LightBurn Tutorial: Machine and Job Origin (Corrected Audio) 

I know this video is 5 years old but it was SUPER helpful to me as a newbie and trying to troubleshoot some laser/origin issues. You are a FABULOUS teacher...thank you so much! I'm definitely going to check out your other videos.

Happy I found this. Was struggling to figure out why certain features weren't working but didn't know how to configure the software. Thanks!

I am a new Lightburn user, with a new Ortur LM2. Yesterday, while testing my machine, it was obvious to me that I did not understand why the laser was going to where it was. Thanks to this video, I now know. As others have said, I will need to watch this video several times to fully grasp the concepts. Thank you for this much needed help. It is a nicely done video too.

going to watch it over and over again. I found that everything thing he said people do incorrectly I was doing. Now I know!

Hello. Thank you so much. Listen, in my Italian language lightburn the origin setup is REVERSED! I mean, if you click on "avanti sinistra", that means "front left" the red spot goes on "rear left"! I repeat, it's the origin set up to be reversed and consequetly the laser behaviour, but thanks to you and this video I've tried changing and doing reversed and now I've solved the problem.

DUDE! I just bought a laser from a friend and have wasted 2 days trying to figure this out! Thank you for explaining this so clearly. I thought I was losing my mind... was it machine problem, controller issue, software bug or user error. And, as most things go, it was user error. many thanks again

Very accurate and clear explanation ;) There is no question to ask after seeing tutorial. btw love the sentence 5:30 "Go lower left, lower left is gonna be right almost all the time" :D

I so needed this video. I keep getting out bounds errors. I will try what I learned here later today.

Many thanks for this Video, now I understand it!

Best explanatin i've seen so far. Thank you.

Thx for correcting the audio, it's much better. :)

I would really like to see updated tutorials since late burn has been updated in some of the features have been changed. These videos are very informative but again updated versions not one's 3 years 4 years 5 years old Thank you

Thanks, new to laser and Lightburn. Great, clear explanations. You answered alot of questions in 18 minutes!

I'm glad you covered this information it helps. I have changed all the settings my laser xtool d1 starts from back left then immediately goes to the bottom right of the machine and wants to start engraving.(i made sure all software and firmware are up to date) I have watched several videos like this one, yet I am still not able to resolve this issue i'm having.

Very good detailed explanation. Thank you. Do you have a video explaining the Modes in Lightburn?

Why do I get a pop up warning me that the cut may be "out of bounds" and ask if I want to continue?

Hi I am new in the laser business but I have a problem with this option User origin , i try to make coasters and i make a template , works fine at the first. Time but now when I try to use it for second time the laser start engrave out of the coaster or not at the same position, how I can fix that? Thanks

Thanks for the video , may be you can explain to me : when i click set origin , then go to origin , it goes somewhere else.Also , if i start the work from current position , it goes somewhere else to start the work.How do we set the physical origin of the machine?Still do not understand , or there is something wrong in my grbl...Although it works fine with bCNC.

I am also a new user of a D1 pro 20w in Lightburn. I just downloaded a grid. And today now when I home it's a little offset. Same as when I go to center of my grid. As you mentioned in the beginning of this video there may be some offset. Can I re-calibrate my home start to line with my grid? I want to know if I type in the coordinates it will go there. 🤔

How do you change the work space position in relation to the actual machine position. the work pace in my set up is in the x0y0 work space (Grid) extends in the positive upper right quadrant. However, my Machine after homing is located in the negative lower left quadrant (no grid) space. After attempting to adjust in the setting, program will not populate a negative number to match the machine position. even when using the user origin, it wont populate the negative numbers either. ??????

years later but new to both LightBurn and my laser. If I am using my LightBurn camera with my rotary, would I be able to use job center to center on my tumbler when starting a job. the camera puts me in absolute coordinates but right now it always moves my tumbler off where I want the logo or text to be centered.

Hi. Thanks for the accurate and clear video. I'm just starting out in the laser world and looking for guidance on how to set a starting point when working with a template I made to place products on the table. My problem is that I can not determine where the starting point is when I place the template on the table and then the production is inaccurate. If I move the laser manually ... it does not return to the same place. Can you help?

How does the show last position thing work? And what are your jogging options for a K40? Do they support a joypad, or can you move the head quickly using the arrow keys?

do i need my machine in devices and ruida, i only have ruida in my device settings, i have an omtech

Excellent!

Carl - Thanks again for this video. I have also posted on the forum a question of material settings. I am CNC user (VCarve Pro). I am used to setting up my material and putting my design inside the bounds of that material. In addition, I cannot figure out how to measure an object in LB - I messed up today and the object was not large enough for the material. I hope you have another video that sorts this out. Any advice will be appreciated.

Im struggling to line up my pieces. Eg. I have an a4 piece of paper, with 35mm circles on it (5 rows across, 5 rows down). How do i line up that paper piece on the bed, to ensure the laser cuts them out exactly? Do i set my dxf in lightburn at 0.00x 0.00 y and then position my laser at 0.00x 0.00y?

Hi can you save a user origin positions for another day if doing a lot o batch burning thanks

Still don’t get why shows lower with line upper left on software yet camera shows your laser starts from and returns to upper left

What's the brand and model of this machine?

my words and letters are still backwards help

Hi Carl, It´s a great video but... I have installed the J-Tech laser 3.8W on my X-Carve and on the right side of my spindle. But I can´t figure out how to set the laser to a zero point . Every time I like to move to the lower left point it runs into the side ,so I have to use my panic button

how do i get absolute coords setting ?

HELP! just setup new LightBurn software. My Keypad on the laser (Chinese 40w) still goes up, down, side to side like it is supposed to BUT in LightBurn my whole job board is flipped! Looks perfect on the screen but when it goes to burn it is completely reversed! Like when I try to burn TEST is upsidown and backwards. Same when using positioning laser head in LB. up is down etc. Something is the settings is jacked. (When I switch back to RD Works everything is fine) (Great video by the way. thanks!

thanks

hello, I use lightburn recently, but I can not use the absolute coordinates. The machine uses the set one as zero and not the one from the program.I did the test with RDWorks instead it works. the origin of my laser is at the top right

What is that crosshair set up you have there?

When I setup a fixture and select the vectors to not output (my template vectors) can I lock the template so that it can not accidentally be selected and moved? I have fixtures I physically index in the machine and the start point never moves once set. Thx