Making panels, carving text

[Julien]

Hi @Jaap,

Whichever settings were working for you on the SainSmart CNC + associated tool, will work as is on the Shapeoko as a starting point (because the cutting edge of the tool does not care which machine moves it around ), but the difference will be that you will then be able to cut faster/deeper with the Shapeoko of course, and the precision will also likely be better.

There are many threads on the forum about cutting acrylic (tl;dr: use single flute cutters and feed fast), and a few on v-carving acrylic, here’s one where we discussed settings:

Acrylic Engraving Recipe

I used your latest recipe, this is probably as clean as it gets with this battered V-bit of mine [IMG-20200620-WA0001 (2)] A dust shoe video, just because: It’s funny how it cleans-up gradually as it does the passes

With a 1/8" 30° vbit you will need to dial down the depth and feedrate (again, what you were using with your previous CNC should be a safe starting point)