Paper Sculpting

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@steven.kroiss

should also help with some of the streaking I get from cutting

I attempted to quantify this a bit later in that thread. If you didn’t scroll all the way down:

How to manually control the air assist fan power

OK so the bottom line: reducing the air assist does reduce engraving residue. All of these are engraves in solid maple, 750/full/vary power/270 lpi No reduction. This is a deep engrave, so you expect a lot of residue. [image] Level 4 reduction, still a bit of airflow but severely reduced. Noticeably less residue. [image] Level 5 reduction, completely blocked. Even less than level 4. [image] Side by side comparisons of the full power/no airflow engraves. Notice the reflection on the t…