Reduce your engraving time by 50% in LightBurn. Speed and LPI tips and tricks 

This video was so helpful in learning how to adjust settings, not only to reduce time, but also to get a clean and crisp engraving! Thank you for the video!

You are the best teacher! I have learned so much form watching your videos. I wanted to thank you for all your awesome videos.

When i was experimeting, for the outer round rings, offset fill gave a significant boost. In my case i had different fill requirements for the inner image vs the ring fill. Thank you for this tip !

I have a sub $300 generic Chinese engraver that has a low power diode. I appreciate your videos because it not only teaches me lightburn but also how go get the most out of my engraver! Thank you for taking the time to produce these videos!

I think I love you! What a huge difference. You are really helping this beginner to learn a lot. Thanks

You are a Laser hero! Thanks for yet another phenomenal video, exceptional topics each time. 🤩

Excellent presentation. Instructive, precise and good time. Thank you, you are a blessing.

Another very helpful and well done video. I’m anxious to try this. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Thank you so much!! I appreciate the time you've taken to share these videos; I'm moving from a Glowforge to the Nova 24 + Lightburn and your videos are accelerating me being table to create "all the things!"

Thanks for another great video lesson, Robert!! I love learning to better use my laser with you!

Another great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

Thank you for your content. I was an early adopter of Glowforge and purchased it during their crowdfunding in 2015 and received it in 2017. I've used it mostly as a hobby machine, but I've outgrown it. I've especially been frustrated by the online component. I think I'll be ordering the Nova 35/100W soon.

Thanks so much !! New to lightburn and this really helped me to better understand the settings.

Great stuff! Thanks for the info.

Great info and tips, thank you!

thank you for this video , learned a lot. I'm a new guy on the block and have a lot to learn.

New to lighturn, great tutorial, thanks.

Wow...just watched your video and subscribed, of course. Newbie here with an OMTECH and wow, just saved myself a ton of time. Looking now to find more of your videos. Thank you so very much.

Fantastic content. Thank you very much for making it available to us.

Great tips, thanks!

Thanks... will definitely give it a try!

Just found your channel. Thank you I will definitely try your idea.

Thanks for a Very Informative vidclip .... Brilliant ..... !!!!!! Best to You and Yours from New Zealand

Great video. Very informative!!!

always great videos from you well done and happy xmas keep the videos coming

wonderful idea !!

Love the hat !! Thanks for the tips !!

Merry Christmas Thanks for Sharing

thank you it helped a lot, hello from Portugal

Thank you!

I love the teaching you do. Great video. I'm a newbie and my xtool d1 is my very first laser experience. I wish you had talked a little more about How to adjust the focus?

Very nicely done video with very reasonable and valuable content. You have a new subscriber my friend 😀👍

Really nice video

Great content, honest and genuine but painfully slow and repititive.

Great content

Thanks Robert

Thanks!

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to explain it so well.

You can also save time if you set " fill shapes individually ". Great info BTW.

Thanks.

The most incredible thing is not faster but according to what I see, better and nicer quality results as well.

Thanks

merry christmas to you,nice hat btw

Love your videos Robert. I don't even have my 24 yet, but looking forward to it. Just wondering if you know what font you used on the ornament? I am looking for some like that.

Hello! Love your videos! Do you typically use veneer core or true ply when you’re making these ornaments?

I appreciate your videos. I would like to know where you got your digital air pressure gage an how to set it up. Just bought a California air comp. I have a Thunder nova 35/80 Thanks again for the informative videos.

You are so knowledgeable on Lightburn. I am having some issues that I cannot seem to find a solution for. I was wondering if we could connect some how so I can share with you what I am experiencing. I could screen share with you if that is something you are willing to do. I think the answers would be simple but I cannot find any answers to my issues. Let me know if that is something you would be willing to do. I would be willing to pay you for your time. Also, when you talk about de-focusing, does that mean you raise or lower the laser head from the focused height?

🙏🏽 thanks

Hello! Thank so much for the knowledge you share with us. I am looking for an electric sander like yours. Which one do you use in the video and furthermore what head do you use on it? Thank you in advance!

