Laser settings that actually work
Power, speed, passes and frequency for cut, engrave, score and mark — with a source behind every entry.
Always test on scrap first. These are starting points from public sources, not guarantees for your exact machine or material batch.
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Basswood · 3mm
xTool F1 · cut
Power 90%Speed 3 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Official lab reference. Test on scrap; results vary by batch and focus.
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Basswood · 3mm
xTool F1 · score
Power 70%Speed 80 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Official lab reference for score/outline.
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Basswood · 3mm
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 100%Speed 300 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Vector engrave; official lab reference.
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F1 · cut
Power 100%Speed 2 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Official lab reference. Acrylic cuts cleanly with air assist.
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Silver-black leather
xTool F1 · cut
Power 90%Speed 10 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Engraving leather for cut-through; watch for fire risk.
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Silver-black leather
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 70%Speed 500 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Vector engrave on leather.
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Black metal name card
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 100%Speed 400 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Vector engrave on coated metal card.
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Black alumina sheet
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 90%Speed 1100 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
High-speed vector engrave on black alumina.
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Rock coaster
xTool F1 · score
Power 100%Speed 200 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Score outline on stone coaster.
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Rock coaster
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 100%Speed 500 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Vector engrave on rock coaster.
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Corrugated paper · 3.5mm
xTool F1 · score
Power 70%Speed 110 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Score on corrugated paper.
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Stainless steel
xTool F1 · score
Power 80%Speed 25 mm/sPasses 1IR fiber 2W
F1 IR module score on stainless.
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Stainless steel
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 50%Speed 550 mm/sPasses 1IR fiber 2W
Vector engrave stainless with F1 IR module.
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Brass
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 100%Speed 300 mm/sPasses 1IR fiber 2W
Vector engrave brass with F1 IR.
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Aluminum sheet
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 100%Speed 600 mm/sPasses 1IR fiber 2W
Vector engrave aluminum sheet with F1 IR.
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F1 · cut
Power 100%Speed 2 mm/sPasses 1IR fiber 2W
F1 IR module acrylic cut reference (slow).
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White acrylic · 3mm
xTool P2 · cut
Power 100%Speed 20 mm/sPasses 1CO2 55W
From xTool Material Library via Machines for Makers. Clean lens; test scrap first.
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White acrylic · 3mm
xTool P2 · engrave
Power 15%Speed 150 mm/sPasses 1CO2 55W
Surface engrave on 3mm white acrylic.
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White acrylic · 3mm
xTool P2 · engrave
Power 20%Speed 600 mm/sPasses 1CO2 55W
Fill/engrave (raster-style) on 3mm white acrylic.
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White acrylic · 3mm
xTool P2 · score
Power 10%Speed 160 mm/sPasses 1CO2 55W
Score/line on 3mm white acrylic.
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Stainless steel 304
Monport GA 100 MOPA · mark
Power 45%Speed 1000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 100W
Red color mark starting point from 30W JPT MOPA community grid. Rebuild a test grid on your 100W before produ…
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Stainless steel 304
Monport GA 100 MOPA · mark
Power 35%Speed 1000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 100W
Gold color mark starting point (30W JPT MOPA community). Rebuild grid on 100W.
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Stainless steel 304
Monport GA 100 MOPA · mark
Power 40%Speed 1500 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 100W
Blue color mark starting point (30W JPT MOPA community). Rebuild grid on 100W.
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Stainless steel 304
Monport GA 100 MOPA · mark
Power 25%Speed 800 mm/sPasses 2MOPA fiber 100W
Black anneal starting point (30W JPT MOPA community). Most durable of the color set; 2 passes.
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Proofgrade acrylic
Glowforge · cut
Power Proofgrade autoSpeed Proofgrade autoPasses 1CO2
Glowforge App applies lab-tested Cut/Engrave/Score when Proofgrade QR is detected. Open Manual mode to view n…
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Proofgrade wood
Glowforge · engrave
Power Proofgrade autoSpeed Proofgrade autoPasses 1CO2
Use Proofgrade material selection in the Glowforge App for auto settings. Custom materials need your own test…
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Art scratch paper
xTool F1 · score
Power 100%Speed 1200 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Score on art scratch paper.
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Art scratch paper
xTool F1 · engrave
Power 90%Speed 2400 mm/sPasses 1diode 10W
Vector engrave art scratch paper.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F1 Ultra · cut
Power 100%Speed 20 mm/sPasses 6diode 20W
xTool Material Library via Machines for Makers. Diode laser. Test on scrap first.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 85%Speed 180 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
Score/line on 3mm basswood plywood.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 70%Speed 600 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
Fill/engrave on 3mm basswood plywood.
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Kraft paper
xTool F1 Ultra · cut
Power 80%Speed 30 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
Kraft paper cut. Diode laser.
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Kraft paper
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 80%Speed 200 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
Kraft paper score.
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Kraft paper
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 85%Speed 600 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
Kraft paper fill.
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Black acrylic · 1mm
xTool F1 Ultra · cut
Power 100%Speed 30 mm/sPasses 4diode 20W
1mm black acrylic cut. Diode.
