With the new IR laser coming out, I figured testing and guides would follow. Lucky enough, it seems with minimal tweaks, Lightburn works with the new IR just fine. :slight_smile: So here’s a guide on setting it up fully with Lightburn for auto-focusing and accurate results. Note; while I don’t have …

In 1-4 you mention writing down the Cross Line Indicator Offset and setting them to 0,0. What is the point of doing this and should we enter those values somewhere else. Also, how did the Indicator Offset get set in the first place… was it done at the factory by SM?

It’s done by the factory, and writing it down incase you ever want to put it back in. If you don’t zero it out, it shifts your engraving over by that amount, but since you’re not lining up the origin with the cross, it’ll throw your engraving off.

I’ve yet to check these offsets for my 2W and 40W - what’s the experience by other users: Is the factory value off very much, or is it generally OK? I yet had no need for utter precision, so I did not bother…

[image] Hauke: I yet had no need for utter precision, so I did not bother… It also really depends on how you’re running things. During my testing, I had several groups of things that were engraved, the first one always got thrown off, as the offset was being added to the absolute position, bu…

The Scanning Offset Adjustment shown in section II - 2, would that be the same for the 10W laser on a A350 with bracer and quick change installed? I’m new to Lightburn and Lasers in general, what is the purpose of the Scanning Offset Adjustment and is it Laser specific?

[image] What the heck happened with the laser 10w So what the heck is going on with the 10W laser?? I havent used it as i put the machine away for the winter as its a summer garage thing. I updated everything and now when I go to line engrave its WAY to light and its lik…

It’s machine specific. You can use mine as a starting point to dial in yours, but it really depends on the wear on your machine, and toolhead weight. It compensates for leadscrew backlash as it changes direction, or lag in change of direction. It’s worse at higher speeds with a heavier toolhead, so …

Ok, so my machine has very little wear so far. However, I’m having a connection problem. I got to the step on engraving the little square to refine the machine origin. Laser showed ready but when I started the job I got an error on sending the data to the laser. The machine may be busy or paused…

Make sure to manually home the machine first after a reboot first. On the touchscreen, go into the control app and it’ll offer to home. If you don’t, the machine refuses to do anything until it homes once. Also double check which com port the machine is using, test another cable, and maybe try rest…

Follow Skreelink’s advice, as they are Snapmaker Lightburn guru.

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