1/16” acrylic settings

[mrtoad]

Hi. I ordered some samples from Johnson’s plastics plus and there is some 1/16” acrylic. Has anybody cut it before and what settings would I use? Thx

[evermorian]

I used 280 speed at full power on a Basic last time I cut 1/16” acrylic …

… but, you would be best served by learning to test for settings on any given material yourself:

New material cut test method

Don’t know what settings to use on a material? The only way to be sure is to test. Good news! You can effectively test on a thin strip on the edge of your material, it’s fast and easy. I use this shape to do so (SVG attached): [Material_test] Click here to download/save Or click here for the ZIP: Material_test.zip (3.3 KB) To use: Set the first operation to score (the numbers). You’ll use these to identify your cut pieces later. Set each of the curve shapes to a power/speed combo t…

[brokendrum]

@mrtoad

there is some 1/16” acrylic

I use the two color stuff quite a lot and have saved some parameters as first attempt numbers. If you find some that are bang on you can save them in the custom selection as shown.

Color matters. There are some start point numbers in this old thread below that should at least get you to a good place to start.

Inventables 2 Color Acrylic Settings

1/8 is terrible thick for jewelry. Not even sure you can get it onto the tiny earring hooks. I use the slimmer stuff. Got good numbers for the 0.060 to 0.080 (basically the 1/16th stuff) and they work with the two color as well as single. I just shift the thickness so probably a little fudge allowed in these numbers. eng - 1000/100 195 @0.060 thick score - 300/40 @0.060 (If lite score wanted - drop the 40 down) and cut - 170/full @0.060 thick. For the thicker stuff I used for designs other …

[meredithheadings]

Brokendrum… You just changed the game for my newest earrings!! THANK YOU!! That engraving setting on the 1/16" came out like BUTTAHHHH! OMG. thanks!

[dan84]

@meredithheadings

That engraving setting on the 1/16" came out like BUTTAHHHH!

Butter doesn’t laser very well. You can barely read the engraving I did on top of this stick.

[eflyguy]

I have saved settings for 1mm and 1/16" acrylic varieties and they are different. I tested to come up with them. I have a Pro so it would depend on which machine you have. I use a fair bit of Plastikote and my settings are similar to what evermorian posted, but FULL on a Pro is more power than you get on a basic.