It looks Janka wise that it’s similar to padauk - and there are definitely settings on here for that - I’d start with those and use one of the engrave tests to get it perfect.
(Two examples, you can definitely search for more!)
I recently acquired some 1/8" Padauk from Inventables:
After some experimentation, I’ve found the Proofgrade settings for Medium Basswood Hardwood yields the best overall results. I did try other settings, including lower power, higher speed, multiple passes, etc., and didn’t observe a significant advantage over the Proofgrade settings. The manual equivalent to Proofgrade Medium Basswood Hardwood is: speed=200, power=Full, passes=1
Despite how dry the wood feels, the Padauk “juices out’ qu…
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 Test.zip (546.2 KB)
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