# Issue with engraving - Poor final result **URL:** \ **Category:** LightBurn Software Questions\ **Created:** [December 20, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/issue-with-engraving-poor-final-result/28774 "2020-12-20T23:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![LightBurn](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/lightburn/32/75577_2.png) [@LightBurn](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/LightBurn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/issue-with-engraving-poor-final-result/28774/6 "2020-12-21T03:50:21Z")
It’s not a setting exactly, just the distance from the diode to the surface of the wood. The laser beam will be shaped like a long, thin hourglass, and you want the narrowest part of that to be where it hits the wood. You can turn the laser on at low power to see the spot, then adjust either the focus ring on the diode (if there is one) or the Z height of the machine to get you the smallest possible spot. > [@How do I turn on my diode at low power to focus it or frame a job?](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-turn-on-my-diode-at-low-power-to-focus-it-or-frame-a-job/10520): > > Diode lasers often don’t have a red-dot pointer like CO2 lasers do, so it is often useful to enable them at low power for focusing or framing. (Please do NOT do this if you have a CO2 laser, as the beam is invisible and this could blind you or start a fire) In LightBurn, go to Edit \> Device Settings, or click here: [image] Turn on the ‘Enable Laser Fire Button’ switch (make it green): Quit LightBurn and re-run it. You will now have two new controls in the Move window. A … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/issue-with-engraving-poor-final-result/28774)._