Anthony thank you so much for such great tutorials. I have been learning a Yorahome 3018 with the 5W laser and it's easy to get lost in the immense depth of information about laser engraving but you made this stage so easy I've been explaining it to my grandson (8). I know how much effort goes into creating content and just want to send you gratitude and respect. Thank you again!
BEST MOST HELPFUL VIDEO IVE SEEN YET .Thankyou so very much , I’m new to laser and after 2 weeks arguing with it was considering getting I’d of it … not now . Cheers
Thank you for putting this information in a format that is straightforward. I have a degree in machining, but it's been years since I've used it. Your videos show the program very well and are super helpful to get me going with my laser machine. Best I could find. Thanks for your help. I totally agree with another comment below...saved me a million hours of guesswork and struggle.
Anthony, That was super informative... I just purchased the SainSmart Laser to go with my 3018Pro CNC so this was a wee bit confusing at first... thank you for the break down! I look forward to more tutorials and videos
Thanks for the great tutorial. Some of it I blundered along learning a bit, but you have helped me to understand the setup a lot better. Plus now I should be able to understand my results better to make small ajustments when I need to. It took a lot of effort to setup the tutorials you have done, I know because I have setup training before. Great going, please keep it up. i'm running a Atomstack P7 M40, to test the water's.
thank you so much man, i have been looking for a good starter video on how to use this software and your video is perfect. thank you soooo much man ill sub and keep a look out for more
That was very helpful thank you mate, would you be able to do a video showing how to do cuts? I want to get as much info as I can before my goggles arrive and I fire up my atomstack p7 laser for the very first time👍
love the video , it got me been able to engrave on wood within a few hours , as i never had a clue before , my only problem is i cant seem to engrave on glass , i have a sculpfun s9 running on laser grbl , if you could pass me some info to be able to do this , it would be very much appreciated , thank you
This is the one that I ordered it has not showed up yet. ORTUR 24V Laser Engraver 2 Pro-S2-LF, Laser Machine 5.5W Output Power, Laser Cutter for Metal and Wood 400 * 400mm (with Air Assist Nozzle) Just purchased for the fun of it needed something to keep myself busy retired now.
hi Anthony thank you very much for this video. Would you be able to explain how to change to scale for engraving letters and also moving their position , eg if i was engraving a name. Thank you
Hello! Thank you for your videos! Can you please make a video engraving on rubber sheet? Id like to learn how to engrave on rubber sheet for stamp making using grbl. Thank you so much!
Hello again, have you made any videos using lightburn? I noticed the laser is more powerful on lasergrbl than lightburn when I use my laser ortur 20w. Ill put the power mode to 80% on lightburn and it will take multiple passes to engrave an image onto a mirror, with lasergrbl it takes one pass at 80%. I know how to change the material selection on lasergrbl which is very helpful, but can’t seem to find that on lightburn. The lasergrbl uses mm/ per sec it is I believe and lightburn uses inches per second, do you know if there is a way to change it to mm/ per second on lightburn? Sorry for the long post, but I’m a newbie and would appreciate any help.
Since getting ideal quality, speed and energy settings may require multiple tests, how can you get back to the dialogue boxes to make changes after a test engraving? It seems that once a file is saved, it opens in the "ready to print" window without parameter dialogue boxes reappearing.
Thanks, Tony. I'm a newb, but this and other videos of yours are helping a lot. Couple of questions for you: 1. In the material DB, there isn't a Sculpfun S6 Pro, only the S6. Also, I'm trying to engrave on birch, but only see "Solid wood" for Sculpfun engraving. When I use the settings for solid wood (Speed 1500mm, Power 50%), the engraving is barely visible. What should I change to get a better engraving image? 2. If I stop an engraving, is there a way to cancel/delete that job and go back to the start or do I have to close it all down and reload the program and image each time I want make changes? Thanks for your help!
I somehow lost the curser when engraving. I had it for weeks then I noticed today it’s not there. I see it as I hit play then it moves the where it starts engraving then goes off the screen. It’s just nice ti see it even though it’s not necessary. Any help would be appreciated.
Hey toni, i just made my Laser engraver, your videos helped significantly. The only problem I face right now is the speed of the machine and the time it takes to engrave. Generally my machine takes around 3-4 hours to engrave. A machine this slow is not good for my project evaluation. What should I do to reduce the time or increase the speed of engraving. Pls reply.
