I love how you explain everything so concisely. I don’t get confused. I got my xtool a few months ago and have been intimidated to use it but I’ve got more confidence now since watching this video. Thank you!
this is great... no other video really explained the difference between the cross hairs and that the center of them has nothing to do with the actual laser beam. best video for those who are using the dx1 with lightburn. THANK YOU!
Thank you for the video. Respectful feedback. Your process is overly complicated. Make a square around your artwork the same size as your tile (or whatever you are working with) with the artwork centered in the middle. Set the square shape to "tool path". Set your "start from" to current position and your job origin to the upper left. Then just use the red cross hairs to square the tile to the laser and set the crosshairs on the outside edge of the upper left corner. Hit frame once to confirm. The crosshair will trace the outside edge. Hit start. Takes me less than 30 seconds to square and center a project this way. I'll throw a video up on my channel showing the process. Hope this helps.
Thank you for sharing. Just keep it simple. I try to show details and simple processes and the reason why. Thank you for your explanation. Hopefully it will help others. Love to see your video
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Ugh, I was having the worst time with things being off center. I did end up having to adjust the y-axis in Device Settings by +2mm to get her dialed in perfectly. I would have had no idea even where to look if it weren't for this video! I was also causing this random mistake where my starting point was all messed up, and now I perfectly understand what I was doing wrong. What a relief!! As a side note, my beloved grandfather was my PawPaw. My first grandson was born just 3 months ago, and I'm his PawPaw. I sure hope I can live up to the name.
I'm here because I'm having the same issues as you. My home position is out of bounds, and seems my y axis is off by 8mm. I need to reconfigure settings or something
@@smartassdroner739 I just created a small design where it was easy to find the center, then ran a few tests making minor adjustments. I think I only did 2-3 test runs before I had it dialed in perfect.
If you make your outside square in lightburn a tool layer instead of a regular one you can leave it on as it won't actually be used but helps if you are doing multiple designs. And as you mentioned if you put a piece of cardstock down on your board and do a light burn pass of the size of your coaster, round or square, and just place your new tile each time without having to measure every time.
@@carriemyslinski4521 In lightburn the 2 layers marked T1 and T2 are the tool layers. They allow you to put things like outlines for tiles and such in the program but that layer does not output to the laser. They are very useful for doing setups for things you are going to make changes to say an image but need to keep it within certain size limits.
I’ve never used the 2% framing technique, I use the engraved grid. Thank you, I’ll add this method to double check my alignment, especially when engraving small items.
Thank you for your explanation of getting this project set up. I finally think I've got it in my head!!! Going to see what else you have to videos. Again, thank you!!
Thank a lot for this video. I just got my xtool d1 and was very unhappy with it. All the videos I watched to learn how to work the machine completely skipped positioning the laser with material the same or close to the size of the engraving. I have even contacted xtool and they replied with jargon I don’t understand. This video explained a lot and in a way I could understand what you were saying I have subscribed to your channel and will be returning for more videos. Thank you once again.
You so right. The D1 worked perfectly for me on Laserbox. However, there is a lot of info on positioning and center, etc., on the Lightburn software. I just found out that if you hit The Home key...you have to restart Lightburn...????? had no idea. I truly am a newbie on lasers. PS: There is also 257 pages in the manual.!!!!!
@@kittyrings I had a lot of issues with the printing being 44 mm to the right and the machine wasn't repositioning like the manufacturer said it would. If you have this issue also, I found in the drop down menu of Lightburn, I went to device settings, then changed the laser offset from 33 mm to -16 mm and it printed perfectly. took me 3-4 weeks to find this out.
when using the crosshairs to center I assume you still have the offset on; what is your setting for the offset......I'm using 16mm. Using your method is much better than using the "Frame" button alone in lightburn.....so many of us experience problems with centering......thankx you have taken me to a higher level.
