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The laser cutter feed rate and power need to be modified for different materials. As we learn about
more materials, please add their cutting parameters here.  Note that these are effective powers (pot setting times SmartCarve setting; or equivalently with pot to 100% (fully CW)).  

{| class="wikitable"
! 
! 
! Max Power (%)
! Min Power (%)
! Work Speed (mm/s)
! Notes
|-
| 1/8" Acrylic
| Cutting
| 60
| 25
| 20
| 
|-
| 
| Cutting
| 45
| 40
| 10
| Based on CAMFive
|-
| 
| Marking
| 30
| 20
| 100
| 
|-
| 
| Marking
| 100
| 25
| 400
| 
|-
| 
| Marking
| 50
| 25
| 500
| 
|-
| 1/4" Acrylic
| Cutting
| 100
| 25
| 15
| Only works for straight cuts, not perfect edges
|-
| 
| Cutting
| 65
| 60
| 5
| Based on CAMFive, not perfect edges
|-
| Copy Paper
| Cutting
| 25
| 35
| 500
| 
|-
| 110lb Cardstock
| Cutting
| 70
| 65
| 500
| aka 200 g/m^2
|-
| 
| Marking
| 45
| 25
| 500
| 
|-
| Mat Board
| Cutting
| 100
| 90
| 75
| 
|-
| 
| Marking
| 32
| 22
| 500
| 
|-
| Foam Core
| Cutting
| 100
| 20
| 100
| 
|-
| 
| Marking
| 45
| 20
| 100
| 
|-
| 1/4" Wood
| Cutting
| 70
| 65
| 10
| 
|-
| 
| Heavy Marking
| 70
| 65
| 40
| 
|-
| Black Granite
| Marking
| 50
| 25
| 100
| try 300 DPI fill
|-
| 
| Filling
| 90
| 0
| 300
| 300 DPI X-Double fill defaults
|-
| Square Mugs
| Marking
| 50
| 50
| 60-80
| Scan Interval 0.100 mm, Laser Potentiometer set to 70%, Can probably increase speed further
|}
* Not optimized yet.

If the material you are interested in is not listed on this page, check this [http://wiki.makeitlabs.com/training/laser/laser-settings-80w table] from another makerspace. Please update this page with your settings once you have verified them!

The following file was given to us by CAMFive during training.  The 80W table would be what we have.  YMMV.

[[File:Camfive_speed_and_power_settings.jpg|400px]]