Hi Anthony...Excellent video..thanks. I followed along and started engraving a christmas tree on a piece of wood. It was going along ok until the laser suddenly stopped going back and forth and just stayed one position. Of course it just burned a hole through the wood until I shut it off. Tried for awhile to find what I did wrong but could not. I'm using a Ortur Laser Master 2 Pro running the LaserGRBL program. Can you help me find the fix or help me correct what I did wrong. Thanks very much.
I was looking around and trying to find some answer as to what the unit of measure for the size was and only here did the answer of "it's in millimeters" ever appear.
Hi Tony i hope you and your family are doing well, Will you be able to make a video for us how to cut thin wood(board) on 2W laser and with explanation like on this video? i would appreciate it. Thank you
@@moderator1237 I read this wrong. I just made a video on how to cut acrylic. I will do a wood video soon - sorry about the mix up: ua-cam.com/video/ogtK5-B0IkY/v-deo.html
Hi Anthony, thanks for taking the time to make these tutorial videos. You mentioned that you would describe how to find out what your lines / mm are for your laser. Like you, I have a 500 mw laser module. Are all 500 mw modules capable of 10 lines / mm or is this something that varies from module to module? Also, I've just built my laser engraver with an MKS DLC 2.1 board with the LaserGRBL 1.1h firmware and I'm using LaserGRBL 4.7.1 software. While I'm engraving I keep getting beeps with messages that say invalid gcode 10:24 or 10:25... Is this caused by some incorrect setting somewhere?
I'm not familiar with MKS DLV fork of GRBL. That does sound odd that it gets invalid gcode during engraving through laserGRBL. LaserGRBL uses very generic commands to run the engravings. I'll try to research that.
@@brakthehun I'm wondering if the gcode command lines are being truncated somehow due to buffer overflow. The board seems to be communicating fine but I'm wondering if the computer is sending data too fast. The buffer indicator is always nearly maxed out.
How did you get your image to snap to the bottom left. Mine keeps going to the top right and then I can't figure out how to place my wood in AND it seems to try to go out of my frame 🙃
There aren't too many bad laser engravers out there. I would suggest something cheap with an 8 bit board to start out with. I design and build my own lasers. Most lasers are designed around 3D printer mechanics which are slow and a bit of maintenance. Mine use high speed automation components which are fast and accurate,, but a little bit pricier.
Very helpful, thanks. But I am having problems with the sizing, i am trying to do an 11x11 inch print and it keeps changing the size to whatever it deems necessary. Can you help me with this? Also is there way to change the measurements from mm to inches for height and width? I have the ortur laser 2 20 w. I have lightburn and do my prints and cuts from there, I just can’t figure how to get the size I want on lasergrbl. I’m just a beginner, any info would be greatly appreciated.
LaserGRBL is made by a guy in Italy where only metric exists. It looks like he does plan to add inches to the program eventually. I use 25.4 all the time. inches * 25.4 = mm. mm / 25.4 is inches. 11 inches * 25.4 = 279.4 mm
I don't have the import Raster Image when I open and image it place the image direct on work space and the work space change dimension depend on the image I load and it is impossible to move the image on the work space. What is wrong in my set up? I want to figure out why before buying and other software. Thanks if someone could help
Hey Toni, hope all is good there. I am making quite a similar project in my final year of engineering. I can't figure out how to connect my CNC controller board with this software. Do I need to dowload Arduino software too along with grbl software. Pls comment.
The laser head has to slow down to a stop before moving in the opposite direction. The slower a laser moves the darker / deeper the engraving. ME - you will get darker lines at the edges of your engraving because the laser stayed on the full power even though it slowed down to change directions. M4 comepnsates for a slowdown. It dims the laser accordingly on a slowdown so the engraving still looks even.
@@mariajohnston2147 that's what I meant. On your console,, type in $$ Then look at what $30= and that is your s-max. It's the value that tell your laser to be fully on 100%. I think by default,, it is 1000.
Hey toni, i just made my Laser engraver, your videos helped significantly. The only problem I face right now is the speed of the machine and the time it takes to engrave. Generally my machine takes around 3-4 hours to engrave. A machine this slow is not good for my project evaluation. What should I do to reduce the time or increase the speed of engraving. Pls reply.
@@syedaliasad9063 What machine do you have?? I have some blueprints for high speed laser engravers if you're interested. www.thingiverse.com/thing:4699432
Thank you soooo much for taking time to explain how to use a laser so a layman as myself can understand.
Anthony thank you so much for such great tutorials. I have been learning a Yorahome 3018 with the 5W laser and it's easy to get lost in the immense depth of information about laser engraving but you made this stage so easy I've been explaining it to my grandson (8). I know how much effort goes into creating content and just want to send you gratitude and respect. Thank you again!