Great info and all. My machine is still not centered though, any text or image i put and making sure to use the p hotkey to center it is still to the right of no matter what i try and engrave. Everything in lightburn is centered then the D1 still engraves to the right. I am just so lost at this point.
Is it Lightburn that allows the blue dot to appear when framing? I don't see that with Laserbox Basic. I get the red crosshairs, but those don't really seem to be the exact centre of where the laser is actually going to shoot. I also lost another drive belt. That's 2 that have snapped on me now. I don't tension them overly tight.
Yes, it is Lightburn software that controls this. Laserbox is very very basic. Belts should not break like that. Are you tensioning them as I show in the videos show the assembly of the different lasers?
Thank you for all the videos!! I have really enjoyed them and they are so informative. I am brand new to lasers and am having a devil of a time getting my laser to center on the piece. Will this method work for any shape? For instance, I am working on some cutting boards which are a rectangle shape if you look at it as a box. Thank you for all your help.
On a round coaster, would the outline just touch the 4 points of the circle in the square? Also, is this process pretty much the same every time if you are doing multiple tiles, or does it get easier once its set up. Just ordered my D1 so this was very helpful. Thanks!
If you create a circle "template" instead of a square, you can use Shift plus the circle frame button to "laser" frame the circle over your round coaster. Hope this makes sense.
Great video. Thank you for sharing. I've had a little bit of a challenge in centering my smaller pieces because of my comgrow air assist kit that I purchased. Instead of an orange laser head enclosure, it's solid, with a small opening on the side. This still makes the work piece difficult to center to engrave. I have the Laserbox basic program. Any ideas how I can get around this? Keep up the good work.
The easiest way is to create a template on the wasteboard. Then all you need to do is to drop the project on the wasteboard. Make sure to home the machine and use absolute coordinates. Works perfect. That’s for Lightburn. I don’t know about the Laserbox Basic. I can only assume there is something similar
At 2:57 you change the height and width, but for some reason whether I have it locked or not, the dimensions always change. I'm trying to set both measurements to 3.5". I'm sure it's an easy solution.
When I position the cross hairs exactly on the left corner of my project it frames perfect but when it burns the whole image is off to the right by .25", I have to use your technique with low power to see where it burns but at the same time the cross hairs are no where against the job. Any idea why my cross hairs are not referencing correctly? Thanks as always.
The cross hairs are 16mm to the left of the center. If you are using the center point as the current position and the start point, the cross hairs would need to be at that point. The software compensates for the difference. It will frame the outline of the job. If you look at the device settings for the D1 you will see the offset in the box.
Great video I have an issue I have d1 pro and using lightbuen when align with red cross its not aligning from that spot it's aligning where the laser sits do you know how to fix that
One further question. When you are doing the 2% power to trace your laser line, do you need protective eyewear? mine is down in a box with exhaust to the outside, as i run it inside the house. But because of that, it is hard to see with the glasses on and pretty much impossible to see with the shield on laser head. I did not see you mentioned it is required, so was not sure if at that low power it is not a problem to look directly at the blue light
How do I get my image centered if I am using absolute coordinates. I’m doing everything as you described but I’m still off center. Is there icon or toolbar button that makes the image go to center automatically.
Thank you, I do not remember exactly but I used the medium wood engrave setting I have in the library. It is about 1250mm/min and 50% power. That actually proved to be more than required.
Thank you for the video! I watched it and then followed the directions you gave but I keep having the same issue that I can’t figure out how to fix: the framing will work perfectly and then when I go to start the project (even just the outside “test” rectangle) it starts about a half inch to the left of the project instead of where the framing was. I’m so frustrated because I can’t get a single thing to be where it’s supposed to be. Any advice?