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Black acrylic · 1mm
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 35%Speed 300 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
1mm black acrylic score.
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Black acrylic · 1mm
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 30%Speed 100 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
1mm black acrylic fill.
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F1 Ultra · cut
Power 100%Speed 4 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
3mm black acrylic cut (library lists IR/fiber class on this entry). Test scrap; diode also used for acrylic o…
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 20%Speed 150 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
3mm black acrylic score.
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 45%Speed 1800 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
3mm black acrylic fill.
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201 stainless steel
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 70%Speed 1600 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
Fiber IR score on 201 stainless.
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201 stainless steel
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 70%Speed 2200 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
Fiber IR fill on 201 stainless.
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Stainless steel tumbler (seafoam)
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 40%Speed 80 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
xTool seafoam coffee tumbler score; rotary recommended.
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Stainless steel tumbler (seafoam)
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 75%Speed 100 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
Seafoam tumbler fill; rotary recommended.
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Rock
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 100%Speed 3800 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
Rock/stone engrave.
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Rock
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 60%Speed 1600 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
Rock score.
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Rock
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 65%Speed 1800 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
Rock fill (library fill row).
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Black PU leather
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 55%Speed 600 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
Black PU leather score (IR/fiber class).
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Black PU leather
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 60%Speed 760 mm/sPasses 1fiber 20W
Black PU leather fill.
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Black anodized aluminum
xTool F1 Ultra · engrave
Power 50%Speed 1000 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
Anodized aluminum fill with diode.
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Black anodized aluminum
xTool F1 Ultra · score
Power 60%Speed 600 mm/sPasses 1diode 20W
Anodized aluminum score with diode.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F2 · cut
Power 90%Speed 6 mm/sPasses 1diode 15W
xTool Material Library. F2 diode. Test on scrap.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F2 · score
Power 70%Speed 140 mm/sPasses 1diode 15W
3mm basswood score on F2.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F2 · engrave
Power 70%Speed 300 mm/sPasses 1diode 15W
3mm basswood fill on F2.
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F2 · cut
Power 100%Speed 3 mm/sPasses 1diode 15W
3mm black acrylic cut on F2 diode.
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F2 · score
Power 70%Speed 500 mm/sPasses 1diode 15W
3mm black acrylic score on F2.
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F2 · engrave
Power 60%Speed 800 mm/sPasses 1diode 15W
3mm black acrylic fill on F2.
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Stainless steel dog tag · 1.8mm
xTool F2 · score
Power 90%Speed 30 mm/sPasses 1diode 15W
Bone-shape stainless dog tag score (library lists diode class — coated/marked tags).
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Stainless steel dog tag · 1.8mm
xTool F2 · engrave
Power 90%Speed 40 mm/sPasses 1diode 15W
Bone-shape stainless dog tag fill.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F2 Ultra · cut
Power 70%Speed 40 mm/sPasses 4diode 40W
F2 Ultra 40W diode cut. Dual-laser model.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 90%Speed 400 mm/sPasses 1diode 40W
3mm basswood score on F2 Ultra diode.
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Basswood plywood · 3mm
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 90%Speed 1250 mm/sPasses 1diode 40W
3mm basswood fill on F2 Ultra diode.
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Basswood plywood · 6mm
xTool F2 Ultra · cut
Power 90%Speed 30 mm/sPasses 20diode 40W
6mm basswood cut; many passes.
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Basswood plywood · 6mm
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 90%Speed 400 mm/sPasses 1diode 40W
6mm basswood score.
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Basswood plywood · 6mm
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 90%Speed 1250 mm/sPasses 1diode 40W
6mm basswood fill.
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304 stainless steel
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 80%Speed 3600 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
60W MOPA score on 304 stainless.
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304 stainless steel
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 40%Speed 3000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
60W MOPA fill on 304 stainless.
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Brass
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 100%Speed 2000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Brass engrave on 60W MOPA.
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Brass
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 90%Speed 2400 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Brass score.
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Brass
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 64%Speed 1500 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Brass fill.
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Black to silver laserable PU leather
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 60%Speed 3000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Laserable PU leather score.
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Black to silver laserable PU leather
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 40%Speed 2000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Laserable PU leather fill.
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Rock
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 70%Speed 3000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Rock score on 60W MOPA.
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Rock
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 50%Speed 3000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Rock fill on 60W MOPA.
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 50%Speed 3600 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
3mm black acrylic score (MOPA class entry).
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Black acrylic · 3mm
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 70%Speed 2000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
3mm black acrylic fill.
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Laser engraving photo paper
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 30%Speed 3600 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Photo paper score.
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Laser engraving photo paper
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 30%Speed 4000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Photo paper fill.
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Black PU leather
xTool F2 Ultra · engrave
Power 12%Speed 3000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Black PU leather fill (low power).
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Black PU leather
xTool F2 Ultra · score
Power 60%Speed 3000 mm/sPasses 1MOPA fiber 60W
Black PU leather score.
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