Thank you for doing this video! It saves me a lot of trial and error in learning how to do my engraving!
Great Personality for this! Simple, plain, and like your neighbor is helping you.
BEST MOST HELPFUL VIDEO IVE SEEN YET .Thankyou so very much , I’m new to laser and after 2 weeks arguing with it was considering getting I’d of it … not now . Cheers
These videos are saving me a million hours of frustration. Thank you !!!
Thank you for putting this information in a format that is straightforward. I have a degree in machining, but it's been years since I've used it. Your videos show the program very well and are super helpful to get me going with my laser machine. Best I could find. Thanks for your help. I totally agree with another comment below...saved me a million hours of guesswork and struggle.
Bestest easiest most understandable how to video for how to laser/engrave. Thank you!
Anthony,
That was super informative... I just purchased the SainSmart Laser to go with my 3018Pro CNC so this was a wee bit confusing at first... thank you for the break down! I look forward to more tutorials and videos
Thanks for the great tutorial. Some of it I blundered along learning a bit, but you have helped me to understand the setup a lot better. Plus now I should be able to understand my results better to make small ajustments when I need to. It took a lot of effort to setup the tutorials you have done, I know because I have setup training before. Great going, please keep it up. i'm running a Atomstack P7 M40, to test the water's.
this was very helpful, thank you for taking the time to film and upload
Thanks for doing your videos they help us newies a lot
thank you so much man, i have been looking for a good starter video on how to use this software and your video is perfect. thank you soooo much man ill sub and keep a look out for more
Best tutorial of Laser Gbrl! Thanks you 💪🏻💪🏻
The video is very helpful.. Think you
Thank you I found this very helpful :-)
Just what I was looking for! TY
That was very helpful thank you mate, would you be able to do a video showing how to do cuts? I want to get as much info as I can before my goggles arrive and I fire up my atomstack p7 laser for the very first time👍
again thanks a lot for this clear video~!!
love the video , it got me been able to engrave on wood within a few hours , as i never had a clue before , my only problem is i cant seem to engrave on glass , i have a sculpfun s9 running on laser grbl , if you could pass me some info to be able to do this , it would be very much appreciated , thank you
How to make the engraving look deeper into the wood? Thanks for sharing.
This is the one that I ordered it has not showed up yet.
ORTUR 24V Laser Engraver 2 Pro-S2-LF, Laser Machine 5.5W Output Power, Laser Cutter for Metal and Wood 400 * 400mm (with Air Assist Nozzle)
Just purchased for the fun of it needed something to keep myself busy retired now.
hi Anthony thank you very much for this video. Would you be able to explain how to change to scale for engraving letters and also moving their position , eg if i was engraving a name. Thank you
Hello! Thank you for your videos! Can you please make a video engraving on rubber sheet? Id like to learn how to engrave on rubber sheet for stamp making using grbl. Thank you so much!
Hello again, have you made any videos using lightburn? I noticed the laser is more powerful on lasergrbl than lightburn when I use my laser ortur 20w.
Ill put the power mode to 80% on lightburn and it will take multiple passes to engrave an image onto a mirror, with lasergrbl it takes one pass at 80%.
I know how to change the material selection on lasergrbl which is very helpful, but can’t seem to find that on lightburn.
The lasergrbl uses mm/ per sec it is I believe and lightburn uses inches per second, do you know if there is a way to change it to mm/ per second on lightburn? Sorry for the long post, but I’m a newbie and would appreciate any help.
Since getting ideal quality, speed and energy settings may require multiple tests, how can you get back to the dialogue boxes to make changes after a test engraving? It seems that once a file is saved, it opens in the "ready to print" window without parameter dialogue boxes reappearing.
Thanks, Tony. I'm a newb, but this and other videos of yours are helping a lot. Couple of questions for you:
1. In the material DB, there isn't a Sculpfun S6 Pro, only the S6. Also, I'm trying to engrave on birch, but only see "Solid wood" for Sculpfun engraving. When I use the settings for solid wood (Speed 1500mm, Power 50%), the engraving is barely visible. What should I change to get a better engraving image?
2. If I stop an engraving, is there a way to cancel/delete that job and go back to the start or do I have to close it all down and reload the program and image each time I want make changes?
Thanks for your help!
I somehow lost the curser when engraving. I had it for weeks then I noticed today it’s not there. I see it as I hit play then it moves the where it starts engraving then goes off the screen. It’s just nice ti see it even though it’s not necessary. Any help would be appreciated.