I have used my laser for 5 years and have never used anything to hold the material down and never ever had a problem.

Hey there, what are you using to get the 7mm focus measurement? Also, are you engraving a bunch of an item, then refocusing at 6mm for the cut or cutting at 7mm as well?

Good info. Now to take it a step further- what savings can be achieved with borax pre treatment?

Hi Robert, Love your videos and watch every single one of them. Learn so much. Wanted to know what font you used for this ornament? Looks great. Thanks

What sander are you using? And is the disk a soft, fluffy material? (At least that's how it looks.) Would it be possible in your videos to post links to any of the tools, etc. that you use in the video? Like you listed the hold down pins?

Just happened to see you video, so am not familiar with laser engraving but I am familiar with motion control. With the scanning process think about all the time spent not being over where you want to engrave. I wonder if somebody created software that generated a tool path that travels almost exclusively over the engraving area? I would think this would greatly reduce your time with low engraving area density projects.

great teaching video, like others below I am just starting a home business with an XTOOL Diode laser. Im particularly interested in learning all there is to learn about Lightburn. Do you know of any easy to follow tutorials that might help. Thank you from the UK.

I can't seem to make accurate circles for ornaments. Do you have any suggestions? The w and h are the same size, the belts are tight (however, the right side seems to be just so slightly not as tight and every time I try to tighten it, the belt comes off track..) I have a Atzer 10P. Love learning from you. Thank you for all your videos

That's a good one! Didn't you say something about getting out of focus? How much higher do you set the laser for this?

Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks. I noticed you turned off your air assist, why is that?

Hi I have been watching your videos thank you for the information. Made it so easier. I wonder if you can help me with something else. I have upgraded my CO2 laser from a Leetro to a Ruida and am using LIghtburn, but if I increase the speed, the laser overtravel to slow and accelerate. I have tried changing the y and x axis to max but I am not sure what the max should be as there is so much information on the forums I am confused. The speed should only be 80% of the max, but I am not sure what that is and do not want to break anything. I have copied the settings from the Leetro controller but that doesnt seem to work either. I do not want to break anything but it seems to be so slow. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks for reading.

Hello! What was the attachment you used on your sander?

Hello, nice video, will it be worth reducing the engraving time versus the useful life of the tube and the energy consumption? Because the more energy you use to burn, the more wear and tear your laser tube suffers

Newbie just to a creality falcon 10w would this settings work on my laser for the speed and power, as I created a Christmas ornament smaller than yours and it'd saying 1 hour 5 minutes 😭 unsure what I am doing wrong

could you please try the settings"fill groups together" in cut settings with the parameters of the 2: 00 minute result? .I wonder if this makes a difference because you have much empty space in the engraving.Would be nice to compare the estimated times.

Hi I've tried the same settings and my Christmas decoration is the same but 140mm.by 140mm just different text, trying it on the creality falcon 10w and cannot get it down to under 5 minutes I can only get it down from 1 hour 5 minutes to 46 minutes, what am I missing?

I appreciate your experience and willingness to share that knowledge. You are showing different setting for different results which makes sense. My question is I am using a Xtool D1 10w and as long as I am using Lightburn software I should be able to use your information, correct? (Yes, I am a newbie!)

Lightburn is a diff software other than ezcad or just an addition to lightburn

What would happen if you increased the fast whitespeed scan, LA HOBBY GUY said that would speed up the scan between the burn blank space.

what is the difference between the three setting fill individual, fill shapes at once, and fill group together

Can you help when I click on the speed and power to adjust the min and max I only have speed and max power. I don't have min power. How do I get this? Still trying to understand all of this. Thanks

Hello, what is your laser's normal focus lenght?

Can’t you use golf tees to fix the board in position?

How can I work with lightburn prog with my machine senfeng pls? The prog wont to run with it

Hi what kind of sander are you using?

Would this technique work on a 20w laser?

Hello , my questions is does anyone know where to get quality wooden plates because locally i cant find

What do you mean by defocus your lens? Do you raise or lower the bed a bit? I read the comments and I appear to be the only one asking a dumb question.

Where do you purchase your lumber?

