# Fiber laser time estimate way off

**URL:** <https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/fiber-laser-time-estimate-way-off/84455>\
**Category:** LightBurn Software Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/fiber-laser-time-estimate-way-off/84455 "2022-12-10T23:41:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![tmorris9](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tmorris9](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/tmorris9)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/fiber-laser-time-estimate-way-off/84455/1 "2022-12-10T23:41:45Z")

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So I have a new fiber laser, only been playing with it about 10 hours so far. Wanted to do a deep etch on a coin and found some suggested settings online. Set it up and did a preview and the estimate was over 5 hours, I thought I don’t want to waste that much time when it’s my first one (will likely do something wrong) so I set back the number of passes (3 layers total) until the estimate was just over 2 hours.

Started it and was messing with a WYZE cam I plan to watch the laser on and around 10 minutes later I noticed the noise stopped. Well it was done?!? the 2+ hours took like 10 minutes.

So, is there a way to adjust the time estimate to at least be closer? I am running the 5 hour version now and I am guessing it will actually be 20-30 minutes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/system/32/64335_2.png) [@system](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/fiber-laser-time-estimate-way-off/84455/2 "2023-01-09T23:42:07Z")

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Closed on January 9, 2023, 11:42pm UTC

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