Dude! I can't imagine how much time this video saved me in getting my rotary setup, but I'm sure you've taught me in 30 minutes what would've taken me a week or two to figure it all out on my own. I offer you my heart felt THANK YOU! I'm also a happy new subscriber!
I just used my YRR Rotary attachment for the first time on my Aufero Laser 1 and there is NO WAY I would have made it through it as seamlessly as I did without this video!!! In fact, I have no idea how I would have ever figured all of this out on my own or from other videos! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for watching Reinhard! "I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings." (you're probably the only one who will get it 😎)
Rich, again you are a godsend to all of us laser users, especially Ortur/Lightburn users. A huge thankyou to you for not only your time experimenting, but putting the videos together and sharing this information to the community.😀
Thank you so much for your clear explanation. Most online sources give the impression that the YRR machine is "plug & play" which it most definitely is not. I was getting a whole lot of weird error messages, the "test" function was working but not framing or burning; and your simple guide through the settings menu solved the issues.
Thanks for this guide to setup the Aufero rotary to my Aufero LU2-4-LF, I know that this is an old tutorial but the info was spot on. I plugged the rotary into the y1 plug and figured out that my y2 connection had to be unplugged also in order for the rotary to work properly. I just wanted to thank you.
Massive thank you for putting this together! I struggled getting my rotary going and the few machine settings were what I was missing. Thank you, thank you!
After working with Lightburn they found a glitch in the ortur software. After I got that straight. Your video got me got me going and a big time saver. thanks Skip
@@franzgoesmann8770 There are different formulas for different stepper motors and I don't know any of them. It's just hit and miss, trial and error for me. Someday I'll discover the well guarded secret!
Man, thank you so much putting the effort into explaining this aspect of getting a rotary up and running in Lightburn. I had someone want to order engraving on tumblers and had just got my rotary. I was worried I wouldn't be able to figure out in time to do the job. Thanks to you I was doing a good quality engraving on the first day! I don't know how long it would've taken me to figure all this out on my own but this was a lifesaver!
Well done! Without your video I can imagine taking a couple of hours to get it right, if I'm lucky. When I assembled my Pro 2 machine, I took it apart a couple of times until I found a UA-cam video that made it all work.
if your completly new to this stuff, what I did to learn and test before I used tumblers, was paper towel cardboard rolls, and toilet paper rolls, after there empty, def good for learning on. this is a great tutorial tho!! ty!
great video for rotary. It worked great for me the first time I tried it. Went back to standard with out issues. Today I thought I would get a little creative with a tapered bottom wine bottle. So I made my funky set up. I can provide pics if you want them. But I had issues with the unit itself. I changed my settings to disable homing at start up, then turned off the power and attached the rotary cable. Next I powered up the laser. Then I loaded the rotary file I saved from my first go at the rotary set up that i did via your video. Then I selected write into the machine settings and created my burn file graphics. Then it went crazy. I kept getting the Gcode error while trying to home or jog. I had home turned off. Anyway, I had to go back to the standard settings which was a little difficult because of the gcode error. after research on inet, i found a comment about an error in the $22 code. fixed that and i was back to good to go on the standard settings. Then I thought I would try one last time. Instead of using my saved rotary machine settings I started from scratch with your video. It worked great. I know this is a long comment but my question is, d0 you have issues when you go back and forth between the two machine setting files?
God bless you real good, you saved me from frustration big time. I am just happy people like you exist to give hope and help. I can't thank you enough... So so happy
I really like what you are doing here. I watch all your videos and get great ideas for them. Thank you. I was having trouble with the rotary as everything printed in mirror. I tried the mirror button both ways nothing changed. Tried switching red and black wires nothing . switched blue and green wires still nothing. After moving everything back to original I switched the blue and green and the red and black wires. when I changed all 4 the printing came out as needed. Thanks again for putting out these great tips
Thank you so much, Sir , since May 2021 I bought my rotary and does not work out for me and I threw it into my store until today I said let's do some research and try to do something, must be some help on youtube come now I found you thank you again Sir
Iv had my rotary for a while now but not used it but tomorrow I'll be giving it a go now iv seen your video, you do an awsome job with the videos and yes I'm subscribed and I also tend to like the video keep up the good work and best wishes all the way from Wales, Uk
Excellent tutorial - I am at the point trying to figure how to use the rotary that i have received just last week. Thanks very much Rich - masterclass.
You’re the man rich. I couldn’t not have done this without your help. Very thorough and easy to follow. I have the trial version could that be the reason I don’t have the rotary setting options? Thank you so much for your videos. I’ve seen mostly all of them. Still learning 😊
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I found it under laser tools instead of tools. Thank you so much. I have to watch your rotary video again cause I’m not able to connect my rotary lol. Not sure what I’m doing wrong but I’ll figure it out if not I’ll reach out to you. Smile
I can't say enough how perfect this video is, thank you so much for taking the time to make it. It is EXACTLY what I needed. I make youtube videos as well and will be doing a rotary video and will be directing folks to your video. Thank you again!
Awesome video. It is absolutely dummy proof. Very straight forward. I just have one question though. How do you adjust the focus? Is it the same as when you engrave a flat object? I know that on a flat object you use that cylindrical test fixture to adjust the distance inbetween the laser head and the object to be engraved. Just wondering if the process is the same. Thanks.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I did a skinny Tumbler (74mm at top and 68mm at the bottom) yesterday and found the if I leveled the roller it worked great. I had cross hatch enabled which caused it not to work right, as the machine just kept jogging to the left. But as long as I have only going at 0 degree it works really well.
Received my roller today. Just gotta wait on my laser master 2 since it was put on hold with the Chinese new year. Look forward to learning how to use it.
