It seems a little heretical to share some experience with cutting metal on my favorite woodworking site, but the skills overlap, and maybe others have been branching out as well.
After a good experience making small wooden boxes to sell at a Renaissance Faire, I decided to try to make some medallions out of 1/8" think brass. The methods I used to make my wooden projects applied, but I found that, of course, the feeds and speeds needed to be different, changing from wood to metal. Anyway, after some experimentation, I got some stuff that I like, and we will see next year if the Faire dwellers can find some use in them. All designed using V-Carve, and cut on an X-Carve machine.
After a good experience making small wooden boxes to sell at a Renaissance Faire, I decided to try to make some medallions out of 1/8" think brass. The methods I used to make my wooden projects applied, but I found that, of course, the feeds and speeds needed to be different, changing from wood to metal. Anyway, after some experimentation, I got some stuff that I like, and we will see next year if the Faire dwellers can find some use in them. All designed using V-Carve, and cut on an X-Carve machine.