A setting suggestion for those with the power to change it.
After the last major UI overhaul the default speed on medium and thick basswood hardwoods changed from around 160 to 200. Generally from what I’ve found most of my cuts won’t cut very well unless it’s in the 150-160 range, that’s even with using proof grade medium draft board, as well as the exotic woods that came in the proof pack. I’d suggest ether changing it back, or putting some type of alert for the user to take a look and review settings before firing off the project.
I don’t have a thick basswood hardwood choice.
I have thick basswood plywood, but the speed is not 200 for a pro.
What machine are you using? I don’t believe default settings were changed by Glowforge recently.
Nope it’s my most used wood as well. I’m using the Plus, and yes they changed when they rolled out the UI that had the change with the color changing objects. Its a miner inconvenience but it’s something I thought I’d throw it up there
Your comment says “thick basswood hardwood”, while your screenshot shows “thick basswood plywood”. Plywood and hardwood are not synonyms.
I checked a chart of PG settings someone put together last year, and they are the same as the settings you see now. They have not changed.
Here’s a post from 2018 also confirming that the speed for medium basswood hardwood was 200 then as well, so that hasn’t changed in at least 3 years.
Since you keep mixing them up, it seems like perhaps you’re accidentally choosing hardwood when you mean to choose plywood, or vice versa. As the hardwood and plywood don’t cut at the same speeds, this will cause you problems with your projects. Make sure you select the material you’re using.
Ok so the naming convention was my bad because I wasn’t seeing it, however I’ve always manually set my speed after wasting a few of the included proof grade boards because the speed was inconsistent with the need of the wood. Regardless of which wood I’m using the defaults are not coming up as accurate, especially if I’m making signs or things with tight corners or curves (lettering for example) and generally requires a slower speed.
If your optics and fans are clean, and you are using proofgrade material the proofgrade settings are guaranteed to work. If you waste material under these conditions, Glowforge will replace the materials, so I suggest documenting your experience with screenshots of the interface and photos of the failed prints.
Hi there, I would like to follow up and check on how your Glowforge is performing utilizing the following standard test.
Do you have any Proofgrade material on hand?
We will need this test on proofgrade material to eliminate variables and establish a baseline for how your Glowforge is functioning. Here are the test instructions below:
There are several things that need to be checked if the laser doesn’t cleanly cut through the material. We’ve discovered that photos don’t always come through well in emails, so I’ve included several links that will take you to reference instructions and photos. Please turn off your Glowforge and check the following: