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Don Gares
10-10-2008, 6:06 PM
Do you leave the protective mask on the material when engraving and/or cutting it or do you remove the mask first?

Don
Gary and Jessica Houghton
10-10-2008, 6:08 PM
Remove the protective coating. Etch. Mask. Then cut.
That's what works for us.
Wesley Perreira
10-10-2008, 6:48 PM
I agree with the above statements. I tried it once with the mask on and the edges did not come out very good, quite rough. Which is unlike your finished product when the mask is removed.
Scott Erwin
10-10-2008, 7:01 PM
They have the right idea...

good luck
Don Gares
10-10-2008, 7:12 PM
Ok, remove the mask it is. Now can anyone give me a hint of the power/speed settings for engraving and cutting the material with a 40 watt laser.

Don (who has more questions than answers)
Ross Lowry
10-10-2008, 8:20 PM
Don, what machine do you have?
John Noell
10-10-2008, 10:21 PM
On our Epilog 45W we use 100sp/60pwr at 300 DPI to engrave and 35sp/100pwr/2500 to cut. Masking is not much of an option when we are cutting a full sheet with complicated patterns but we definitely remove the protective plastic before engraving or cutting.
Don Gares
10-10-2008, 11:49 PM
Don, what machine do you have?

Pinnacle M Series 1 40 watt. Bought it used a couple of months ago basically for a hobby but since then I have had a lot of individuals wanting work done. Corel X3 and PhotoGrav 2.11 (sent version 3.0 back).

Don
Ross Lowry
10-11-2008, 7:46 AM
Hello Don.
I use similar setting as to what John uses.
My 45 watt Epilog rasters it at speed 100 power 30 for a 600 dpi engraving, I know 600 takes twice as long as a 300.
My vector settings are speed 32 power 100 and freq. 5000.
I think I will give John settings a try though, should work with mine also.
Dave Kurt
10-11-2008, 10:57 AM
Pinnacle M Series 1 40 watt. Bought it used a couple of months ago basically for a hobby but since then I have had a lot of individuals wanting work done. Corel X3 and PhotoGrav 2.11 (sent version 3.0 back).

Don

I never upgraded even though I had a $10 upgrade certificate - why did you send v3 of Photograv back?
Don Gares
10-11-2008, 4:14 PM
Dave,

Maybe it was just me but I simply could not get it to work as good as 2.11 especially doing photographs on marble. I could actually get better results using the old version and the cherry material setting. I recently posted a question asking if anyone else had the same problem but never got any response. Still would like to hear other opinions.

Don