# How to laser engrave a sentence in LB

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**Category:** LightBurn Software Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/how-to-laser-engrave-a-sentence-in-lb/50117 "2021-10-20T02:04:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![LaserWillie](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/laserwillie/32/27174_2.png) [@LaserWillie](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/LaserWillie)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/how-to-laser-engrave-a-sentence-in-lb/50117/2 "2021-10-20T02:28:30Z")

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Hi Bill, welcome to Laser Engraving and LightBurn.

First things first, grab yourself a cup of two of your favorite Non Acoholic beverage and settle in.

You need to learn your laser first. You didn’t describe the material you are trying to engrave.

I would HIGHLY recommend doing a “power Scale” on some test wood.

> [@Material Cut/Scan Test Files - Power Scale](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/material-cut-scan-test-files-power-scale/436):
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> UPDATE LightBurn now has a very powerful material testing tool built right in! Find it in the top bar menu under ‘Laser Tools \> Material Test Generator’ Please check out our documentation for a full run down on all the features: [Material Test - LightBurn Software Documentation](https://docs.lightburnsoftware.com/Tools/MaterialTest.html) If you’re here specifically looking for the manual material test files and instructions, click the arrow below. 
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> > **Expand this section to see manual material test files**
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> > Here is a test file created using the ‘Arra…

Once you have that, you create a box that’s the size of the wood you wish to engrave. Now, you also need to learn what centering is, absolute coordinates etc. are.

Once you know the basics you need to make sure the wood is in the right place to be engraved.

I can tell you, that with such a low powered diode laser you need to have your power at 100% and speed around 30 mm/sec or so.

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