Inconsistant engraving

I’m frustrated because I’ve been working on a project in acrylic, and can’t get a the Glowforge to consistently engrave at a reasonable depth. Sometimes, I’ll program the design to repeat three times, and that’ll do the trick, but at other times, even that won’t work, and I only get the laser to very lightly engrave the surface,–so lightly that the design is almost unrecognizable.
What am I doing wrong? HEEEELLLLLLPP!

You’ll want to double check your setting each time to make sure you didn’t drop to 1 power for some reason. If that’s not the issue, how are your optics? Have the lenses been cleaned?

Yea—not the power,-but I’ll check the lenses and report back

Finally figured it out—DUH!! The speed was way too high!
J

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I’m so sorry to hear that you’ve hit this snag. I apologize for the delay in response. I’m so glad to hear that you were able to narrow down the trouble, and everything is working correctly.

I’ll close this thread for now, but please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly at support@glowforge.com if you run into any more trouble. We’re here to help!