Thanks for sharing this. This is going to be a game changer for me. I have to make a wall hanging that is larger than my Longer Ray bed and this looks like the information I was looking for. I'm glad I subscribed to your channel, yesterday.
Fantastic! I am glad this will help you. Give it a try with something small like I did with using paper. I played with this feature over a year ago and didn't spend enough time learning how it works and failed at my attempt. I bookmarked it in my head for "another time". You know how that goes. Fast forward a year or so and I got back to it. I didn't have any issues using it, that is why I decided to do a quick video on it. I hope your project works out great! I have visions of burning a 4X8 foot piece of plywood for something and using this. (Not really going to happen thought as that would take forever to burn). ;-)
@@jimmylee6247 - 4X8 would be awesome as it is so much larger than my working area of 50x40cm. My friend's 150 watt CO2 laser has a bypass and if close to 5' wide so he can easily run a 4X8 sheet through. I don't remember the depth of his cutting area but he should be able to do that in 2 or 3 sections. Using the Print and Cut would help him do that. Good luck with your project! :-)
Wouldn't that be nice. To the best of my knowledge, LightBurn does not have a pre-made registration mark option. It would be easy to make one and save it in your library for easy retrieval, scaling, and use.
I have thought about that and I like the idea. With this laser, there are some issues doing that. The main one is the laser emitter doesn't keep itself square with the gantry and can rotate a little. This can make up to a 1 mm difference in the laser spot location along the x axis. The laser dot is noticeably larger when the emitter is raised up enough to see the dot. What I need to do is to take the safety window out so I can see the laser dot in the focused position and just make sure to wear my safety goggles while it is operating. What I really need to do is find an Allan wrench that fits that set screw so I can remove the protective glass screen. My solution is to keep the burns simple and I made a nice zeroing template for the laser so I have accurate and repeatable location of the material I am burning/etching.
Hi, I just purchased an LC-50, upon assembling, I ended up with a wire labeled Y ( I assumed it is for the Y axis limit switch) but the is no Y limit switch at the far end of the Y axis: any thought on that? is that normal? Thanks for your service to the laser engraving community.
There should be a limit switch on the machine. When facing the machine, it is on the left side near the front. The Y cable should go from that switch to the controller board and plug into the farthest right plug that is 3 pins. My LC-50 Plus came with the X and Y limit switches already installed and there were X and Y limit switches included with the nuts and bolts so I have an extra of each. If you do not have a limit switch, you should contact the seller and inquire about that. I hope you are able to get that taken care of. 🙂
You are a true guru of LightBurn. I have a question... If you have a grayscale image (example drive.google.com/file/d/1DjAiwflHDxT9tSdjA89g8_Gy-8pqrvfz/view?usp=sharing ), is it possible to cut in 3D by varied power, or is it limited to a single power setting per selection/layer?
