Hi - I have a CO2 laser - I have always found that cutting card and paper leaves a sooty edge that can then spoil the final product. For thick corrugated card I can clean the edges easily enough with a paper towel but I can not do the same for intricately cut paper / thin card. How do you deal with this OR is it a quirk of my, Chinese import, machine? It is the one frustration I have that I have not been successful with this medium so far. Thanks, Peter
Hi, thanks for the great demo. Do you turn off the air assist? The only time I tried cutting paper, it scorched, and the cutouts flew around. I will try your power/speed settings and see if I can get closer.
There’s all kinds of combinations you can use. I try not to run it at too fast of a speed when cutting so I get smoother lines. If you move too fast with intricate designs, they may not be as smooth.
@Maker Experiment Fair point... I just assumed that the price premium that goes with buying an Epilog over a lesser machine would mean problems like that don't exist... I know Trotec machines are capable of very fast speeds without quality deterioration, just assumed Epilog would be the same 🤔
@@semperidem2577 Epilog is capable of high speeds with high quality. Part of it just comes from my old days of owning a glass tube laser that couldn’t do it.
Do you have a link to the paper you used to cut out your design? I wanted to try a couple of projects on paper, but i'd rather start on a paper that someone had some reasonable success in prior to me burning through samples. :)
@@MakerExperiment I have Coreldraw as a design software. So I guess I have to get my design into Coreldraw. But it's impossible to get this design into Coreldraw. So I guess I need a design program that's a lot easier to enter my designs into. Do you know of a program that would allow me to download a hand drawing into that would allow me to transfer to my 24"x12" Epilog laser?
