The laser has always struggled to cut 1/4 birch plywood. 1/8 has never been an issue and up to this point I just stayed away from 1/4 as much as possible but I would really like to start working with it. 1/8 cuts at 10mm/s at 43% power, both min and max power is set to the same number. 1/4 I tried to slow it down a bit more (8mm/s) and do 2 I’m using latest Lightburn Software with an Endurance 10w+ Laser on an Eleksmaker A3 Plus. × KB. Rick (Technical Evangelist) December 22, , pm 6. The screen doesn’t allow you to modify the Min Power setting because on GRBL that’s only used when engraving grayscale images. Len-Tikular (George Pilch) December Obviously, the power and speed of the laser need to be different for the engraving than for the cutting out and so the lines for each are placed on different layers.
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LightBurn Software Questions Tips and Tricks. jchuchla (Jon Chuchla) December 1, , pm 1. First off, I’m very new at laser machines. I’ve got a CNC background, but not used to cutting with light. I’ve been doing a lot of reading, and am quickly finding that I have a newer model laser without a lot of info on the internet yet Using Lightburn for Laser Cutting. When you get your laser all set up and ready for cutting, the next question is how to convert your design into gcode the machine can understand. Another Option is a quick run of the laser path with low power and high speed. This is done by setting the power to very low to % and the speed to high Cut Settings - Image Mode¶ This mode is only available for images, and lets you choose options to control how LightBurn renders the image data on the laser. The image above shows the settings available for images. CO2 lasers are typically run at low power, decreasing speed if needed to make a darker engraving. Diode lasers are often run at
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Min/Max Power (cutting) As the laser head travels along a path, its speed varies, slowing as it turns corners and increasing to the speed set for the layer when moving in a straight line. By selecting suitable values for Min and Max Power, the depth of cut can be kept more system (system) Closed December 6, , pm 4 Alex (Alessio Foglietti) May 4, , pm 1. Would it be possible to change laser power and speed while engraving? Gregory (Gregory) May 4, , pm 2. Pretty sure those commands are part of the control code that has already been loaded to the controller, and you wouldn’t be able to change them mid burn with any controller So very rough rules of thumb to help you decide where to start the test is: For raster engraving you want to move fast ( mm/sec) and low/medium power (20 to The Lightburn Software is probably the best generic laser cutting software available (I use it for almost all of my laser work). This series has LightBurn tutorials, hints and tips as Im doing cutting test file in lightburn. My co2 not “start burning” 10mm/s speed or bellow. I need use min power and then laser “start burning”. But I got error: Is it that I can’t do cutting test files (if speed is bellow 10mm/s) with my co2 laser? If speed is over 10mm/s I can use min power value 0 We’ve got you covered with speed and power suggestions for all popular laser machine materials. It’s important to remember that the below numbers are Step 1: Lower the laser cutter bed to approx 2” below the nozzle. Step 2: Place a 12” x 2” piece of scrap 1/8” material on the bed and put something underneath one end to raise it so it just touches the nozzle tip. Step 3: Set the laser cutter power to 20% and the speed to mm/s on the Ruida control panel Hello and thank for taking the time to review my post. Just bought my first laser cutter which is a Creality Falcon 2. So I am completely new to laser cutting and Lightburn and finding the initiial learning curve steep, I want to use my laser cutter to help me manufacture prototype printed circuit boards PCBs. The process involves masking the