Help please 3018 cnc laser traverse lines

[Adriantl (Adrian Terence loveless)]

Can anyone please help I am using my cnc 3018 with laser and is printing the lines between letters I dont know what to do to stop it doing this I’m bit new so any help be appreciated

[Squid]

What version of grbl firmware are you running?
Your S value max is set to 1000. read this related thread:

New Laser Still Burning While Traversing White Space

Here are the firmware settings you requested. $$ $0=4 $1=25 $2=0 $3=1 $4=0 $5=0 $6=0 $10=115 $11=0.500 $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=255 $31=0 $32=1 $100=800.000 $101=800.000 $102=188.976 $110=800.000 $111=800.000 $112=600.000 $120=60.000 $121=60.000 $122=10.000 $130=290.000 $131=170.000 $132=30.000

I hope this will help. i know little about grbl
I would wait on others to chime in.

[LightBurn (Oz)]

Your $30 setting needs to match the S-value max setting. Yours is 0, so it means that the beam is going to turn on all the time. Your steps/mm setting suggests you have a 3018, so this might help too:

Configuring a 3018 CNC (or other CNC-based laser) for use with LightBurn

The summary: Turn on Laser Mode to get rid of the travel lines You’re trying to move too fast, which is why you don’t get enough power You need to zero the machine 3018’s are pre-configured for use as CNC machines, not lasers, so their settings and speeds will likely need to be changed to give you acceptable results with LightBurn. To see the existing settings, you can type $$ into the console in LightBurn and press enter, or go to Edit > Machine Settings. Both are showing the same values, b…

[engraverguy (tim)]

@New Laser Still Burning While Traversing White Space

30=255

My laser is doing the same making ‘traversal lines between images
I have $32=1
$30 = my S value for some reason it still created ‘traversal lines . Any suggestions?