How to cut poster board/thick cardstock?

[she_is_evil]

Searhing the forum gave no answere.
I want to cut 1.8mm poster board/cardstock, but im very unsure about settings for it, i have the first gen crowdfunding machine.

Any help is appreciated!

[dklgood]

There are Proofgrade settings for 80# cardstock and for two sizes of corrugated cardboard. I suspect something inbetween the two would work. There is also a post with lots and lots of information here: Somewhat Comprehensive Testing of Settings for Cutting Paper and Cardstock

[evermorian]

There is a lot of variety in card stock. It is worthwhile doing a material test to dial in settings for the particular stock you are using:

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…

Note that actual settings for non-Proofgrade materials are supposed to be confined to the Beyond the Manual section. Let us know if you want us to move this discussion there.

[deirdrebeth]

Ditto to what they said - and an addition.
If you’re using the poster board with the foam core - the foam will pull away from heat - so you may end up with a concave cut in between the two pieces of paper on the outside. The faster/lower power you can go the better for that.

[evansd2]

That looks like mat board.

Testing is gonna be the right solution but if you want to look up other peoples results I would search for mat board.