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How to cut 10mm?

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2023-08-15

HI
I have an Atomstack A10 Pro with 10w laser.
I’ve seen videos on youtube that cuts 10mm plywood at a speed of 200 and a power of 80% with 3 passes but I can’t even cut 6mm.
Could it be some Lightburn setting?

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    • Miller

      2023-08-16
      Perhaps you have LightBurn set for mm/sec rather than mm/min, in which case the laser will be moving 60 times too fast and won’t make much of a mark on anything.
      
      Or it can be set for in/min when you’re thinking mm/min, which will run only 25.4 times too fast.
      
      All those are in Edit → Settings.
      
      With that set properly, the next thing to check is focus, because a defocused beam has very little power.
      
      And then there’s the issue of assist air, without which the beam probably won’t penetrate through the smoke to the bottom of a 10 mm trench.
      
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