Hello Snapmakers! I have been getting my Artisan up and going, and I am running into some trouble with the 10W laser when used in conjunction with the rotary module. I am attempting to engrave powder coated stainless water bottles like I have done with my A350T, but I ran into a couple snags. Initi…

My settings on rotary are 0.08mm line spacing, 1750mm/min travel and work speed, and 30-60% power based on the powder coat color and thickness. If you go higher power, you’ll just have more soot to clean up. If you go too low on power, the powder coat will still have some remaining on the bottle.

When you set the work origin how high do you have it from tumbler, whatever height I set the Z at that’s where it runs the laser on tumbler or anything else I run on the rotary tool. I did the calibration Thanks again

The method I use to set the Z height is the standard one recommended by Snapmaker. I place the calibration card on the piece and let the laser come down to touch it. After that, it raises up a specified amount, and it appears to have the best offset.

If only snapmaker released the g-code reference for artisan =) Did you search for dwell G4 in the file from artisan?

I did calibrate the laser but wherever I start the the job the z starts to engrave wherever it’s at it never moves up our down

I did search the G-code just now, and there isn’t a “G4” specifying dwell time in the file. Maybe it’s still a firmware problem?

Are you using the 10W or the 1.6W laser?

10w I calibrated it do you calibrate it right before u run the part everytime?

Here is a video of the machine moving to the correct height after I ran it down to the point where it was touching the bottle. It prompts me to do this every time I start a rotary laser project. <a href="https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fdrive%2Ffolders%2F1AMjf4iyM6jzR0-0tzLfHttHHo0gFV8hd%3Fusp%3Ddrive_link&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fdrive%2Ffolders%2F1AMjf4iyM6jzR0-0tzLfHttHHo0gFV8hd%3Fusp%3Ddrive_link&ifkv=AXo7B7WNbdzo8C1HH0sN-aOaB5GEi0dAfizP3PsOLEibqd62TmL4a3KHdk5a_TrtRY8FBIohW4rEwA&osid=1&passive=1209600&service=wise&flowName=WebLiteSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&dsh=S-1710665617%3A1691173486287121" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Google Drive: Sign-in Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Googl…

Thanks seem to do the trick now trying to dial in settings

Help Wanted - Artisan Rotary Laser Dwell Time

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Morty June 11, 2024, 9:16pm 22

Thanks for the help. I’ve found a work around. Changing to vertical line means the rotational speed doesn’t matter and now I can pump it up much faster. Fantastic results on wood at 3000mm/m at 50% power

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