Troubleshooting laser going wild

Hey everyone, I’m very new to laser engraver. I picked up one of those craigslist deals on a sculpfun s30 pro. Appears to be barely used. Guy seemed pretty legit said everything worked well for him. When I set up at my house, I downloaded light burn and it’s the first time I’ve used the program. Every time I try to create an image, after about a minute to 2 minutes, my laser starts going crazy and starts to just randomly go everywhere basically. When I make circles, after the same amount of time it’ll start making ladder steps. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated whether this is a software thing or a mechanical issue with the laser.

Things ive checked :

-Stepper motors do not feel hot as far as i can tell
-Tightened belt that drives both X and Y axis.
-Checked set screws in pulleys on stepper motors

All checked out so far, but should i potentially double check one of those particular things? Maybe when i have one or 3 less beers in me from frustration over the hours i’ve been trying to figure this out :rofl:

Go through all of these steps:

It looks like there is a mechanical issue, it should not be caused by the software. But anyhow, show your LB window and the settings for the project. Maybe speeds were too high or so.

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When diagnosing the machine, Use 2" squares and circles, 1 pass. Then post a pix of what you get.

Also use Amazon cardboard for your test material. MUCH cheaper than any wood you can buy.

Thank you all for the responses. Here’s a little bit more of what i did between last message and now.

Used machine oil on rail of laser. Tried the “tilt test”. Was able to get the Y-axis to fall slowly at a 45 degree angle. Was not able to get the laser itself to fall down rail. Lube rail, loosened Laser belt a bit, still does not fall freely. Let me know if this could be the main issue.

Also changed out my USB cable to a brand new short one.

The picture above is the result after all of that.

The laser starts out perfect, but every time after about a minute and 15 - 2:15 (In this pictures case it happened around 1:46 seconds in)

You can hear the laser physically change its sound. Its no longer a long consistent buzz, but more of a mechanical revving and random laser bursts. I do have a video of this issue, but am not able to upload it to the forums.

Also, thanks for the Amazon cardboard tip, had a giant pizza box ready to be burned :slight_smile:

Thank you all again for the help, and any guidance would be absolutely greatly appreciated.

Also, heres a copy of the console log after the project above

Summary

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<Idle|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|FS:0,0|Ov:100,100,100>

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Thank you! i will go through this guide step by step and see if it fixes it. I will be working on this over the next couple of days and will report back.

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SOLVED:

Alright, thank you once again EVERYONE who helped me with this issue. I went through the entire guide to mechanical adjustments and maintenance. Double checked everything. Guide was absolutely amazing.

That being said, after following the guide perfectly, i started up my laser, and 2 minutes into a project SAME THING HAPPENED.

Now, while during this issue, i contacted Sculpfun customer service, and they pointed me in a direction i never would have imagined.

Solution for anyone having same issue:

When i purchased this Sculpfun laser, the selling told me he installed an expansion kit onto the sculpfun s30, making it 900mm x 900mm. What he failed to tell me, was that the laser started having issues once he installed the expansion kit (That was kind of fellow craigslist guy :rofl:)

When installing an expansion kit on the Sculpfun S30, it is required that you increase the voltage of the x and y axis motors inside of the controller via potentiometers.

Previous owner appeared to have tried to do so, but instead of turning the voltage potentiometer screw to the right position, the screw position was off by like… a very thin hair. After making sure both potentiometers were set correctly, so far fingers crossed the laser has worked without funky results SO FAR.

My take is that since the potentiometer screw was slightly off, a very small lower voltage went to the X axis motor, which over time made the motor bog down and not keep up with the Y axis motor. Therefor, after a bit it would completely bug out.

anyways, hope this helps someone else having the same issue as i did, and hope between the previous responses, and my info you can fix your issue as well!

Happy burning folks.

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Aha! The extended rails needed a higher stepper motor current.. That checks out.

Thank you for sharing the solution!

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A small thing to add here: Sculpfun recommended turning the poti 90 degrees, which causes a lot of issues for many users. Turning it by 45 degrees only is much better. They also tell this now, but they didn’t change any of the initial guides.. :slight_smile:

How many volts of Vref is 45 degrees on the potentiometer? :melting_face:

I would prefer to know the correct voltage to adjust it with a multimeter.

@OakfireReserve, I recommend Melvin’s other excellent guide about the extensions to double-check your Device Settings, Firmware Settings, and the reference voltage:

Bravo! Most excellent write-up about your resolution.

Thank you! thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Also glad to know you came to a successful resolution, but THANK YOU for your forum form.

Roughly about 1.15V.

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