Luan Cutting / EngravingPower?

[cooperl]

Can someone help me determine a good baseline for cutting some Luan?

The luan is about .16" Thick.

What would be a good baseline settings for cutting?

What would be a good baseline setting for score / engraving etc?

Thanks!

[evansd2]

Try searching for Meranti settings too.

You’d find this, among others:

Settings for 1/8" Meranti Lauan plywood

First things first, this stuff is thin and light weight. I doubt it’s super strong. Thickness as measured is 0.108". Cuts easily at 320/full/1x (Pro), and even cut well at 340 speed, though I think you might get spotty cuts, that’s pushing it. The cuts are very dark, with medium charring. Engraving was fairly shallow but VERY dark as 200speed/10power/225lpi/1x. (Meranti is also called Philippine mahogany, and it engraves super dark like mahogany does). Shallow engraving is key here, the to…

That being said, you’ll be better off with testing than just trying someone else’s settings.

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…

[rbtdanforth]

@cooperl

for score / engraving etc

I did a lot with Luan plywood, and the surface layer is thinner than paint and what is beneath looks really bad. I therefore either cut or scored all that I did,

As this is not about showing off what you have made and is discussing non-pg settings and materials it needs to be in the Beyond the Manual section. I can put it there for you,

[cweddle]

Thanks for sharing this. It’s super helpful as I’m super new to this.