Hey toni, i just made my Laser engraver, your videos helped significantly. The only problem I face right now is the speed of the machine and the time it takes to engrave. Generally my machine takes around 3-4 hours to engrave. A machine this slow is not good for my project evaluation. What should I do to reduce the time or increase the speed of engraving. Pls reply.
Try upping your $110 and $111
Do you have a video on how to add text with a pic?
I close my eyes and see chuy from pawn stars
Maybe I'm him in the future. Ha!!
Hi Anthony...Excellent video..thanks. I followed along and started engraving a christmas tree on a piece of wood. It was going along ok until the laser suddenly stopped going back and forth and just stayed one position. Of course it just burned a hole through the wood until I shut it off. Tried for awhile to find what I did wrong but could not. I'm using a Ortur Laser Master 2 Pro running the LaserGRBL program. Can you help me find the fix or help me correct what I did wrong. Thanks very much.
Sounds like your controller board stalled or lost connection. Make sure your power is clean going to the laser and the laptop / desktop
I was looking around and trying to find some answer as to what the unit of measure for the size was and only here did the answer of "it's in millimeters" ever appear.
Hi Tony i hope you and your family are doing well, Will you be able to make a video for us how to cut thin wood(board) on 2W laser and with explanation like on this video? i would appreciate it. Thank you
Sure!! I can explain that. I have a new camera coming in Tuesday so I should be able to do this by the end of the week. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@brakthehun thank you very much. I will catch you soon than :D
@@moderator1237
I read this wrong. I just made a video on how to cut acrylic. I will do a wood video soon - sorry about the mix up:
ua-cam.com/video/ogtK5-B0IkY/v-deo.html
Hi Anthony, thanks for taking the time to make these tutorial videos. You mentioned that you would describe how to find out what your lines / mm are for your laser. Like you, I have a 500 mw laser module. Are all 500 mw modules capable of 10 lines / mm or is this something that varies from module to module?
Also, I've just built my laser engraver with an MKS DLC 2.1 board with the LaserGRBL 1.1h firmware and I'm using LaserGRBL 4.7.1 software. While I'm engraving I keep getting beeps with messages that say invalid gcode 10:24 or 10:25... Is this caused by some incorrect setting somewhere?
Typically,, the lower power diodes output a smaller spot and are capable of more lines/mm. A 500mw should be able to do 10 -12 lines/mm
I'm not familiar with MKS DLV fork of GRBL. That does sound odd that it gets invalid gcode during engraving through laserGRBL. LaserGRBL uses very generic commands to run the engravings. I'll try to research that.
@@brakthehun I'm wondering if the gcode command lines are being truncated somehow due to buffer overflow. The board seems to be communicating fine but I'm wondering if the computer is sending data too fast. The buffer indicator is always nearly maxed out.
@@BenEBrady the buffer should be near maxed out. The fuller,, the better the board can plan movements.
geez that laser on right makes it aggravating as hell tryin to watch this
Like you enclosure very much, Do you have a cut list? Looks like alu profile 2020 Hammerhead 5, correct? (In German we say Nut = Groove)
How did you get your image to snap to the bottom left. Mine keeps going to the top right and then I can't figure out how to place my wood in AND it seems to try to go out of my frame 🙃
Hey brother I am trying to figure out how to size the pitcher say I have a a peice of wood that 4 inch by 4 inches I have a atomstack p7 m40
Can u tell me what settings for mirror I got a olm3 10w and trying to do a test card
First .Thank you for this great information, what brand is this laser? I want to buy a laser engraver any recommendations ? Thank you.
There aren't too many bad laser engravers out there. I would suggest something cheap with an 8 bit board to start out with.
I design and build my own lasers. Most lasers are designed around 3D printer mechanics which are slow and a bit of maintenance. Mine use high speed automation components which are fast and accurate,, but a little bit pricier.
Great video can you please show how to engraving on the marble I have Ortur Laser Engraver 2
Can you tell me where you purchased the lid for your laser?
I made it. The lid part of the series is coming soon:
ua-cam.com/play/PLJJWXVM5tQNrYepktUgIUHsHOEdqkOILO.html
Can you tell me how to prevent an engraved sign from completely fading out from the environment in
How do you import images into the program?
