Does Lightburn have Micro joins?

[Brrapp (Mike)]

I hade the pleasure of using the company laser (5kW fibre, hell yeah!) Yesterday, and found a feature in the software I NEED in lightburn.

Micro joins. It lets you place tiny joins between the object and the waste so small objects dont flip up and jam the head. I was cutting up to 16mm steel and anything under about 200mm² got a couple of these joins.

This would be perfect for the 3mm ply I play with as I normaly have to sit with my finger over the pause button to catch flips before they get hit and ruin the job, or drop through and get scortched.

[Bikemike (Mike)]

This what you are talking about?

[lumonic (Jerry Biehler)]

You might consider getting a piece of aluminum honeycomb for the table, it helps stop the issues you are seeing by supporting the work better.

[Brrapp (Mike)]

Thank you. That looks like it might do the job. I’ll have a play on the weekend.

[Brrapp (Mike)]

Thanks. Honeycomb is another option I am considering, but the other half is worried about flashback.

[lumonic (Jerry Biehler)]

You can put down a layer of paper on top which will stop anything from burning from the back while not making it any harder to cut though. I get mine from these guys, pretty cheap and they ship well:

https://www.ebay.com/usr/honeycommcore-2