Thanks to you and @davidgal2, I will probably be using this a lot. I plan to make some things out of paper and cardboard, and I imagine most of those type of designs, so long at they are made up of lines, would be best suited for scoring, it sounds like.
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https://goo.gl/maps/7oXEKWCy6n72
Here is the place. Spent a lot of time in that neighbourhood. I lived ten minutes from there.
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If you’re going to score corrugated, you need to make sure that the thing you are etching does not have a lot of closely spaced sharp curves and corners along with the straight lines (that map should be fine). That’s the big diff with a score: the head slows down around curves, and you can get cuts deeper than you want and/or heat buildup.
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Hi all,
I’m fine moving this topic wherever. I ended up with the settings I had because I saw a few other mentions of similar settings for cardboard so went ahead and use that. I’ll have to try the faster settings and see how that works out. This was only my third print with the new GF so still lots to try.
And yes, my old neighborhood in Amsterdam! I really miss living there.
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I’m sorry for any confusion - this is not correct. You may post any projects you would like in either the Made on a Glowforge section or here. Should you wish to post manual settings for any material, they may only be posted here.
I don’t read this section (I saw this because it was flagged) so please start a topic in another category if you’d like to discuss to make sure I see it.
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Okay, now I’m confused. @Tom_A said you need 2 postings for non-PG projects where you share settings. The first is in Made on a Glowforge but without the settings. The second would be in Beyond the Manual with settings.
You said essentially the same thing except included PG projects with non-default settings needing to go into Beyond the Manual.
Let me see if this is correct:
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If it’s made on a Glowforge and it doesn’t mention settings it can go in the Made on a Glowforge category. Materials don’t matter if settings aren’t mentioned.
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If it’s made on a Glowforge and it’s PG materials and any settings mentioned are default PG settings (there are 5 right - 1 cut, 2 score and 2 engrave defaults correct?) then it can go in Made on a Glowforge.
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If it mentions using non-default settings for PG material it has to go in Beyond the Manual.
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Since there are no default settings for non-PG materials, any mention of settings for those projects must go in Beyond the Manual.
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If you mention non-default settings that mention must be removed to post in Made on a Glowforge or moved to Beyond the Manual regardless of material.
Is that right?
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Seems clear to me. Let’s simplify it.
- PG and Non PG projects made on a GF can all go in Made on a GF.
- Non-automagic settings need to go in Beyond the Manual.
- Non PG material pros/cons, settings, sources, etc. are best discussed in Beyond the Manual.
edited: wording on number 3 to satisfy hair splitters or lawyers (or is that redundant?)
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you’re basically both correct as i understand it.
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For example I melted Trogdor onto a stone from the stone’s own material. I posted it in made on a glowforge and I did not mention any settings so that was ok.
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I posted yesterday in “Made on a Glowforge” an engraving for a calf skin banjo head. I did not list the settings, which were miscalculated after 2 Pale Ales. Also didn’t discuss whether goat, calf or cat make a better head.
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Not to split hairs but my #5 isn’t redundant, it can be inferred but was not explicit so I made it explicit.
BTW, I don’t think @Dan said we can’t discuss materials is his post above. He said we couldn’t discuss non-default settings. That’s different.
At the end of the day, we could distill the rules to a single one - don’t discuss non-default settings in Made on a Glowforge. The rest are there just to satisfy the people who want clarity in what’s allowed as well as what’s disallowed 
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Was it moved? nm I searched for banjo 
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ya… and just having to have a map makes this ‘rule’ totally and utterly ridiculous
I had a post moved because I used non-PG material with some default PG settings… How does that fit into 1-5? 
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If you mentioned the settings it doesn’t fit - there are no default settings for non-PG materials so you can’t specify using the defaults as the defaults are for some other material.
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So… a #6: Don’t mention built-in, non-modified, default GF settings unless they’re used only with the material that happens to be in their name (and presumably you call out “PG Black Acrylic” and not just “Black Acrylic”). Don’t even mention they exist!
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No. It’s #4.
Don’t mention settings for non-PG materials.
It’s frustrating but I expect Made on a Glowforge will end up as a picture gallery. Beyond the Manual will have the guts of what’s useful for anyone interested more than just a Pinterest experience.
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Can I just say that settings mean nothing to me. After 8 months of continuous experimenting with so many materials and so many projects, plus several major upgrades, and the fact that MakForge can’t make use of the latest power profile, I find that the whole asking about settings and putting settings down just is a big waste of time for me. Sorry. It doesn’t take that much to figure them out. And if you are really trying to do a good job, you are going to test it anyway. There are enough default Proofgrade settings that you can have a jumping off place. Way too much energy on this mostly useless issue. No matter what setting someone gives you, if you don’t test it out, you are going to regret it and waste material.
And get off my lawn!
Until we get a better place, there is nothing wrong with that. There are many issues to discuss on Made on a Glowforge that have nothing to do with settings.
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it would sure be a lot easier to figure things out if that was the rule. MOAGF is purely show, no tell. and if you want to explain, then it’s beyond the manual. no ambiguity there. MOAGF is a gallery, BTM is “how to.”
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yeah, i think this is reasonable, as well.
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