Check your manual for materials not to be cut on a laser. No Polycarbamate (Not Acrylic) PVC or Teflon on a laser. Never run a CO2 laser at 100% because it will shorten the laser tube life substantially (75% max).
130w should cut through everything you’ve got there a lot faster and cleaner. It looked like your acrylic was not cutting straight. I had the same problem. The beam was in the middle of my 3rd mirror but needed to be lower to be straight. I think you may want to check alignment.
Thank you maybe I should double check it again due to I did install a new fan, that I'm going to be uploading the video very soon I did move the machine maybe I did throw something out of alignment
Are you sure that the 10mm is acrylic? I used to cut that with 40w. Based on the edge & smoke, it looks as though it could be polycarbonate which is very difficult to cut with CO2 due to its UV absorbing properties
@@richardthornton9318 I think you're right, Even after aligning my laser I was still not able to cut it through, It have some kind of plastic inside it was an old piece given to me from a friend of mine,and it look like it have some kind of bulletproof plastic inside, honestly at this point I'm not sure or doesn't mean enough
@@wisamyousif14 If the material was bullet resistant and very tough (very resistant to breaking with a hammer), then it was almost certainly polycarbonate. By comparison, acrylic is quite brittle and can be broken fairly easily with a hammer or the wrong kind of drill bit.
If you are referring to a wood material you can engrave from 1mm all the way to whatever you can fit to your machine engraving all depends how much power and speed you area using that will give you the depth of the engraving, for example if you use too much power slow speed you will burn deeper than if you use low power higher speed, I hope this is what you mean/your were asking for.
Thanks for responding, I have a glowforge and the thickest wood/acrylic or any material I can use in machine is just under 2 inches. Like can you put a guitar in there and engrave? With the guitar being like 4-5 inches thick. Im looking at getting the 130 watt with the 35x55 bed. I was looking at the thunder nova 35, and I think you can use any material up to 9 inches thick.
