K40 thin plastics and possible adjustments; help

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SamanthaH
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K40 thin plastics and possible adjustments; help

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Hi guys,

Trying to learn to cut thin plastics. In this case, acetal (POM).

Using a K40 ($340 Preenex), and can't seem to get clean results. Some melting / jagged edges. It's not just the nature of the material, as I'm able to cut this quite cleanly on a Thunder Laser.

Album here:
https://imgur.com/a/BzVz1yx

(Focus mainly on the cut in the middle of the photo, that's one of my better results so far- '99 20.')

What can I try? Is it not reasonable to expect to get great results from a laser like this?
TIA
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