I'm old and an idiot just bought one and I think there's so many flaws with it the cross hairs are distorted I'm not even good enough with a computer even though extol has been responsive to me I can't seem to get everything to go back-and-forth that I need to get it straight but nevertheless I loved your video but remember there idiots like me out there don't skip a beat when you go up to the line and you stop this 1 and do start that 1 if you could be specific with somebody that knows nothing about it those little things really help out but it was a great video I subscribed and I will continue to watch and learn
No I do not. The tile work just fine with no sealer. The image is permanent and the moisture can be absorbed into the tile making it a very effective coaster.
I have three model CNC. The XCarve by Inventables, CNC4NEWBIE New Carve, and the FOXAlien. All are excellent machines and depending on the size, budge and space you have available will help to shape you decision.
Actually, the same way as the square ones. Either frame the project using the red cross hairs or create a toolpath with about 2% power. With this method you can create a round toolpath the same size as the project. Set it to do three passes. That will give you plenty of time to center it. Another way is to create a template and burn it into the wasteboard. You will then have you shape exactly where it needs to be
The blue light is the laser. To frame I show two methods, one is to use the Red Cross hairs and the second way is to use the laser. Just setup a separate toolpath with a very low power. Turn off all the other layers and run the job to frame your project. The blue light will be on and the Red Cross hairs will turn off.
I'm following your set-up and I really appreciate your time and your knowledge! I'm wondering why my xtool laser says "problem sending data to laser - machine may be busy or paused" but it's not paused. Any know why it keeps saying that?
Why when framing do you hold down the shift key and then hit framing? If you hit framing without holding down the shift key the framing event happens anyway? Please explain. Thank you in advance.
How did you get the blue light to come on while framing? (3:30 timestamp) Mine only uses the red cross hairs to frame. I would much rather use the blue dot than the cross hairs.
@@PawPawsWorkShop in the video u said you pressed shift and clicked frame then both, the cross hairs and the laser were on. If running a separate layer I would have to start a job vs clicking frame.
I thought I saw another program's history watching aluminum and I had this dream project that I wanted to do if it would do that and I don't know if it's because my machine is flawed it doesn't even touch it and I've seen other people do things with it so if you have any knowledge about that or any of you guys could comment I greatly appreciate it
Hello sir. I have a question regarding element frames. I'm attempting to cut an element that comes close to the working area, but does not exceed it. The frame of the element does exceed the working area though. Is there anyway to change the frame size without changing the shape of the element?
Not related to this video but do you know why xtool d1 in laserbox not able to check firmware status? When I click on connect the firmware screen goes away and the connect message top right of laserbox goes to not connect. I would appreciate any help, this only started this week.
@@PawPawsWorkShop Sir, I have done that and the the alignment of the circle is not center. Not sure what I ‘m doing wrong. Thank you for your reply back.
If you are using the xTool D1 then you will notice the red cross hairs are off center to the laser frame it and you will see how the red line works. The laser compensates for the offset
why dont you just engrave a 4" x 4" on the actual table and then place the tile on it. Then if you have multiple tiles to do, just place MDF references or something like a rule one 3 sides so you have a template, and just go to town and engrave the tiles
Yes, that will work just fine. I usually just set the laser on the workbench and do not have a wasteboard under the laser. I do not wish to engrave a template on my workbench
I love how you explain everything so concisely. I don’t get confused. I got my xtool a few months ago and have been intimidated to use it but I’ve got more confidence now since watching this video. Thank you!
You are so welcome! Glad this helped you. I’ll always try to answer your questions
this is great... no other video really explained the difference between the cross hairs and that the center of them has nothing to do with the actual laser beam. best video for those who are using the dx1 with lightburn. THANK YOU!
Awesome, thank you!
OMG!! going to try this now!!! I just got my XTool and watching your videos has been a tremendous help!! You explain so well!!! I am such a newbie!!!
Thank you for the video. Respectful feedback. Your process is overly complicated. Make a square around your artwork the same size as your tile (or whatever you are working with) with the artwork centered in the middle. Set the square shape to "tool path". Set your "start from" to current position and your job origin to the upper left. Then just use the red cross hairs to square the tile to the laser and set the crosshairs on the outside edge of the upper left corner. Hit frame once to confirm. The crosshair will trace the outside edge. Hit start. Takes me less than 30 seconds to square and center a project this way. I'll throw a video up on my channel showing the process. Hope this helps.
