Making Jigsaw Puzzles

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

For drawing these up, see:

Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces

How would I go about separating the pieces of this simple jigsaw puzzle so the pieces could be cut out individually on my Shapeoko ? Attached is the CarbideCreate file. Thanks, Bill Whale 'n Whale.c2d (84.3 KB)

(and that process nicely encapsulates the difference betwixt a laser and a router)

For further discussion and some successful examples of cutting:

Beginner: I need advice

[CNC cut] Hello All, This is my first “post”? I’m a new CNC person. I’ve only made about10 cuts so far. I think this ought to be a simple question but I can’t find an answer so I’d thought I’d as 'you all" and to learn a little bit more about how this community works. If the picture can be seen in this post [hopefully], 1) what are those tiny bits of cut wood chips called and 2) what caused it to happen? Wrong speed? Thanks in advance, Dan