Have you actually run any test cuts on your material .
It’s the only way to know what the actual result of your real time cut results with will be.
I designed a test file to run on all the different thicknesses of material I cut.
14 gauge, 16 gauge, 18 gauge & 20 gauge is mostly what I’m cutting.
You absolutely need to sacrifice a piece of that specific thickness & material to run test cut files on it at stepped up speeds from lowest to highest. Vary the amperage if you like to but that is fairly easy to calculate or better said, set and not touch for the thickness. Once the cuts are done actually measure the kerf width.
You will have a documented cut reference now with AMPS, Torch height, ipm, material type & thickness, consumable size, ex. .6mm, .8mm, .9 mm and so on. Along with pierce delay… document and save all of it for the next time you cut a project on that material type and thickness.
See the link post below for the test cut file I ran on .105” steel before I cut out the MOOSE SCENE ART PIECE. The result was as near perfect as I could have asked for. If you want the best result for your pieces, it’s the only way you will ever achieve them on your machine. There are so many variables that will be present on your machine in your area in your shop then will be in someone else’s shop and the area they are in.
Even these specific settings for the steel piece I cut may give you a slightly different result on the same thickness. Why. Who knows. Could be any number off things. But it should get you dialed in fairly close.
I buy my steel from the same supplier all the time and so far the first settings I’ve found doing test cuts have yielded the same great results.