’d give it a try to see how deep it would cut. Well, 100mm/min, 100% pew, 3 passes, goes all the way through. Cross-cut and rip.
Now I think I need to talk my wife into letting me buy a planer. Then I think I could make some nicer stuff.