Rounded Corners and Not Finishing Cut

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Looking for some help. I just did my first test cuts with my machine. I am using a Miller Spectrum 625 Extreme, 120 PSI, 1/16 stand off, 30 Amp tip running 250 IPM at 30 Amps. 16 ga material. That’s what manual recommended.

So, if you look at my pics below (i did a few test cuts trying different things), its rounding some of the corners but not others, not completing my circles or completely cutting out the part.

Im newb when it comes to CNC stuff, so any idea on where to even start?

On a positive note, when it actually cuts through, 30 amps at 250 ipm produces a flawless cut with zero dross.

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for all its worth i cut 16g at 30 amps 75 psi air 100 inch a min 1/16 off the metal. i dont see a lead in n out on the cuts. have it set?

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There is lead in, but I believe the Langmuir video said no lead out…

I did try at 100 Ipm, and it did same thing…but with lots of dross.

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Ok was just a thought

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Made a bit of progress…adjusting the pierce delay from .5s to the default 1s seemed to have solved the parts not completely cutting out…apparently .5s wasnt enough time for the arc to stabilize or something. So I’m down to just the rounded corners now.

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I’m using a Hypertherm 30Air. I have many incomplete cuts and some missed letters or only parts of a letter gets cut (using stencil font). It is not consistent where the cuts do not go through the metal, but usually the metal isn’t penetrated near the end of the cut. I am using 18 ga crs, 200ipm, 30A. I have the “pierce delay” set to 0.05.
I’ve tried several different designs and only have a few successes. This occurs even when cutting a 4" diameter heart shape. I am a newbie and I need all the help that I can get.
Dennis