Print the grid lines onto wood

LightBurn Software Questions
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Hi. Does anyone know if it is possible to print the lightburn grid onto a piece of wood. I want to be able to place a piece of wood work I have done in the exact place on the wood i use to put my item to print on,as it is on the grid. The shapes are not round or square so this would ensure I print in the correct place on the items. Is this possible or would I have t make this manually.

I appreciate any help I can ge on this.

Thanks

Annette

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You will have to make this manually.

Be aware that the frame of the engraver must be firmly attached to the spoil board for this to be effective.

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I did a grid on mine, but found it less than useful. I eventually migrated over to the parts placement method I use now.

I was using my rollers as a bottle support, but not rotating it. I needed a way to easily / quickly synchronize the laser position with the position of the drawing. This series of steps is my solution.

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.

[1] Jog laser to CENTER of what you want to burn.
[2] In Laser window, click “+Show Last Position” button.
[3] In Workspace window, you should see a small red cross.
[4] In Workspace (drawing) window, highlight (CTRL-A) your work.
[5] Mouse to the center of your work, click and drag that center onto the top of the red cross.
[6] You now have the physical locations of the laser and work aligned.
[7] 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.

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I bolted a modified framing square to my cutting bed. Hard stops at 0,0.

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Thanks everyone. I have manually done the grid just have to sort the wood to fit before I print on it but I really appreciate that you came back with responses to me.

Thanks

Annette

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