Finishing Pass

Yes…but… (Always a butt involved…) :smile:

The best way to do that is not move the material after the cut is finished (first pass) then send a second pass at a higher speed. (It is necessary sometimes, especially with draftboard which can swell a bit in humid areas.)

The trick is to not move either the material on the bed, or the design on the screen. You can reset the speed in the settings. (There’s no way to set different speed settings on the passes if you set it up with 2 passes to start out with.)

We use these Honeycomb Pins to pin the material down before cutting so it doesn’t shift, in case you need to send a second pass later if part didn’t quite make it through. You can lift the cuts out with doubled up tape to check.

This is a good trick to use for thick acrylic, to keep from getting too large of a kerf. Or you can just slow the speed for the first cut by a few points to get a one-pass cut. It makes a slightly larger kerf.

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