Thank you for sharing. Just keep it simple. I try to show details and simple processes and the reason why. Thank you for your explanation. Hopefully it will help others. Love to see your video
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Ugh, I was having the worst time with things being off center. I did end up having to adjust the y-axis in Device Settings by +2mm to get her dialed in perfectly. I would have had no idea even where to look if it weren't for this video! I was also causing this random mistake where my starting point was all messed up, and now I perfectly understand what I was doing wrong. What a relief!!
As a side note, my beloved grandfather was my PawPaw. My first grandson was born just 3 months ago, and I'm his PawPaw. I sure hope I can live up to the name.
Awesome, I’m so glad that the video helped you. Congratulations on being a Pawpaw.
I'm here because I'm having the same issues as you. My home position is out of bounds, and seems my y axis is off by 8mm.
I need to reconfigure settings or something
@@smartassdroner739 I just created a small design where it was easy to find the center, then ran a few tests making minor adjustments. I think I only did 2-3 test runs before I had it dialed in perfect.
I have a new XTool D 1 pro 10 watt and your tutorial is the best I have come across
Thank you
Awesome, thank you! I appreciate your comments very much
If you make your outside square in lightburn a tool layer instead of a regular one you can leave it on as it won't actually be used but helps if you are doing multiple designs. And as you mentioned if you put a piece of cardstock down on your board and do a light burn pass of the size of your coaster, round or square, and just place your new tile each time without having to measure every time.
Thanks you are correct
What is a “tool layer”?
@@carriemyslinski4521 In lightburn the 2 layers marked T1 and T2 are the tool layers. They allow you to put things like outlines for tiles and such in the program but that layer does not output to the laser. They are very useful for doing setups for things you are going to make changes to say an image but need to keep it within certain size limits.
By far the best explanation of how to frame - and i've tried and failed with a few other videos - so thank you!
You're very welcome! So glad that it helped you
Thank you for this!!! I just setup my D1 today and was struggling with getting projects centered. Glad I came across your video!! :)
Awesome, glad you found my channel. Thanks for watching
I’ve never used the 2% framing technique, I use the engraved grid. Thank you, I’ll add this method to double check my alignment, especially when engraving small items.
You’re welcome. I’m glad I could help
Thank you for your explanation of getting this project set up. I finally think I've got it in my head!!! Going to see what else you have to videos. Again, thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the clear and precise explanation.
My pleasure
Thank a lot for this video. I just got my xtool d1 and was very unhappy with it. All the videos I watched to learn how to work the machine completely skipped positioning the laser with material the same or close to the size of the engraving. I have even contacted xtool and they replied with jargon I don’t understand. This video explained a lot and in a way I could understand what you were saying I have subscribed to your channel and will be returning for more videos. Thank you once again.
You so right. The D1 worked perfectly for me on Laserbox. However, there is a lot of info on positioning and center, etc., on the Lightburn software. I just found out that if you hit The Home key...you have to restart Lightburn...????? had no idea. I truly am a newbie on lasers. PS: There is also 257 pages in the manual.!!!!!
@@kittyrings I had a lot of issues with the printing being 44 mm to the right and the machine wasn't repositioning like the manufacturer said it would. If you have this issue also, I found in the drop down menu of Lightburn, I went to device settings, then changed the laser offset from 33 mm to -16 mm and it printed perfectly. took me 3-4 weeks to find this out.
Thanks. Just tried mine for the first time today and centering was my problem. Love the video. Nice and easy
My pleasure. The D1 is a little different and gives many people problems.
Paw Paw means GENIUS! 🥰
Thank you
Thank you so much for this demonstration. So detailed 👌 👍 😄
My pleasure 😊. Glad it helped you
I just ordered one.Will be asking questions for sure.Great video.
