Tutorial: Speed and Power (What to Adjust and When) 

I have seen many videos but you have explained it in a simple and easy to understand. Thanks for your help.

you truly have the gift of being able to explain things in a very basic and understandable manner. Thanks for all you do for all of us learners!

I love your tutorials. You so clear in explaining.

As a newbie I appreciate all of the guidance and help, thank you for making this so simple.

So simple to the point thank you 🙏🏾 you’ve got a subscriber in this newbie! 👍🏾

WOW!!! Your explanation has made that so easy to understand. Thank you for taking the time to do these tutorials.

I just got the M1 xtool 10 w and you just saved me a ton of tears! Thank you!!!

Yayee!!! This is so helpful, thank you so much

Thank you so much for this video!

Thank you for explaining this.

That was Awesome. Thank you for this Tip. Brand new to this and i needed an explanation about speed and power.

Nice and clear ! I wish i had a similar video for UV lasers

Thank-you sir, this was helpful to me today :D

Thank you! So helpful and just what I needed! You explained it perfectly 🙌

So excited to watch this. I need this info. Thanks so much

I wish I found your video Day 2 of trying to learn my xTool laser as I'm a newbie. Someone finally took pity on me and provided a chart that's spot on with what you just covered. Great job!

Mark, you should do a P2 settings guide for substrates. I would pay for that. Listing the substrate and the setting you use. I know it would be a START but that's what scares most people for sure.

very helpful, thank you!

great explanation

You have a great way of explaining things so they are easy to understand

Thank you for your explanation (and all the others--you are so clear!). Assuming you're not at either extreme of power or speed, is there a preference for whether to adjust power or speed to change the depth or darkness?

Brilliant tutorial so easy to understand thank you . I don't have glowforge I have xtool M1 going to try some of the settings .

Thank you, just what I needed.

I am in my first week of using a laser xTool P2 and this really helped.

Thank you!

Thank you! this really helped, I'm new to this and I'm starting to get a hang on it. Is this the same for engraving on acrylic, specifically clear acrylic, I have a 20w diode laser? Thanks for any advice!!

Thanks

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Great Info... Can you explain.. the amount of passes? I've seen this setting on other videos... but not explained. Tks!

hi im engraving and in edges like it slow down and more power is apply, but in the middle it goes with speed and less power.. what is happening? hplz help

So recently I started playing with leatherette keychains and used my settings for leatherette but didn't take into consideration the size if the Keychain vs a tumbler or hat patch, and well it was a failure so I adjusted speed and power to get just right for the size of project, and we'll it kept failing to get thinner lines in the script (the whispy lines that some fancy looking scripts have ) and would not engrave them with out going way to deep on the main body of script. Any tips on how to get a good balance with thin and thicker lines on a graphic or font that you can't separate? The font I'm using is called "choppin script." My laser is a thunder nova 35 100w.

So if I were wanting a very dark but very shallow engraving, would a high power and high speed get me that ??

What’s better for the laser? Having it a Lower setting for longer or having it at a higher setting for less time? Just trying to get the most out of my laser before it will need replacing. Cheers

Why do different fonts engrave differently on the same settings?!?! I’m going crazy trying to tweak it.

does the depth of cut and color chart at the end basically work for any material the same? such as painted tile compared to canvas or wood? only been at this about 1 week. thanks.

2 part question: 1. I’ve been playing around with settings for cutting some birch plywood 1/4” from HD, and notice that sometimes it won’t cut all the way through on all the pieces on my 12”x20” sheet I’ve cut. Settings are speed 130, full power. Would you suggest setting it up for another pass? 2. I’ve noticed a lot of char on the cut pieces I mentioned above, especially the outer edges and on the opposite side facing down on the crumb tray. I put masking paper on the cut side, but not on the side facing the crumb tray. Should I mask both sides?

My question is how do you determine the power of a laser? Is a number plus the word watts (20 watt laser), or 20 watt laser output power?

Newbie here again. Any idea how to convert mm/m to mm/s regarding speed? (I'm assuming that's millimeter per minute v. millimeter per second.)

I am changing the settings for speed and precision but it is not saving it. Any thoughts?

I have a glowforge and just recently it has started what I call skipping when engraving. I am using the fonts available in glowforge and svgs I have lasered before and I am not getting clean lines, skipped areas in the fonts. Help plz

I am a newby on lasering. I laser Drinkware on a Boss 1630 , No issues lasering powder coated tumblers, but when I laser the leatherettes, lasering is very inconsistent. I will get 3 perfect then the next one will not laser properly and only laser 1/2 of the logo , we have narrowed it down to inconsistent leather and the tube maybe loosing power. I'm just confused why it will laser powder perfectly and not the leatherette. I was told to try different speed? sorry don't know how to change that and if it changes it for all of my saved logos. I don't know enough to do alot of changes. help don't want to spend alot of money on a new tube , if its not the issue.

hey, what this program called?

Just say “more shallow” 😉

I am still in the thinking mode as My Alpha will be here SOON and I am wanting to get good at inlays. "LIGHT-BULB" - As cut depth on the base needs to be dialed in, cutting the inlay portion is going to be tricky as when you use a backing tape, you want the wood inlay to cut, BUT, not the backing.... I am going to try the aluminum AC duct tape that will keep any intricate inlay pieces in place with the aluminum foil tape being a better laser "stopper" than relying on just a paper tape. As the AC tape is sticky as hell, maybe a layer or two of blue painters tape first, then the AC tape. You will still need to dial in the inlay cutting power/speed, but, by using the aluminum tape the cutting process will/should be more forgiving. OH, you were great in "National Treasure" :

Thank you!