Hello, I am having issues of my images NOT burning where it shows the faming at.
I will run the framing, and then when I hit start, the laser moves slightly downwind to the right, then it will burn.
Also, are there any tips/tricks that anyone knows of to get the image to burn where I put the laser cone. I have already turned off the “Enable Pointer Offset”. I do not want to waste wood that I have and I want to be able to use it again, for other things, especially if there is still space on the wood to use. I want to know how to Frame correctly weather it is a New wood piece or something I have used for another project and there is room left.
If you’ve disabled the “Enable pointer offset”, are you framing using the crosshair or the blue diode laser?
Normally you’d use the crosshair if using the pointer offset. Without the pointer offset the assumption is that you’d be using the blue diode laser at lower power to frame.
If neither of these situations apply can you provide the following:
screenshot of Edit->Device Settings
full screenshot of LightBurn with the design loaded and ready to frame and burn
go to File->Save gcode, save to a file with .txt extension, and upload file here
I had turn the CrossHairs off, thinking that where I put my laser is where it would start. Unfortunately due to me being still very new to this, I do not know show to turn on the blue diode
In Move window, adjust the Power level of the Fire button to below 1%. Have you goggles on then push the Fire button. Increase power incrementally until the light is visible. Ideally you’d have this at the lowest level where you’re able to see the laser.
In reviewing the gcode there could be an issue with the code but can’t say as yet.
Can you first try framing with the blue diode and confirm if framing location matches burning location?
Also, are there any tips/tricks that anyone knows of to get the image to burn where I put the laser cone. I have already turned off the “Enable Pointer Offset”. I do not want to waste wood that I have and I want to be able to use it again, for other things, especially if there is still space on the wood to use. I want to know how to Frame correctly whether it is a New wood piece or something I have used for another project and there is room left.
Absolute Coords.
Home machine if capable.
Move to front-left, power up, and Set Origin if no homing switches.
Never move by hand after power on.
Jog laser to CENTER of what you want to burn.
In Laser window, click “+Show Last Position” button.
In Workspace window, you should see a small red cross.
In Workspace (drawing) window, highlight (CTRL-A) your work.
Mouse to the center of your work, click and drag that center onto the top of the red cross.
You now have the physical locations of the laser and work aligned.
Frame should be pretty close to correct. If not, re-scale the drawing or move your part to be burned slightly, but do not move the laser or the drawing center.
I found this method also allows to quickly relocate to unburned / uncut areas of the workpiece.
Let us know if this is not what you are asking for.
