Precision Positioning in Lightburn - No Camera, No problem!
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If you're having trouble aligning the burn on your projects, *THIS is the video you've been waiting for!*
As a new person into Lightburn engraving/cutting, your videos are spot on for me! You don't speak like John Moschitta (Remember the FedEx guy?), you talk to us like you are right there explaining things to us. Thank You!
Wow, thanks Michael!
Rich, you are literally a godsend when it comes to lasers and lightburn. Thank you for all the time and effort you've put in for the community.
Wow, thanks!
I am new to laser cutting but like you I keep my scraps. I've started designing things like book nooks, miniatures and dollhouse furniture. Those scraps get used!
That is awesome! Wait until you see next week's video! Sounds like it's just for you!
Oooh........interesting!@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy
another Awesome video! thanks Rich!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing, Rich! Useful information1
Glad it was helpful Mike!
Thanks! Your videos have been super helpful in getting set up and exploring the features of Lightburn.
Great to hear Mark! Thanks so much for the support! 👍
Rich thanks for another great video, love your channel. Fantastic
Glad you enjoy it Vaughan!
I learn something every day, and thanks to you, I continue to learn. I also refer your videos to others that are learning, thank you so much Rich for all that you do!
You are very welcome Vee!
What a great informative video Rich
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
Awesome hack! Going to help me use my scraps now! Thanks Rich!
Glad to help Mario! I use all of my scraps!
This is the video I’ve been needing! I wasn’t sure how to correctly place items on the laser bed. Thank you so much again!
Glad I could help Shelly!
Thanks for the tip, in my next project I will definately use it.
Awesome! 👍 Thanks for watching!
such valuable information here Rich! who needs a camera THANKS for sharing 👍
Of course David! Thanks for watching!
TERRIFIC!! I could write a long treatise to explain how helpful you're making the laser engraving experience for us, but suffice it to say, "WELL DONE!" and "HIGH FIVES"
Thanks!
Wow, thanks Larry!
Very cool and important tip, thank you!!!
I appreciate that, *thanks!*
This is really helpful for those of us just getting spun up on these tools. Thanks
You bet Mark, thanks for watching!
Another good one Rich !
Thanks again!
Really terrific! My first laser, an xTool D1 pro, is on a UPS truck out for delivery right now. You've given me a great head start with your videos. It's greatly appreciated.
Good luck with that.
I was having trouble lining up my wood with the laser .This fixed that issue I was having so easily!!! Thanks again Rich for all the awesome information!
Glad to help John!
I just finished a batch of stitch markers for my wife, single sided coins. After this video I realized that had I placed a sheet of paper underneath I could have flipped them over dropped them back in the circles and made perfect two sided coins.
Thanks, Rich!!
🤪 Now you know!
Love your videos
Thanks so much Carlos!
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm a relative newbie to lasers. I've had the Atomstack 5W for about a year. These are great tips. Thank you for sharing.
Glad it was helpful Keith!
thankyou so much I was having no end of problems before
Awesome! 👍 Thanks for watching!
Another great video!. I would love to see a video on getting the most out of scrap pieces without a Lightburn camera!
I showed you how in the 2nd part of this video Karen! The engraving of the cats. I use this method for all of my scraps.
Nice trick. Thx , I'll try it today
Awesome! 👍 Thanks for watching!
Nice video as always. I have an offline laser that I use without a near by computer so what I do is the same you did but without the card board. So the same circle you created for the coaster I make it do 4 to 5 passes at a slow speed about 600 to 800mm per MIN so I'll have plenty of time to perfectly align it before it starts the actual engraving. I have my power output on the lowest setting that my machine allows to show the laser as a guide which on my machine is a (.4). So it runs as 1 job the first layer does the aligning then it'll start the engraving job
I have an old video using this method too.
Great advice chief👍🏼🍻
Glad you liked it!
I’ve been doing it that way for months. And I’ve explained this exact method, although not using a temporary piece of cardboard, to people in the Facebook groups.
Easier to show then tell Steve!
I love this. Using this method, I found that I can use black 80wt cardstock using 6000/15% and get a nice gray outline.
Yes Sal, cardstock is best.
Thanks for this
Yes Sir, thanks for watching!
Wow another great video showing a technique that really works! Especially when it comes to saving materials! When I was a newlywed in my early twenties that was one thing my wife made sure of! I never wasted good wood! I made a bassinet for our son from reclaimed and saved wood! Did I mention him too? 🤣🛫
Glad it was helpful!
As always rich great video.
I appreciate that!
