Get a smaller lens. I cut silver, (did a lot of gold plated silver jewelry last year and my little 20 Watt cut into the silver quite easily.
(cuts gold like butter, and I can easily get depth to silver with my 150mm lens (110 is standard and usual on 20 W)
I've done solid silver jewelry and it works well with low wattage.
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Just picked up a 160mm F-theta lens off Ebay, which if I understand, gets me to a 110 x 110 mm work area, much closer than my current 300 x 300 mm work area, and likely more power?Originally Posted by John Lifer
Can you share your settings you use for your silver? I would assume high power, low Khz, and slow passes?
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