Poor toolpaths & cycle time

ROFL! No worries! :smile:

I can’t get too upset about it…it adds a couple minutes of travel time to each job, but unless you’re running job after job after job…it doesn’t amount to much. A minute or two on a 45 minute job isn’t going to break me.

The killer for time taken is engraving, and you can dramatically cut that time down by two things…orient the longest engraves horizontally, to cut down on vertical travel time, and don’t use really high LPI values. Perfect medium engrave coverage is obtained at from 195-225 LPI. Everything higher will burn darker and cut deeper, but doesn’t gain you anything in terms of coverage. You can get the darker effect if you still want it by decreasing the speed just about 5 points and defocusing the engrave by adding 0.10 inch. (Keeps it shallow so you don’t burn through.)

3 Likes