How to cut poster board/thick 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.