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** little more oomph, I had to separate some spots manually, but they may have been out of focus
** little more oomph, I had to separate some spots manually, but they may have been out of focus


 
* Styrene "use low frequency like 30 but high speed"
[[Category: How to]]
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[[Category: InkScape]]
[[Category: InkScape]]

Revision as of 14:16, 2012 October 30

75 watt epilog laser cutter

workable materials

Material size

  • 18" by 24" (aka 45.72cm x 60.96cm)

eliminate the "fog" around things

Alexander's calgary flames had a fog around them - why? when looking how to print from Inkscape I found some info about this... some people called it a "halo"; didn't find out what the solution is.

Materials/Speed/Power settings

  • 65/5/500 works for white and brown paper
    • little more oomph, I had to separate some spots manually, but they may have been out of focus
  • Styrene "use low frequency like 30 but high speed"