Great! Thanks for watching. I look forward to see how you progress on your exciting journey.
Great content! My D1 arrives tomorrow and I expect a shorter learning curve thanks to you!
Some great ideas here. Thanks for the simple video.
You are so welcome!
Thanks Paw Paw, trying to get my head around aligning things up. Merry Christmas too :D
Your welcome. Merry Christmas to you and your family
I had to offset the laser by -16.00 on the X-axis to get it to take account for the offset crosshairs, then it worked perfectly.
Awesome! Perfect. That works
YES YES, thank you for this. I think I can now do my cutting boards with different texts of varying lengths
Awesome!
Like your teaching pace 🙌
Thank you! 😃. I appreciate that
Thank you for this!! It helps me tremendously!!!
You're so welcome!
Thank you, Sir - great explanation.
You are welcome. Glad it was helpful
Omg. I enjoyed this video so much.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
I’m also a newbie! More videos on using LightBurn for beginners would be appreciated. Thx
Thanks...Great tutorial !!!!!!!!!!!!
You're welcome! So glad that it helped you
Thanks for your video, just need to not be afraid and begin to engrave, lol a newbie
I highly encourage you to do a tutorial on creating a wasteboard grid (simplified).
I have heard you refer to using a wasteboard grid.
I’ll consider it. So many people have done different grid patterns. I’ll see what I can do
Fantastic! Very detailed information.
Thank you very much. Thanks for watching
Thank you! This was very helpful!
You’re welcome
I love this video it was extremely helpful. I have a question and that is how do i get my graphic to fill in the color when i change it to fill
If it is not changing you may have a single line. You need two for the fill to cover
thank mate that help as it was dong my head in
when using the crosshairs to center I assume you still have the offset on; what is your setting for the offset......I'm using 16mm. Using your method is much better than using the "Frame" button alone in lightburn.....so many of us experience problems with centering......thankx you have taken me to a higher level.
Great info and all. My machine is still not centered though, any text or image i put and making sure to use the p hotkey to center it is still to the right of no matter what i try and engrave. Everything in lightburn is centered then the D1 still engraves to the right. I am just so lost at this point.
My use the p key. Just use current position as I show in the various videos
Is it Lightburn that allows the blue dot to appear when framing? I don't see that with Laserbox Basic. I get the red crosshairs, but those don't really seem to be the exact centre of where the laser is actually going to shoot.
I also lost another drive belt. That's 2 that have snapped on me now. I don't tension them overly tight.
Yes, it is Lightburn software that controls this. Laserbox is very very basic. Belts should not break like that. Are you tensioning them as I show in the videos show the assembly of the different lasers?
Thank you for all the videos!! I have really enjoyed them and they are so informative. I am brand new to lasers and am having a devil of a time getting my laser to center on the piece. Will this method work for any shape? For instance, I am working on some cutting boards which are a rectangle shape if you look at it as a box. Thank you for all your help.
Yes this method should work on any shape. It’s up to you as to how you frame the project
On a round coaster, would the outline just touch the 4 points of the circle in the square? Also, is this process pretty much the same every time if you are doing multiple tiles, or does it get easier once its set up. Just ordered my D1 so this was very helpful. Thanks!
If you are doing multiple tiles just create a template so the the tiles will just drop into the template and hit start
If you create a circle "template" instead of a square, you can use Shift plus the circle frame button to "laser" frame the circle over your round coaster. Hope this makes sense.
Great video. Thank you for sharing. I've had a little bit of a challenge in centering my smaller pieces because of my comgrow air assist kit that I purchased. Instead of an orange laser head enclosure, it's solid, with a small opening on the side. This still makes the work piece difficult to center to engrave. I have the Laserbox basic program. Any ideas how I can get around this? Keep up the good work.
