Laser: True grayscale instead of dithering?

@Galduron @halr9000 My assumption is that the laser simply isn’t powerful enough to run that fast, especially for certain materials. My laser was set at 100% power for the failed run. The simple solution is to go slower.

As for the acceleration and deceleration, I don’t believe this is a setting but rather a limitation of the machine. For instance a car might be able to go 200mph, but it might take 30 seconds to reach that speed.

So if your burn only succeeds when the laser is starting and stopping, then that’s a pretty good indication that the burn will only succeed at a lower speed.

It would be nice if the machine could interpret the next movement command without stopping somehow though.

As an aside, I’m tinkering with the CNC module for now so won’t be tinkering with this for a while. Then will probably want to work with the 3D printer for a bit, but I’ll be interested if any of you guys find anything else.

Best of luck!

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