I’ve got a small-ish board each of ~1/16" canarywood and redheart that I want to cut and I have absolutely no idea where to start. I would rather not start from scratch guessing since I don’t have a lot to work with.
Anyone have a ballpark idea from their experience with these or similar 1/16" materials? I don’t mind narrowing it down if I have a starting point.
Thank you. I’ve got a Basic. And that’s exactly what I needed. I have been mostly cutting things in 1/8" and not a big range, so I had absolutely no idea where to begin.
I finally had an idea for what to do with the range of small 1/16th boards I got on Etsy… If I ever finish, I’ll post pics.
I just looked through my settings, black walnut also cuts really easily, I cut 1/16th at 320/full/1x (pro, masked both sides with perfectear plus)
I would expect redheart at the same thickness (which it wont be) to cut at about 300/full on a basic, the canarywood will probably cut inconsistently unless you slightly overpower it, but it wont be far off that. Maybe 290/F/1x. Just guessing, though.
I tested it on the settings you suggested and it was a bit toasty, so I upped the speed and adjusted and adjusted until I finally had to drop the power and it stopped cutting through. I then went back up a notch and went to cut the larger shape and it didn’t cut out at all. Ran a second pass and still no. Dropped the power for the third pass and finally got it cut out. In the midst of this, it struck me that the tiny circles I used were an awful way to test the power settings and that it was going much slower on those than on a straight line. Anyway, somehow the canarywood was not completely ruined in this learning process.
I still have no idea what settings to use, other than the three passes I went with, but the wood is cut and it looks great. I tackle the redheart next…