I have a day job, but my making side-gig is starting to take off, so I upgraded to an omtech Polar Lite.
The Polar Lite has a QR code on the chassis to download the manual; the included manual is 10 pages of the first part of the PDF - just warnings and disclaimers. Unhelpful.
Then there’s the manual and omtech resources. They’ve iterated the Polar Lite so much that only about 1/3 of the manual is useful, eg: My water reservoir is on the left…while other batches had them on the rear or right. omtech moved the air pump but didn’t document it. omtech removed the power dial and simply pre-set the power line to reduce user error, but didn’t document it. The changes are all positive, but it was insane to find the cooler where it wasn’t supposed to be, and find that I spent an hour looking for a dial that no longer exists. And then there’s Lightburn…
Every time I googled something, Lightburn was the resource with the answer. omtech hardware question? omtech points to Lightburn.
I started with a diode laser and then grew into a K40. A fiber laser was next, and finally I’ve gotten the Polar Lite…and all the while, Lightburn has been the resource and foundation that allows me to get creative (because God knows omtech, monport, and gweike don’t have a lot of interest in us once the cheque clears and the gadget is delivered).
So, ultimately, after a decade, I feel it’s time to thank everyone in the forums (mostly I benefit from reading you), and especially the Lightburn team.
Because of you, we have software we can own and be productive without another damn subscription.
From the code monkeys to you reading…thanks. You’ve brought a lot of encouragement and joy where, sometimes, discouragement and furstration can easily ruin your day.
Thanks again Lightburn (and community)
ps: did I say thanks? Because I’d be remiss if I didn’t say how grateful I was.