mankin5344
(Kevin Mankin)
October 11, 2020, 3:53am
1
I just got the laser insalled tonight. On my first cut some of the the details didn’t fully burn.
The letters in officer being the main thing.
Could this be due to the glue that was used to glue the boards together?
That looks like the laser isn’t properly focused - those lines are very thick. The grain of the wood will affect how much power is absorbed, and it’s more likely to affect the burn if you’re out of focus.
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:
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Turn on the ‘Enable Laser Fire Button’ switch (make it green):
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Quit LightBurn and re-run it.
You will now have two new controls in the Move window. A …
mankin5344
(Kevin Mankin)
October 12, 2020, 10:15pm
3
Thanks for the tip. Ill give that a try.