Hoping someone has figured out how to configure the amount of rotation when framing with the rotary? The engraving is alright once it starts engraving but the full rotations at start up will not work with anything with a handle?
When presented with a similar problem, I homed the rotary and framed the object before I loaded the cup with a handle into my chuck.
Then I manually rotate the object and chuck to along with the desired start point. Turn on the laser at low power to help your visualization of where the start point will be.
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Thanks for your response Jim, something to try for sure. Unless I am missing something, I can no problem frame out the object before loading the cup with the handle, but by stopping the framing to install said cup, I cannot just start the engrave without unpausing the framing, which will do a complete revolution again, I think, I will have to try and play with that and see if it might work?
You mean your rotary does a revolution before? It should not do that. Make sure you set the project origin and the rest of your origins correctly.
If you set it up like this, the laser will start right at the position where you put it:
You can adjust the job origin to another position, if you want to move the laser over the center at the beginning, for example.
Edit: also, disable auto home at startup, of course. 
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It actually does several revolutions as it is framing, obviously I will have to check into setting up my job origin position? I have been running it from current position and setting up my file in lightburn and operating my laser from an sd card, not actually operating it directly from my laptop, but that should not matter, I still should be able to correct this if I figure out the settings? Thank you for your kind response, all information is helpful and a learning lesson.
Can you please upload your file here on the forum? We would be better able to help you if we had the exact file and settings that you are working with.
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— is the upload file button.
I must be missing something, do not see a place to upload a file, is this in lightburn or through my browser and are you talking the a gcode file that is working in this manner?
Sorry think I found it!
Willow New Image.gcode (3.5 MB)
It’s hard to depict the orientation of the project, but at least, it’s not starting at the origin. You might have an object outside or did not enable “cut selected graphics only” and “use selection origin”.
I do not think I have anything outside of the area, do have cut selected graphics selected and I will try it with selected origin and see how that works? Thank you for your suggestions.
Is there any difference in having a laptop running the file or a sd card running the file, the origin and framing should be the same?
I’d say, it SHOULD be, but you never know how the developers messed up the firmware. Try using a USB connection to check this.