SM1 Laser (1600 mW) and working with Lightburn

[jepho]

I see. I guess I was not too happy to run anything very close to the edge when I had the original clamps. The CNC function of SM1 is limited to 90mm square. I changed the table and made a new far more useful table and my clamps only intrude into the cut area by 5mm.

Modifying the SM1 Table and its Clamp System

I have now completed the bed and clamp modifications for my SM1. My original feeling was that it was sometimes quite awkward to hold items to the bed when trying to use the CNC milling functions for SM1. One limitation that I ran into very quickly was the 90mm square workpiece limitation. I assumed that this was partly due to the travel of the head and the length of the clamps that were supplied with SM1. The illustration which follows shows the clamps which were quite long and quite soft and th…

Of course, I still don’t get more than 90mm square in Luban. I will try with Carbide Create which I am sure will drive the CNC to any size I enter. I will have a go at the Easel GCode again. I did not have Carbide Create before when I was testing Easel files. The Easel files work fine in Camotics so I don’t feel they will be difficult to get going in Carbide Create.