Perfect! I’m a diode user that uses a honeycomb bed which covers my waste board. I’ve recently started working in Absolute Coordinates on the 29” Eiffel Tower in the Engrave and Cut files. I’ve never taken advantage of the centering of the work icon in the upper tools (arrange long). I purposely got the 12”x12” Basswood for the tower to have extra strips of it for exactly the honeycomb bed pins because I wasn’t careful and my laser went over the hold-down pins… breaking them. This will take care of that and I’ll use a template and strips to make more pins. Those magnets are so strong that if they get close and connect to each other it’s a pain to separate them, but they work too. Anyway, thank you Rich for another great tutorial. Will now make good use of all the smaller scrap laying around.
Awesome Jeffrey! I cut my hold down pins from 1.5mm basswood or any other thin material for just that purpose, so they snap off if hit. It keep from ruining the job, so the laser can just keep doing its thing.
I do this method too, but with the Kraft paper method, I'd actually cut the rectangle out completely so the wood is resting directly on the honeycomb. Less residue on the back of the wood.
I do that with the cardboard templates Dean. I have 2 videos on it.
My new laser does not have a laser pointer. When I'm done with the project I hope for the best and prepare for the worst because it's never 100% right. This is a genius solution. 😃.
Glad you like it Ben!
Another excellent video. I have created a foam board template which is made of 1/8 inch thick foam board. I then pinned foam down to a backing board. I burned 9- approx. 4 inch circles into the foam and removed the off cuts. Now all I have to do is drop the coasters into the circles of the foam, line up the graphics inside the tool path for the 9 circle grid and burn. Remove the coasters from the foam drop in 9 more and burn again....
That's how it's done! Goo job!
Neat idea, I like it.
Glad you like it Warren!
Love your videos! I had an Idea: you could stick straight pins along one or two sides of the path burned on the cardboard and just push the material up to the pins, pull out the pins and burn. Easy peasy! 😉
I used to use push pins Steve. Once you make the holes in the cardboard and waste board the first time, they go right back into them.
Just Subscribed! Thanks for the quality content. What 10w laser would you recommend and why?
I don't recommend them Darrell, I review them though. Check out the playlist for product reviews.
You can have a library of settings? Awesome!
Yes you can!
Interesting as always Rich. Do you have the Honey comb hold downs on your blog?
No, but they are free in my online store Dan: engraveandcutfiles.com/
Thanks for that amazing tip. I am thinking of getting a camera but maybe I don't need to.
Cameras make it fast and easy, but this can do almost the same things Stephen.
Thank you for everything you do! ron
Thank you for watching Ronald!
Definitely gonna use this method. But in your fist demo with the coaster, How did you have focus set for both cardboard and a fairly thick coaster?
I focused between them, first on the cardboard, and then on the coaster John. Just cut that part out of the video.
Total newbie here and I can’t thank you enough for all your instructional videos (to include this one). You gave me the confidence to finally buy a laser.
One question about this technique. Instead of engraving the cardboard to help with alignment, could I cut the cardboard out to make more of a jig to drop the workpiece into? Is there a down side to this? Thanks again!
Yes Garrett! I actually have an old video on this: th-cam.com/video/iM5t37xCv5g/w-d-xo.html
Nice video like always,i use blue painter’s tape instead of paper.
Wow, that's gotta be expensive!
Great video as always. Quick question, how did you setup the confirmation pop up once you click the start button?
Edit --> Device Settings --> Enable job checklist.
Love your videos sir. I've noticed that my X-Tool doesn't always go back to the exact location after it goes to the Home position. In other words, I can make a template like this and run a job but once it completes and returns Home, there's no guarantee that template is going to work perfectly for the next run. I always frame and check it very closely. Maybe it's just an X-Tool flaw.
xTool has a lot of flaws Chris, homing is one. Click Home in Lightburn between jobs to make sure it goes to the 0/0 position and it should work fine.
I just toss a tape measure over my scraps, but so far most scraps get used running test cuts/engraves of different things (making sure I got the layers right to get the engrave I want), those still go in the burn pile but nothing bigger than a few mm ever ends up straight in the burn pile.
Same here!
Love the. Idea, but it did bring up another question. You seem to have all your “material” in a library. Do you have a video explaining how to do that?
Yes, search Library on the channel for several videos.
thanks for all the help you have been giving me on your videos. Can you tell me what start from position you were in for this project
None Jon. This can only be done in absolute coordinates.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy thanks. did a 4 inch class mirror this morning and it all worked great
Another great video! Thanks Rich! A question .. at 4:10 of the video, after you click on START, I see a pop-up reminder, I wonder how did you create it. Thanks in advance
Edit --> Device Settings, tic off the icon at the bottom of the screen that says Enable job checklist, click Edit and add whatever reminders you want Gianni.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy DONE !! Works ! It is clearly written in the Lightburn documentation ..... this means we don't read the manuals enough. Thanks Rich ! When you come to Italy you have a paid coffee :-)
Awesome video. Sorry if this question is somewhere in the comments but I missed it. You mentioned a book of kraft paper. Where do you usually get yours? I'm trying to figure out the weight/thickness of the paper, etc. you are using so I can replicate this. I want the figure out the perfect kraft paper settings for the D1 Pro 10W so I don't end up with a bonfire as a template. hehehe
I use several different types, but almost any type is fine. Just adjust the settings accordingly.
