Making a pin hole

[ednisley]

@qwanzaden

firing the laser without moving

For machines with a Ruida controller, Dot Mode does the trick:

Based on an earlier discussion:

Making a pin-hole

I need to make the finest (smallest) possible hole in a piece of acrylic. I should be able to hold the head stationary, then “fire” the laser for a few milliseconds. Based on kerf-measurements, I can probably get a hole with a diameter less than 0.1mm. But I cannot figure out how to fire the laser without moving the head. Any advice, leads, or work-arounds are very welcome. Forgive me if this has been addressed before. I did search, but may have used the wrong keywords.

Spoiler: you can punch a regular array of pinholes, but that’s the extent of the trick.