The easiest way is to create a template on the wasteboard. Then all you need to do is to drop the project on the wasteboard. Make sure to home the machine and use absolute coordinates. Works perfect. That’s for Lightburn. I don’t know about the Laserbox Basic. I can only assume there is something similar
@@PawPawsWorkShop Thank you, will try that. I don't have the option of choosing absolute coordinates that I can see.
At 2:57 you change the height and width, but for some reason whether I have it locked or not, the dimensions always change. I'm trying to set both measurements to 3.5". I'm sure it's an easy solution.
Crosshairs have me confused, looks wonky. So TY for this.
My pleasure. Glad it helped
The laser will consider center where you leave it after moving it by hand?
By using the current position the green dot on the screen is considered the place of the laser
When I position the cross hairs exactly on the left corner of my project it frames perfect but when it burns the whole image is off to the right by .25", I have to use your technique with low power to see where it burns but at the same time the cross hairs are no where against the job. Any idea why my cross hairs are not referencing correctly? Thanks as always.
The cross hairs are 16mm to the left of the center. If you are using the center point as the current position and the start point, the cross hairs would need to be at that point. The software compensates for the difference. It will frame the outline of the job. If you look at the device settings for the D1 you will see the offset in the box.
Great video I have an issue I have d1 pro and using lightbuen when align with red cross its not aligning from that spot it's aligning where the laser sits do you know how to fix that
In Lightburn setting you can adjust the offset amount to properly align the red cross hair
One further question. When you are doing the 2% power to trace your laser line, do you need protective eyewear? mine is down in a box with exhaust to the outside, as i run it inside the house. But because of that, it is hard to see with the glasses on and pretty much impossible to see with the shield on laser head. I did not see you mentioned it is required, so was not sure if at that low power it is not a problem to look directly at the blue light
You should always wear the glasses. Safety first!
How do I get my image centered if I am using absolute coordinates. I’m doing everything as you described but I’m still off center. Is there icon or toolbar button that makes the image go to center automatically.
Thanks!
My pleasure
Excellent explanation. How did you turn off the crosshairs to only see the laser beam in the framing?
When I setup the framing using a too.path and 3 passes, the crosshairs turnoff automatically because it is actually running a job.
@@PawPawsWorkShop Hmmm. Hadn’t experienced that. Thank you very much.
In settings you can turn it on to be your only method of center ditch the cross hair all together.
Also you can frame and rubber band frame as many times as needed. No need to set multi pass on the tool line..
El que compre yo es de 5w, se pueden cambiar para uno de 10 o 20 w? Gracias de antemano y felicitaciones por tus explicaciones ❤
I was wondering how you get light burn software?? I have trouble getting it
Nice tips! How many watts and how much power are you using to engrave the slate? What setting are you using in lightburn? Thank you for sharing.😁🛫
Thank you, I do not remember exactly but I used the medium wood engrave setting I have in the library. It is about 1250mm/min and 50% power. That actually proved to be more than required.
@@PawPawsWorkShop Thanks Do you know what the output wattage is of the laser? that is what I should have asked.
I recently purchased a D1 Pro. I spray my coasters with a clear satin. Does anyone else do this or do you leave them uncoated?
People do both. Know this if you seal them then they do not function as an effective coaster to absorb moisture
Thank you for the video! I watched it and then followed the directions you gave but I keep having the same issue that I can’t figure out how to fix: the framing will work perfectly and then when I go to start the project (even just the outside “test” rectangle) it starts about a half inch to the left of the project instead of where the framing was. I’m so frustrated because I can’t get a single thing to be where it’s supposed to be. Any advice?
The crosshairs on my D1 is almost 45deg. to square.
Excellent instructional. Question - what settings did you use for the actual burn on lightburn? Newbie here with a D1 pro and a laserbox pro.
Hey paw paw I'm wanting to buy an xtool d1. I see that there are different versions. Is a 5w ok to start with? Thanks!
Yes it is. It will be good for engraving. You will not be able to cut anything unless it is very thin.