Hi I'm new to this and I mean NEW! I do Vinyl graphics this video is awesome! I just got a big Blue 60 watt Chinese machine can't wait to try it!!!!
Welcome aboard Tony!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Wow never had any one explain this so well!
@@steriltech63 Thanks Tony!
Rich, I have a quick question. Background, I just received a OLM3 so I don't know if my process is the same as yours. I've assembled it but not installed LB yet. I thought you had to focus the laser to the project using the measuring pin on the laser. I didn't see you do that when you put the basswood on the bed for the cut. When you specifically selected the basswood, 2 or 3mm on the dropdown menu does that automatically set the focus?
No Larry, I focused it off camera.
Did you set up your library based on previous projects and what worked for you, or did upload a library for your machine?
I create all of my own libraries based on testing.
Nice video! What kind of magnets do you use? like in size?
I use 1" magnets mostly, but I have them in all sizes.
Wondering if you can help me out.? I am brand new to lasers and have purchased an Xtool D1 Pro. I am learning LightBurn (thank you for all the videos) and am very confused on which camera I should buy. LightBurn offers a 90 degree which j think is right for me but with all of the different options I am unsure of what to do.
In Lightburn, click Help --> Camera Selection Help. It'll help you choose by bed size and mounting height.
Just curious, what sort of camera do you have setup and how do you have it rigged to your system? I have been thinking about getting one for my Diode Laser and the cabinet I am making for it.
I have an 8mp board camera that I printed a housing for. I hot glued it to the top of my Co2 cover. When the Co2 is on, the lights are on and it looks much better.
You rock
Thanks!
Hi Rich, what laser machine are you using in the video and where do you get these magnets?
There are so many laser machines that it boggles the users' minds.
A year ago, I bought the Sculpfun S6 Pro and am looking to upgrade to the Sculpfun S10 Pro 10W or Sculpfun S30 Pro 10W but, I am starting to get doubt, so could you enlighten me?
I want to use the machine for a small business (semi-professional?). Thank you if you can help me.
Look at the link in the description below. The machine I used in this video and the magnets are both in the description.
How do you set the heigth of the laserhead. Do you measure the thickness of the material you engrave and then add the neccesary heigth you normally need to engrave>
As per the manufacturer's instructions
I have been looking at buying a 20W diode laser and have watched about all the videos of all the different ones. I think you have me sold on the ATEZR P20 Plus. Amazon has it right now for $999 with the air assist and a 15x15 honeycomb bed! Best deal out of all the 20w lasers I have found so far. Is there a way we can get your library for cutting and engraving the different materials that you have already made and setup in lightburn? That would really be a great start. Thanks for all you info and videos, they are very helpful.
I found it on your hobby forum. Took a little digging around. Thanks again for all your info.
Glad you found it! Use the search feature next time.
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Nice vid.
Where can I get those magnets?
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How do you get the "confirm start - Laser on? - Air Assist on?, etc dialog box when you push the start button? I'd really like this reminder every time I run a project because I tend to forget about the focus, air assist, etc from time to time.
Edit --> Device Settings and tick on Enable job check list at the bottom of the window. Then click Edit and type whatever warnings you want.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Awesome! Thank you!
Off topic question.
Running macOS using supplied cable using an USB-A to USB-C adapter. Xtool D1 10 w
I also posted on your forum. Thanks for the great videos by the way!
The only software that connects is XTool Creative Space. It runs on this software.
I am unable to get so lightburn or laser box software to discover D1. Kind of weird seeing how laser box and creative space is the same developer. I think. any help would be appreciated.
Never used an Apple product, so can't help there. Try the Lightburn Software forum.
Thanks for taking time to reply.
I'm new at using Lightburn and see when you hit start there is a dialogue box that comes up with --Laser on--Air on--focus set- work framed-- how do you do that, I have a problem remembering all those steps every time and then waste my material.
Click on the wrench and screwdriver icon, the device settings. In the bottom right corner you'll see Enable job checklist. Turn it on, and then click Edit and put whatever you want in there.
How do you get Lightburn to display that reminder box before you start your project?
Edit --> Device Settings --> Tick off Enable job checklist and then click on Edit and type in there what you want to be reminded of Frank.
Thanks Rich for this super effective tip! ...Today I did a Lightburn update to version 1.2.03. And now the selection of the German language is no longer available.
Oh no! Let them know on their forum. You can always downgrade to the last version until they get it fixed.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I did. I immediately downgraded to the latest version.
