I am considering buying a StepCraft CNC machine

[jepho (Jeff Cable)]

I am considering buying a StepCraft CNC machine. These can use a laser from StepCraft. Would it be possible to drive that laser with Lightburn? I would be reluctant to lose Lightburn as my laser software of choice. TIA

[wayne1 (wayne hall)]

As long as it is grbl based you should not have any problem. I noticed you can get Vetrics for it so it should be alright.

[jepho (Jeff Cable)]

Thanks Wayne. It is that the StepCraft interface appears to use UCCNC. I understand that it could possibly run with Mach3. I would much rather keep my Lightburn software but I need to investigate this issue more. I was hoping that @Rick or @LightBurn of the development team can assist me to understand the current situation about Lightburn being able to talk to a StepCraft machine at all.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Speed problem in lightburn

I’ve been chatting with Mateusz and he’s given me the info I’d need to make output for the UCCNC. Do NOT follow the advice of people here telling you to change your $ settings - you don’t have them, and they won’t work.

Lightburn with UCCNC

We’re planning to make a generic GCode output device - it is planned, but we prioritize supporting existing users and fixing any reported bugs over pretty much everything else, so time estimates are subject to change.

[jepho (Jeff Cable)]

Super helpful answer. Many thanks Rick.