Thank you for this! When you were framing it, you had the blue dot displaying the cut area as well. How did you get that to show up?
Just add a layer and set to power to about 2%. Set the layer as the perimeter of the project area
He also held shift when he hit frame
I'm old and an idiot just bought one and I think there's so many flaws with it the cross hairs are distorted I'm not even good enough with a computer even though extol has been responsive to me I can't seem to get everything to go back-and-forth that I need to get it straight but nevertheless I loved your video but remember there idiots like me out there don't skip a beat when you go up to the line and you stop this 1 and do start that 1 if you could be specific with somebody that knows nothing about it those little things really help out but it was a great video I subscribed and I will continue to watch and learn
Do you use any kind of a sealer on the slate to seal the engraving?
No I do not. The tile work just fine with no sealer. The image is permanent and the moisture can be absorbed into the tile making it a very effective coaster.
@@PawPawsWorkShop Thank you
Don’t you have to manually home the machine left rear before you power it up?
I do not home the machine at all. I use the current position and I simply put the laser where I want it
Ok thank you.
What CNC do you use and would you recommend it?
I have three model CNC. The XCarve by Inventables, CNC4NEWBIE New Carve, and the FOXAlien. All are excellent machines and depending on the size, budge and space you have available will help to shape you decision.
How do you get round coasters centered
Actually, the same way as the square ones. Either frame the project using the red cross hairs or create a toolpath with about 2% power. With this method you can create a round toolpath the same size as the project. Set it to do three passes. That will give you plenty of time to center it. Another way is to create a template and burn it into the wasteboard. You will then have you shape exactly where it needs to be
PawPaw, my red cross hairs need to be calibrated, not sure how to do that..
Not sure how to calibrate. They are designed to be 16mm off center
Do you have light burn set for the x2d1 as home position on startup or if not what you have a set as thank you
I have one xTool setting on Lightburn. Both lasers work with that one setting. I do not auto home.
@@PawPawsWorkShop Thank you
If I cover with painters tape and just want to engrave the tape to test location what settings do I use?
Different tape will engrave differently. I have had success with about 20% power
If you go to DEVICE SETTING and click on the "ENABLE LASER FIRE BUTTON" you don't have to hold down the "SHIFT KEY" anymore.
Thank you for sharing this information
@@PawPawsWorkShop Sorry told ya wrong, it's the one below that one "ENABLE FIRE BUTTON ON FRAMING". I looked to fast when I had LIGHTBURN on.
I have the cross hairs but don't see the blue light, how do you turn that feature on? Thanks.
The blue light is the laser. To frame I show two methods, one is to use the Red Cross hairs and the second way is to use the laser. Just setup a separate toolpath with a very low power. Turn off all the other layers and run the job to frame your project. The blue light will be on and the Red Cross hairs will turn off.
I'm following your set-up and I really appreciate your time and your knowledge! I'm wondering why my xtool laser says "problem sending data to laser - machine may be busy or paused" but it's not paused. Any know why it keeps saying that?
Is there anything running on the computer? Even in the background?
@@PawPawsWorkShop Got it - thank you!
Why when framing do you hold down the shift key and then hit framing? If you hit framing without holding down the shift key the framing event happens anyway? Please explain. Thank you in advance.
The shift key will turn on the laser when framing
@@PawPawsWorkShop thanks
How do you get the curved words?
How did you get the blue light to come on while framing? (3:30 timestamp) Mine only uses the red cross hairs to frame. I would much rather use the blue dot than the cross hairs.
I frame using a separate layer set to a very low power. Look at the video. I use layer 29 to frame
@@PawPawsWorkShop in the video u said you pressed shift and clicked frame then both, the cross hairs and the laser were on. If running a separate layer I would have to start a job vs clicking frame.