Hi just want to know which lens you use

I tried ordering the hold down tips, but it says it doesn't ship to Canada,, 😔

Question about defocusing. How do you handle that when most times an engraving is combined with cutting? I would expect these ornaments also get cut out. Are you running that job totally separately?

Do you ever use flood fill robert?

so what your saying is there is no test template, its nothing but trail and error vs tweaking of speed/power and LPI

GREAT JOB ON THE VIDEO, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION, I GOT A LASER ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I HAVE BEEN PLAYING AROUND ON CARDBOARD (FROM BOXES CUT UP), AND IT TOOK ME SOME TIME, PLAYING WITH THE SETTINGS, I WILL TRY LESS LINES, I INCREASED THE LINES ITS VERY DARK AND THE DETAIL IS NOT AS GOOD AS A BIT LOWER ON THE LINES, IM USING LASER GBRL, I IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING LIGHTBURN, YES LIGHTBURN DOES HAVE A LOT OF FEATURES BUT IT A BIG LEARNING CURVE, LASER GBRL IS VERY EASY TO USE, I DO LIKE LASER GBRL A LOT BECAUSE ITS EASY TO USE, AND IT DOES NOT TAKE LONG TO GET THE FEEL OF THE SOFTWARE, IT TOOK ME ABOUT 2 HOURS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENGRAVE AN IMAGE WITH LIGHTBURN, IT TOOK ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO ENGRAVING AN IMAGE(THATS DOING CHANGES TO THE IMAGE AND THHE SET UP ON LASER GBRL), I FOUND THAT CARDBOARD IS A GREAT PRACTICE, IT TEACHES HOW NOT TO OVER POWER THE LASER, I HAVE A COUPLE OF IMAGES THAT SLIGHTLY BURNED THROUGH, WHATS REALLY NICE WITH CARDBOARD, IF YOU SCREW UP OR WANT TO PLAY AROUND WITH DIFFERENT SETTING AND IT DOES NOT WORK OUT, ITS EASY TO DISPOSE OF THE MISTAKE, I AM AMAZED HOW GREAT THINGS CAN LOOK ON CARDBOARD, I HAVE MANY DIFFERENT IMAGES I HAVE USED AND THEY LOOK LIKE A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINTED ON CARDBOARD, I KNOW I HAVE A LOT MORE TO LEARN, I AM ABOUT READY TO MOVE FROM CARDBOARD TO TILE, METALS, 4MM ACRYLIC CLEAR SHEETS, GLASS, WOOD, SO I GOT A LOT OF WORK, RUNNING TEST, AND MUCH MORE, I HAVE FOUND HOW INTERESTING IT IS HOW MANY DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND ITEMS CAN BE ENGRAVED, AND THE MANY WAYS THINGS CAN BE ENGRAVED WITH THE LASER, IT SEEMS IT DOES NOT MATER IF YOU HAVE A 3 WATT LASER OR A 1000 WATT LASER THE END RESULTS CAN BE GREAT TO AWESOME, ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION

How was the result how that’s it look?

So increase speed and power?... lol.. seems obvious that by doing that it would burn faster. Do you have an air assist? My burns are sooo much cleaner and i do 300-500 lpi..

Cant these machines follow exactly what that are going to engrave like someone putting the pen to paper or like plasma cutting Seems like the time wasted is them going over space that will not be engraved

I like you Robert .Thank you very much.Visit me if you want to come İzmir, Turkey

Что тут удивительного? Со2 предназначены для резки, а гравировка уже вторична. И так что бы не Выжигать в материале, а наносить граверовку надо всего лишь выбрать из 2 вариантов. 1 из них это уменьшить мощность. 2 из них это поднять сопло лазера выше. Вот если бы вы показали результаты увеличения скорости на диодных лазерах - другой разговор. А так... не ново все это. Не ново. Слова по ветру. Самые быстрые это волоконные маркеры и волоконные же лазеры.

I have a sub $300 generic Chinese engraver that has a low power diode. I appreciate your videos because it not only teaches me lightburn but also how go get the most out of my engraver! Thank you for taking the time to produce these videos!

Thanks!