1/2" acrylic with Morntech 80watt
Good morning All,
Lately I have been cutting some 1/2" acrylic with a Morntech 80watt laser, I haven't worked with this machine for very long but 100% power and 5mm per sec sounds a little slow for an 80 watt machine from some of the things I've read on this site. I know that this is an easy question for some of you " old hands" at this, but does this sound on par? I've cleaned the lens and mirrors, and experimented with dropping the focal point down about .025 from the auto focus, and this seemed to help. But this still seems a little slow, any advice or pointers or point me to other conversation on this site would be greatly appreciated.
Konrad Birchfield
Thank you very much for your in put.
Thank you very much guys,
Brian, that is a very astute observation and I appreciate yours and everyone else input greatly.
Bill, the issue with frequency is an issue that I also am trying to find manual control over for cutting. For the longest time I was under the impression that it only had to do with DPI, but this is only manually controllable when in scanning mode or raster. The only way I've been able to figure out how to control frequency is to switch to dot mode and make the dots long and very close together. But I have a lot to learn and I'm sure this is a great place to learn it.
Konrad