I did it both ways. Shift and frame will use the red crosshair
When i press frame i have no blue light
If you hit the frame button you will only have the red cross hairs. The blue light is the separate layer I create to frame. It’s set to about 2% power
I thought I saw another program's history watching aluminum and I had this dream project that I wanted to do if it would do that and I don't know if it's because my machine is flawed it doesn't even touch it and I've seen other people do things with it so if you have any knowledge about that or any of you guys could comment I greatly appreciate it
Hi i did everything you asked on set up but my laser is not engraving. its moving but not actually engraving. any suggestions?
In the GRBL settings do you have $32=1?
I know I may sound stupid but where do I find the GRBL settings? I'm sorry for being a pain.
What are the setting for this coaster? If you don't mind sharing.
1100 mm/min and 50% power
Hello sir. I have a question regarding element frames. I'm attempting to cut an element that comes close to the working area, but does not exceed it. The frame of the element does exceed the working area though. Is there anyway to change the frame size without changing the shape of the element?
Not related to this video but do you know why xtool d1 in laserbox not able to check firmware status? When I click on connect the firmware screen goes away and the connect message top right of laserbox goes to not connect. I would appreciate any help, this only started this week.
Unfortunately I do not use laserbox and I do not have an answer for you
@@PawPawsWorkShop From what I understand if you have a D1 you have to use laser box to check the status of the firmware
So if you don't laserbox how do you check the firmware status of your D1?
Have not check it
How do you do circles? I'm having issues aligning my circle graphics.
Just put a square around the circle and frame. Or, use the normal frame function and it will go around the engraving area with a square
@@PawPawsWorkShop Sir, I have done that and the the alignment of the circle is not center. Not sure what I ‘m doing wrong. Thank you for your reply back.
You can put a small x on the center of the project and put the crosshairs directly on that spot. I need more information to full help you
How did you get that blue laser to come out!?
It is on a separate layer to frame I use layer 29 but you can use anything. You run the job with just that layer to output
What computer are you using and is it good ? Just bought the laser and my hp is really slow
I have a six year old Dell laptop
My grid line is not turning on
Look in settings in Lightburn
My machine did not go to center of coaster after I lined up with laser at 2%
If you are using the xTool D1 then you will notice the red cross hairs are off center to the laser frame it and you will see how the red line works. The laser compensates for the offset
@@PawPawsWorkShop I used lightburn on xtool. I used 4"square using 2% blue laser to center
Do you ever use xtool d1 absolute coordinates?
Yes, look at my latest videos
Why haven't you set up a grid base or at least mark the work/project location with tape for placement of the material
That will be in a future video. Thanks for watching
What wattage of laser are you using?
This is a 20 watt laser
My cross hairs is not my center point. It works for the y axis, not the x
It is approximately 16mm off center my design. When you frame the software adjusts for this variable
Why the words color is golden, not black？
It is a reaction to the slate. By having the power a little stronger than necessary it gives the golden color on some of the slate tiles.
what was the power and speed settings for the slate?
What was your settings
how many passes did you use in your setting
One.
Hi can the XTool D1 cut 12mm MDF
That may be a bit much
What settings do you for the slate? Thanks
I use 1270mm/min and 50% power
@@PawPawsWorkShop Thank you again for all your help
Have you ever used xtool creative space?
No, I am not familiar with that
@@PawPawsWorkShop it's another software from xtool
How to center using xcs?
why dont you just engrave a 4" x 4" on the actual table and then place the tile on it.
Then if you have multiple tiles to do, just place MDF references or something like a rule one 3 sides so you have a template, and just go to town and engrave the tiles
Yes, that will work just fine. I usually just set the laser on the workbench and do not have a wasteboard under the laser. I do not wish to engrave a template on my workbench
I am just going to GO AHEAD
Awesome
Enjoy your videos very much but it's annoying to hear you keep saying GO AHEAD so often. I gave up counting after 13 times.
I’ll go ahead and work on that
@@PawPawsWorkShop 😅😄😂 I didn't notice you saying it. Now I will.