DiodeCommunity report

Corrugated Cardboard

brown

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Important safety notice

Settings are starting points — always run a test cut on scrap before your final piece. Follow your manufacturer's guidance, wear eye protection, and ensure proper ventilation.

Laser Settings

Cut · Vector · Flat Surface

Power

Speed

Passes

Thickness

3.5mm

With cardboard and my 10W laser, I like using 80% as much as possible, and just engraving and cutting at vastly different speeds (300 and 4, respectively). The engraving could be a little darker if run at 200, but the cuts at 80% and 4 are great - nice and clean, no excessive scorching.

More Corrugated Cardboard settings

Same material on xTool M2. Engrave stays the same regardless of thickness; cut changes with thickness.

Engrave (any thickness)

3.5mm · P80 S300 3.5mm · P30 S150 3.5mm · P40 S140 3.5mm · P30 S170 3.5mm · P30 S100

Cut by thickness

2mm · P100 S10 2mm · P100 S103.5mm · P80 S4 · this one3.5mm · P20 S16 3.5mm · P76 S20 P50 S16

Score

3.5mm · P40 S140 3.5mm · P30 S180

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Export

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Machine Context

BrandxTool

ModelM2

Laser typeDiode

Wattage10W

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Material Details

MaterialCorrugated Cardboard

Color / Finishbrown

Size3.5mm

SupplierxTool

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