I have a mod of @evansd2 ’s design that I use as a standard reference for each type of wood. They are small enough to fit them all in a box and they don’t use up much of the wood that you need the information about.
This is the test I run on every new wood species and often on several to test what I want to actually use. but this first test runs the engraves at twice the number noted and then comes back and makes the cuts at the numbers noted and then cuts off the piece at two passes at 125 all full power.
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Watching closely while it is done allows me to put a wet cloth on after it cuts in the case where it starts to make charcoal,this is the Zebrawood piece after sanding it as the cut is de…
Others have done much more complex styles if you have the spare wood.
I took a pass at updating the Laser Cutting Materiale Template (from Noloxs on Thingiverse) to make it more Glowforge-friendly:
Changed the engrave test shades to rasters
Combined the paths on the same test (so holes aren’t punched through the material at each intersection of the outlines
Added a (limited) vector engrave test tile, using the colors provided in @chris1 ’s Illustrator Workspace Setup for Glowforge Laser Cutter tutorial.
Full disclosure, I haven’t tried out the vectors yet becaus…