Cheers! Thanks so much!
Based on @evansd2 design I made one that includes engraves …Depth Adjustments - #5 by rbtdanforth
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I wonder if there is moisture in the wood. Perhaps you can put it on the kitchen oven at the lowest setting farthest from the heat source for 5 minutes and see if that makes a difference.
Good luck. Mark.
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Would it work if you put it in your car w/the windows rolled up? I don’t use my oven except for storing cooking stuff I don’t use. 
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seriously. best post I have run across as a newbie. It’s hard to start - when you “don’t know what you don’t know”!!! <3 THANK U!!!
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Glad you liked it. Try this one too, it’ll open a whole lot of ideas:
So what is the “A” supposed to be set at? Or does it matter?
I think that’s where you put in which material you’re running the test on…
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Nah it’s just an engrave in case you wanted to try a setting out. I don’t really dig big engrave tests, I think there are too many variables to make them comprehensive. I just do one or two test engraves, I usually know about what setting to use by now.
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Newbie here. I have this awesome file set on my material but it wont let me set the numbers to score. (or the A to engrave), The cut lines work ok but after selecting score and engrave it still says enter settings and are ignored when I cut.
Any idea what I am doing wrong
You do have to enter settings if it’s not proofgrade material.
Simply selecting score is the first step, then you assign power and speed.
Same with engrave, except you also set LPI and other options too.
You’re almost there. 
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THANKS! What settings did you use for Score and engrave?
When I pick score then pick manual to set speed and power it reflects the speed and power in the box on the left with the numbers. If I look at a project with proofgrade setting it actually says ‘score’ in that box?
On the left-hand-side click on one of the thumbnails and then click on manual settings
The you’ll see this and you can enter your speed and power
To the glowforge there is no difference between a score and a cut - they are the same thing. A score is a cut that doesn’t cut all the way through; in other words a score is a cut with less power and/or a faster speed.
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If you click the plus button in the manual settings you can add a custom setting like you see in the top screenshot.
@caribis2, I really like the way you described your materials in the settings. I may have to adopt that. To what does the PT refer?
Thanks for the reply. I think something mush wrong with my SVG file. I pick score or cut or engrave then go to manual and set the power and speed. When I go back the label like the one above under the hex still says ‘enter settings’ and is ignored.
Is there a way to deleted or rename the custom settings after you set it up?
Pt = point. In software it is bad to name things starting with a “.”, if it is even allowed by the language.
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You can change the setting values, do a Save As for it, and then delete the original. I don’t see a way to edit the name directly.
I haven’t seen that. It may be an order of operations thing. Have you done a Set Focus on your material first?