Cutting and Engraving Kraft Tex

[juliarr123]

Hi! I have searched the forums and have seen a lot of posts started about Kraft Tex and that people were going to play with it but I have yet to find some actual advice on using it
Does anyone have suggested engraving and cutting settings for it? Thank you!

[deirdrebeth]

@juliarr123

Kraft Tex

It’s made from paper and latex so it should cut just fine. Your best bet is to run a test. This one takes up a tiny bit of material:

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…

[cynd11]

I made a fake wallet with it once. My cut settings were speed 450, power 80. Score settings were speed 250, power 2. I didn’t really spend a lot of time optimizing so these could probably be improved. I didn’t try engraving.

[zwood425]

Has anyone tried engraving? I’ve run a couple tests and it’s coming out a bit odd. Any ideas where to start on settings?

[deirdrebeth]

Here’s a quick test that will let you narrow down to a smaller range very quickly:

Small and fast engraving test template

Engraving test! I know there are many of these out there already but I wanted something faster than the full blown tests. After all there is not much difference below 50% power. This test takes about 12 minutes and just checks between full and 75 percent engraving and is much smaller as not to waste to much wood. [Engraving%20Test] Engraving Test.zip (546.2 KB)