Very helpful, thanks. But I am having problems with the sizing, i am trying to do an 11x11 inch print and it keeps changing the size to whatever it deems necessary. Can you help me with this? Also is there way to change the measurements from mm to inches for height and width? I have the ortur laser 2 20 w. I have lightburn and do my prints and cuts from there, I just can’t figure how to get the size I want on lasergrbl. I’m just a beginner, any info would be greatly appreciated.
LaserGRBL is made by a guy in Italy where only metric exists. It looks like he does plan to add inches to the program eventually. I use 25.4 all the time. inches * 25.4 = mm. mm / 25.4 is inches.
11 inches * 25.4 = 279.4 mm
@@brakthehun ahhhh, thank you so much!!!!!
How do you know what diode you have?
How can we cut with this machine
What type of oil you are using to finish the wood?
Thank you!
Walnut oil
I don't have the import Raster Image when I open and image it place the image direct on work space and the work space change dimension depend on the image I load and it is impossible to move the image on the work space. What is wrong in my set up? I want to figure out why before buying and other software. Thanks if someone could help
how to engrave name on pencils using this?
Hey Toni how are you?
I got a good question can we engraved letters by typing them on the lasergrbl program?
No. You can use InkScape to do that. Use the text tool,, then Export as PNG. Open the PNG with laserGRBL
Just curious, do you lubricate your belt pulleys. I'm a newbie and mine have started to squeak where the laser moves. Thanks!
Sewing machine oil on my rail carriages. Wd40 inside the stepper motor and in the idler pulleys.
Hey Toni, hope all is good there. I am making quite a similar project in my final year of engineering. I can't figure out how to connect my CNC controller board with this software. Do I need to dowload Arduino software too along with grbl software. Pls comment.
I have a series on programming and connecting your controller board. You don't need Arduino but if you want custom features,, you'll need Arduino.
@@brakthehun can you pls attach the link of that series here. I have CNC board with arduino nano attached with it.
Hi, I lost my laseraxe software Is it possible to load other software on?
My laser grbl is showing a option for constant power or dynamic power can you tell me the difference between the two
The laser head has to slow down to a stop before moving in the opposite direction.
The slower a laser moves the darker / deeper the engraving.
ME - you will get darker lines at the edges of your engraving because the laser stayed on the full power even though it slowed down to change directions.
M4 comepnsates for a slowdown. It dims the laser accordingly on a slowdown so the engraving still looks even.
Hi, i am pretty new on laser, still learning. does the height of th laser head needs to be adjusted?
Usually,, yes.
if I use Imag-R and edit it there do I have to do this as well?
If you use imag-r,, don't mess with the brightness / contrast. You will need to make sure your engraving speed and smax are correct though.
@@brakthehun what is smax ?
@@mariajohnston2147 that's what I meant. On your console,, type in $$
Then look at what $30= and that is your s-max. It's the value that tell your laser to be fully on 100%. I think by default,, it is 1000.
Hey Toni, my GBRL software turns my image up side down and flipped. How can I make that right again? Please can you help?
Maybe 6:50 in the video can help.
S-Max -
Type $$ and hit enter in to your console
$30 is your XMax
Hey Anthony, on the conversion tool dialog box the line to line tracing option is missing .... WTH ?
Did you load an image or an SVG?? If you load an SVG,, it will only follow the line.
@@brakthehun looks like I somehow changed the settings in the dialog box in settings. Made that option go away in the control.
How do you use this program with the y axis rotary roller.
Move the y axis to the rotary. Unplug the y axis motor and plug the rotary motor in that slot
@@brakthehun do I disable the homeing with 0. I move the laser to the roller how do you line everything up with it.
@@willimanfreeman23 $22=0 to disable homing. You may need a jig or outline to line things up.
How do you do text in grbl?
LaserGRBL does not have a design side. I would suggest using Inscape (free software) and creating an image with text from there.
@@brakthehun thank you
How do you ABORT a job that is engraving?
Hit the red stop button. Not the pause button.
@@brakthehun Thx for responding & for your promptness. Wish more were like you. Found your LaserGRBL videos very helpful.
U could have speed it up
Control your breathing
im just getting into lasercutting. i like your videos, but the heavy breathing almost made me quit watching.
Hey toni, i just made my Laser engraver, your videos helped significantly. The only problem I face right now is the speed of the machine and the time it takes to engrave. Generally my machine takes around 3-4 hours to engrave. A machine this slow is not good for my project evaluation. What should I do to reduce the time or increase the speed of engraving. Pls reply.
My estimated time is very long.....pls help.....how can i improve that?
@@syedaliasad9063 What machine do you have?? I have some blueprints for high speed laser engravers if you're interested.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4699432