Settings on Gloforge for Macaron

[danielle.peters808]

Hey Guys! I’m trying to get the settings right on Glowforge to print on a Macaron but something is not quite right. It either comes too deep or too light. I’m a newbie and have been reading extensively and reached out to technical support, but still can’t seem to adjust it accordingly. Need your help please.

[evansd2]

There is a great guide to the custom settings that Glowforge has written up. It’s LinkedIn number six here called working with manual settings:

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1: I'm new to Glowforge and really have no idea where to start

Hey, welcome to the forum! Glowforge has a getting started page, it’s definitely worth your time: <a href="https://support.glowforge.com/hc/en-us/sections/11792517736475-Design-and-Print-Tutorials">https://support.glowf…

There’s no one right answer for something like a macaron, because they are very much an inconsistent material to work with. Depending on how someone bakes it or what the actual recipe is, it could have pretty different properties. I’m afraid you’re just gonna have to test a little bit, and unfortunately that means that you’ll have to eat a lot of the test materials, which sounds just awful

[Xabbess]

@evansd2

you’ll have to eat a lot of the test materials, which sounds just awful

Yeah…what a rotten deal that is.

[deirdrebeth]

Presuming you’re on a rather than an , give these a shot:

Engraved Macarons

For my daughters 2nd Birthday we took an idea from another community post to engrave on a couple macarons that we put around her cake. We scored the 2 then engraved her name, and after a couple trial settings landed on: Score - 400 / 15% Engrave - 800 / 20% / 275 LPI The kids ate them, so I wouldn’t doubt they kept their flavor [SJP_0136] [SJP_0199%202]

If you’re on an see how these compare to any of the default settings and use @evansd2 testing method from there!

[rbtdanforth]

@danielle.peters808

It either comes too deep or too light

The setting in between? I would just keep testing and eat the evidence of what did not work as others have noted.

Note: the referenced thread was before they fixed a problem that left a bit of a burn mark in each corner.

[rubinolisa3]

Hi! What about settings for Glowforge Aura to engrave on a macaron?

[Xabbess]

Welcome to the community. Unless someone in here has actually done this with an Aura, the answer to your question will be this;

@evansd2

I’m afraid you’re just gonna have to test a little bit, and unfortunately that means that you’ll have to eat a lot of the test materials, which sounds just awful

[deirdrebeth]

Macarons are mostly sugar so they’ll likely engrave pretty easily (as long as they’re not white or blue!) so start with the paper settings and then use @evansd2 test method that @Xabbess linked to to get it perfect

[eflyguy]

One approach I’ve used to test is to only use a small part of the intended design, so I can print a bunch in a small area to determine which way to go. I might, say, do each with drastically different settings, then take a pic of the results and compare to those settings in the UI.

The reality is, however, than natural materials vary, even across a sheet. And baked products are going to vary even more. I do some baking and the results are often inconsistent even though I use a very good scale to carefully measure the ingredients. That’s because even the humidity and ambient room temperature can affect the overall result.

So if you’re using natural materials (or in this case have a machine dedicated to working with food products), be prepared to test before committing to any print where materials are expensive or limited.