View source for Silvertail A0 Laser Cutter/Cutting Parameters

==Cutting==
===Acrylic (Perspex)===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|2
|50
|100
|80
|-
|3
|30
|100
|80
|-
|4
|20
|100
|80
|-
|5
|15
|100
|80
|-
|6
|10
|100
|80
|-
|10
|5
|100
|80
|}

===Plywood===
====Birch====
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
!Examples / Notes
|-
|2
|60
|100
|80
|
|-
|3
|50
|100
|80
|
|-
|6
|10
|100
|80
|
|-
|9
|8
|100
|80
|Test supervised by Russ, 28/01/2016, sample from "thenaturalworkshop" on eBay.<br> '''Press-out cut, just barely penetrates, quite smokey. Borderline.'''
|-
|}

====Poplar/LitePly====

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
!Examples / Notes
|-
|3
|60
|100
|80
|
|-
|9
|20
|100
|80
|Test supervised by Henry, 7/1/2016, sample from "thenaturalworkshop" on eBay.
|-
|}

===MDF===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|3
|40
|100
|80
|-
|4
|32
|100
|80
|-
|6
|15
|100
|80
|-
|8
|10
|100
|80
|}

===Foam board===
{| class="wikitable"
!|Thickness (mm)
!|Speed (mm/sec)
!|Power (%)
!|Corner power (%)
!|Examples / Notes
|-
|5
|50
|25
|23
|6 passes* for a clean cut with minimal foam shrinkage
|-
|5
|80
|25
|23
|for a 50% score cut
|-
|5
|80
|20
|18
| for burning line markers/text into the paper coating
|}
(*) this needs to be retested since we are not supposed to make multiple passes over the same path

===Card===
====Cardstock====
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Weight (gsm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|170
|150
|30
|25
|-
|300
|100
|35
|28
|}

====Corrugated Cardboard====
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|7
|100
|100
|80
|}

===Acetate Sheets ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
| 0.1
|100
|17
|17
|}

===Polar Fleece===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
| 2
|100
|35
|30?
|}

===Polypropylene Sheet===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|0.8
|80
|100
|80
|}

===Veg Tan Leather===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Thickness (mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
! Notes
|-
|2.8-3.2
|15
|60
|50
|Full Cut
|-
|2.8-3.2
|100
|25
|25
|Partial cut for embossing
|}

==Etching==
===Vary power/speed for different depths===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Material
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
|-
|Anodized Aluminium
|1000
|35
|-
|Acrylic
|800
|40
|-
|Glass
|800
|55
|-
|Polar Fleece
|300
|15
|-
|}

==Outlining==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Material
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|Acrylic
|100
|30
|30
|-
|Anodized Aluminium
|100
|30
|30
|-
|Ply (light)
|100
|20
|15
|-
|Ply (dark)
|100
|40
|35
|-
|6mm MDF
|100
|40
|35
|-
|6mm Acrylic
|100
|40
|35
|-
|Polar Fleece
|130
|15
|15
|}

==Other Materials==

We start to see issues with the machine when trying to cut with speed higher than 100. To cut thin stencil material it's better to use engrave instead cutting mode.

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Material
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|Correx 4mm
|30
|100
|80
|-
|engrave coloured mount board 2mm
|200
|30
|
|-
|Acetate
|
|
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Polypropylene - 5micron (.5mm)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|Cutting
|70
|70
|20
|-
|scoring (for folds)
|100
|30
|20
|-
|engraving
|800
|40
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | Mylar (125 micron)
! Speed (mm/sec)
! Power (%)
! Corner Power (%)
|-
|Cutting
|100
|25
|20
|-
|Engraving holes
|600
|80
|
|-
|}
(For very fine engraving, e.g. PCB stencils, it's best to set the engraving scan gap to 0.08 or lower)

==Kerf==
The [http://www.cutlasercut.com/resources/tips-and-advice/what-is-laser-kerf kerf] of 3mm acrylic at normal cutting speeds (35) is between 0.15 - 0.2mm.