# Looking for help on speeding up a job **URL:** \ **Category:** Original/PRO Series (Buildbotics) (Gen 1)\ **Created:** [June 30, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286 "2023-06-30T18:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rustic\_Designs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/rustic_designs/32/4949_2.png) [@Rustic\_Designs](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Rustic_Designs)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286/1 "2023-06-30T18:11:20Z")
Hi Guys! I’m hoping that you might be able to give me some quick advice on a job that I’m about to run off. Right now, my total machining time is going to be about 1 hour : 36 min. It seems like a really long process for what I’m cutting. Could you take a look at my settings and let me know how I can speed up the process without compromising quality? Here are some screenshots. I can also send someone the vcarve file if need be. Thanks so much! Trevor ![357312613_580611750913147_4984173500316390661_n](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/5/3/532322c96834a3dfd09acbb95321a19a7f5e832b.jpeg) ![357520233_1410256616490021_6246506938935033570_n](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/3/6/367c563d81630eb91c6f5220cfd9d8d29f042565.jpeg) ![Job Settings Screen Shot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/0/2/02268e5a53916f515bbda27e23834ad639bd3b2b.png) ---
**Author:** ![Pleased2fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pleased2fly](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Pleased2fly)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286/2 "2023-06-30T18:50:34Z")
Hi Trevor, Some observations: You are using V-Carve version 11.015, which is several versions behind as depicted (top/right) 11.506 is available for free upgrade. I see your pockets are 0.15 inches deep which is pretty shallow, so hopefully you are going full depth in a single pass? I would also double the feed from 80 to 150-200 inches/min. Plunge should also increase from 30 to about 100 (usually half the feed). I also notice the rapid rate is expressed in metric, while everything else is imperial. The spindle speed looks about right though. I do recommend each pass be at least .125 inch per pass for depth of cut, as a compression bit is meant to be plunged into the material at least as deep as where the cut direction changes on the bit. ---
**Author:** ![jnordyke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/jnordyke/32/1881_2.png) [@jnordyke](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/jnordyke)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286/3 "2023-06-30T20:14:30Z")
Also, Trevor, you’ll find that V-Carve’s estimate of the run time probably bears little relation to what your controller will calculate when you upload the file. ---
**Author:** ![JimHatch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/jimhatch/32/3928_2.png) [@JimHatch](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/JimHatch)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286/4 "2023-06-30T23:28:48Z")
Also check your rapid height (z-axis raise) and ratchet it down to something like 0.2" so when it lifts to move over for the next plunge it won’t have to go up very far. ---
**Author:** ![Oldockman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/oldockman/32/7331_2.png) [@Oldockman](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Oldockman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286/5 "2023-06-30T23:58:36Z")
Change the scale factor to 1 and that will be very close to what the controller will show as actual machine time. If I remember correctly, once changed, the setting will remain. ---
**Author:** ![Echd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@Echd](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Echd)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286/6 "2023-07-01T13:10:28Z")
Your feeds are very conservative (I’m assuming youre using a makita as the spindle speed is also a little on the slow side too so im assuming you just left a default). I’d go deeper and faster. That will get you what you need. If you haven’t, consider increasing the jerk and/or acceleration of your machine. You will see great gains on toolpaths that have a lot of turning or lifting and lowering of the z axis. I saw some parts reduced to a third of their initial cut time from factory settings when i went to 10k. You can also reduce the safe z height in vcarve to mitigate some of the time wasted raising and lowering the Z, which will buy you a lot of time on detailed pocketing jobs with lots of different sections like your butterflies seem to have. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/c/3/c3f709954f0f4928e74c33af2926aac75e729bea.jpeg "How to reduce Carve time on Onefinity") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ujtnVfZIbg) ---
**Author:** ![Rustic\_Designs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/rustic_designs/32/4949_2.png) [@Rustic\_Designs](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Rustic_Designs)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286/7 "2023-07-01T14:21:30Z")
Thank you for your reply and the link the the video. I remember watching this a year or so ago and changing my motors to the max 10,000 jerk setting. I just doubled checked and it is still set to this. Below are my tool settings for the Jenny bit. I initially input these values based on the manufacture’s recommendations and have never changed them. I bet all of my tools are off because I use the default. I wish I knew more about proper settings and what I could get away with but I’m new to CNC. ![Jenny Settings](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/a/5/a5b89bf34fc230fdac69535287003b44ca3708ee.png) ---
**Author:** ![Rustic\_Designs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/rustic_designs/32/4949_2.png) [@Rustic\_Designs](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Rustic_Designs)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/looking-for-help-on-speeding-up-a-job/21286/8 "2023-07-01T14:24:16Z")
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I really appreciate the help! Below are my tool settings for the Jenny bit. I initially input these values based on the manufacture’s recommendations and have never changed them. I bet all of my tools are off because I use the default. I wish I knew more about proper settings and what I could get away with but I’m new to CNC. If anyone feels like letting me know what all of the settings should be changed to, that would be great! Cheers! ![Jenny Settings](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/a/5/a5b89bf34fc230fdac69535287003b44ca3708ee.png)