Fixed in the latest update Jürgen. Download 1.2.04.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Thank you Rich for your comment. I already read it in the Facebook group this morning and installed the latest update. It works again.
im having trouble getting miy image to be centered and not crooked. im engraving a triangle piece of acrylic like an award. im using light burn. with a boss 1420 ls
I can't help in a text Amanda. Try posting on my free forums. lahobbyguy.com/bb
Goodness.... I swear my focus distance changes depending on the position of the laser. Does that mean it's time for mirror realignment?
Nope, time for bed leveling Derek.
My problem is "repetition". When I try to do it again to reinforce the engraving (w/o moving the piece), it starts shifted from the original, now I have two images superimposed
You're probably not in absolute coordinates.
Hey brother how were you able to install your camera without making adjustments? The offset settings under camera control. I had to adjust all my settings x and y axis. Also height and width. I see all of yours are at 0
I just followed the instructions.
Forgive me, I am new to the laser game. The No Camera, No Problem tag. I've watched the video and understand what to do if I have a camera, but what if I don"t? Am I missing something? The example shown produces a result that uses the camera for the initial setup and then goes on. The engraving of the cats is naturally going to be right where you want it because the wood is in the same place as the initial setup that used the camera. I know it sounds like I am splitting hairs here, and I appreciate your videos. Just trying to get that alignment thing mastered without a camera.
No, no camera is necessary, that was the entire point of the video! cover the bed in cardboard or paper, run a square, rectangle or circle anywhere on the bed the size of your work piece so it makes an outline, and drop the real work piece into the template. I only used the camera so you could see the process.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Understood! I was waiting for the part of the video where no camera was used. My error. Thank you for the clarification. Your videos are immensely helpful. One other question. How long would you say it takes to become proficient in the operation of a medium to large size co2 laser? I've had my Nova 63 a little over a month.?
when marking the paper, I guess it is trial & error to get the correct power setting, as I have a X20 pro, and I have found that your power settings for other things seem to be a little higher than what I need, this thing really burns & cuts, most of the cutting I have done has been to much on the power, I have started tuning it down, and found that I can cut 3mm ply at 70 % , and 1 pass, I do need 80-90 to do 5mm solid wood like the coin chip you do, but thinking about cutting that back to about 60% and 2 passes.
Settings always have to be tweaked for each machine.
Can you share the ATEZR materials library on your website? I will gladly pay you for it. I have the P20 Plus and would love to have a materials library. Thanks!
I'm still tweaking it Patrick and adding photo settings. It'll be ready soon for free download. Maybe today or tomorrow I'll be posting it.
So Rich...how do I get a continuous picture on my camera. I just get a screenshot and then when I update camera I see the next shot but it doesn't show continuous video. What do I need to do to get this?
On a Lightburn camera? Just pull down the drop down menu and select the camera. If you want a screenshot as an overlay only for the workspace click update overlay,
sir hello how are you me im still breathing and im 4 days away from moveinf to north fort myers but any way can you help im trying to make somthing with my ortur laser but the question is the svg file is for a 3mm wood can i use 5 mm wood or is there a rocket sciences to it .
The thickness of the wood only matters if you're joining it, like making a box for example.
I would probably cut the cardbord and not engrave it and then cut my peaces of wood etc. above the cardbord. Have done it the other way and my cardbord catched fire. :) Also this way the air can flow through the honeycomb under the cardbord and you get no burnmarks. #winwin
That's the way I usually do it Michael. I have about 50 cardboard templates: th-cam.com/video/iM5t37xCv5g/w-d-xo.html
hello, sir can you help with a svg file it saids its for 3mm can i use 5mm or do i need a hammer to put it together i miss your videos i have been try to move to north fort myers . im warming up my hammer lol thank you
I answered your last question Paul.
How does this work if you do not have limit switches on your unit? Such as in the Xtool D1
You set and save a position on the move tab at 0/0. That saved position is your "home". Before you use the D1 and power it on, manually move the module to the 0/0 position. Turn on the machine and it knows it's at 0/0. Now you can use absolute coordinates to run your jobs as long as you *never move the laser by hand!* Any time you need to rehome the laser, just go the Move tab and choose the 0/0 position you set and clickl Go. A laser module is not meant to be moved by hand and I wish xTool would stop demonstrating that way!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Thanks Rich!
can someone help me with why my laser wont move anymore?. it keeps saying homing cycle is not enabled. and cant seem to find a video with that problem when i type it in on here
You can enable the homing in the device settings.
Absolute coordinance??
Coordinates
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Your tag line makes us beleive you are showing us how to position without a camera ????????????????????? Nothing of the sort !! cOMPLETE WASTRE OF MY TIME .
I did show you that at 13:18. Sometimes you just have to watch the entire video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m a technologist and will be getting my XTool D1 Pro tomorrow. Subscribing to your channel as your tutorials are great for me getting started in this hobby. Cheers!
Awesome, thank you!