Hi Everyone,
First post - So I’ll try my best to help this make sense.
I recently bought a laser cutter/engraver (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097RJ4SFR?ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details&th=1) for a project I’m working on. The project involves printing 2D designs from a software called Pepakura onto cardstock, then manually and painstakingly scoring and cutting the hundreds of pieces, until ultimately assembling them into a cardstock framework for a fiberglass + bondo costume.
I solved my scaling/layering workflow to go from Pepakura to Inkscape to LightBurn BUT I feel like I’m chasing a moving target when attempting to burn anything.
Here is what I’m currently attempting to test print:
My unit has a variable focus diode. I have tried this on the cardstock 3" away, and now 1" away (focusing the laser in both locations), with exactly the same results:
By the way, that test took ~38 minutes to complete.
The first problem is the occasional gaps that seem to happen after the laser moves. The next is finding the ideal power + speed. I have determined some of the factory settings were incorrect ($32, for example, as well as falsely inverting y-axis) but I’m hesitant to play with those without some direction from the wise and educated (you all).
Here’s my $$ output:
$0=10
$1=25
$2=0
$3=0
$4=0
$5=0
$6=0
$10=0
$11=0.010
$12=0.002
$13=0
$20=0
$21=0
$22=0
$23=0
$24=25.000
$25=500.000
$26=250
$27=1.000
$30=1000
$31=0
$32=1
$100=80.000
$101=80.000
$102=250.000
$110=2000.000
$111=2000.000
$112=2000.000
$120=6000.000
$121=6000.000
$122=10.000
$130=280.000
$131=280.000
$132=200.000
Thank you in advance!!!