Hello Rich, Amazing instructions on the rotary set up! I have an Ortur rotary and I followed your guidance to make it work. Now how do I go back to regular laser mode, I've save the file as instructed. Please point me where you may already have a video of that process. Thanks a million! Stay well Amigo.
Thank you for the great information could not find any information on rotary that was this informative as you can probably tell I am a newbie thank you again
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Hi mate, Not having much fun at the moment :( Just testing the rotary as per your video. I've measure the rolls, and I had 2 different measures, so i set it somewhere in between the two, then I measure the object was 60mm, which gave me the circumference of 188.496mm, but how did you get the "mm per rotation" figure? Is that supposed to be automatically calculated by Lightburn? Mine was over 300 mm... I tried the framing and it looks like is going around about 3 times, same with the burning... So I'm not sure if my vertical lines are apart or overlapping, since is going around and over the circumference more then once... Any idea? Cheers Alberto
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Finally got it right today. Took probably more then 20 tries. Now i have another issue. The burn came up flipped, was a skull with a pipe, and in the draw it is on the right, Lightburn screen and preview both shows on the right, but it burned flipped with pipe on the left. It did this yesterday with text as well. The mirror option on the rotary setting is turned off. Did you ever experience the issues? Any idea?
I'm having trouble setting up my rotary on my LM3. At 5:40 where are you getting the information for "mm per rotation"? I can't seem to find information for this anywhere. Thanks and great video ☺
Dude. This video is perfect. Thanks a million! Would love to hear about what settings you have found best works on tumblers for you! Keep up the killer content. You explain things quite well. Cheers!!
Hola... Excelente vídeo muy bien explicado, es genial poder aprender como utilizar nuestros YRR Rotary, ya que es una pena que las explicaciones del fabricante no estén a la altura de esta marca... Muchas gracias por compartir este tutorial... Un saludo enorme.
This video is so simply explained. I wished I had watched it before I installed my YRR. he video I watched didn't say anything about savings settings and now I am experiencing error messages and having to wait for technical support from Lightburn
Your video was very good on setting up the yrr rotary. when I went back to the default laser the G-code motion target exceeds machine travel. the laser will home and I jog it but that's all. Only had the oturo master 2 for about 2 months. I am lost any suggestion I would really appreciate any help thanks Skip
many thanks for this video, it has really helped me set up my rotor. the issue I'm having is that my rotor spins multiple times when doing my test run, not sure how to ensure it runs just once 360.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy it was the mm per rotation that was off, sorted that now, many thanks. It's there anywhere I can get the recommended speed and power settings for different materials
Fantastic video, best out there. How do I stop my bottle/tumbler from moving to the right by itself, all my graphics are no good, I’ve tried putting a block of wood at other end of bottle, but that just causes bottle to slip on rollers, how are you managing?
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy hi, my roller is flat, I used a spirit level on table, I do believeit should have been createdwith baffles at both ends to stop item moving. I will give elastic band a go :)
First of all I must to say thank you for making this video, now I can understand better some of the subjects in the rotary setup window. I just have a question, in a chuck rotary how am I supposed to know the roller diameter?
I learned a lot from your Video Thank you. Would you please give me an idea for any machine that can do cutting and engraving the brick for our church fundraising?
That would depend on the type of brick you're using Tom. If you email me the type, size and maybe include a photo, I can help you select one. thelahobbyguy@gmail.com
Thank you, Rich this helped a lot. I am looking into my Ortur Laser Master 2 Pro S2 400x400 bed. Laser is LU2-2 I was under the impression it was a 20 watt but I am not so sure?. can't get the center lined up. Laser seems a bit weak. But with all your videos it definitely helps a newbee in this game. I can recommend anyone to become a patron. Thank you for your videos.
Glad I could help Nico! And thank you for your support! ✔️ Ortur only makes 5W max diode lasers right now. 20W input, 5W optical output. I'm told they're developing a 10W version though.
Is it worth to add the air assist? I burn at 600-900 & 80-95% power. It feels really weak. Some material works well. But I hope to get some projects going. I am enjoying this as a hoppy and would like to use it to the best ability.
Hey Rich. I'm having a lot of issues with "line drag" for lack of the correct term. It looks like a couple of passes are being dragged down a fraction of an inch out of the image area. so my finished product is nicely engraved except for 2 or 3 passes (vertical) screws up the image. Anything you can suggest would be a huge help. Cheers. Keep up the good work. (I apologize if you've touched on this in a previous video, I couldn't find anything applicable).
Rich thank you for your video it was spot on. I have a NEJE 3 max / A40640 laser. I saved the default machine settings page as instructed. but after finishing with the attachment I reloaded the default settings. Now the laser will only move from the home position to the origin position it will not obey any other commands. The machine operates perfectly using my cell phone. All operations appear to be correct. Do you have any idea what may have happened?
Thanks Rich. I followed your directions and it still didn't work. After researching more I found the issue. It was the GRBL firmware. I re-flashed it and everything works fine. I tested it with another laptop I have on one of the cnc machines and we have touchdown. I'm thinking about getting a second laser. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you again for your help.
Rich, thanks for the information on the setup. I managed to get to work engraving my bottles without any issues. However, since then I cannot get my laser to engrave anything when I reverted back to normal mode, even after I reloaded the default settings file.
Great video. So you know how there’s two stepper motors for y axis. I need to disconnect both y axis cables from control board and only use one for the roller. Am I right? Thanks
Thanks for this. One question, if my tumbler diameter is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, where do I measure my diameter from? (Assuming my engraving covers most of the cup)
Where ever you're going to engrave it. If you're engraving both, I would suggest cutting the shape, putting it on another layer and running the 2nd job after refocusing.
Great video, I have one question though, When you save the settings for the default laser and the rotary, how do you bring them back in? I can't seem to figure that out.
If you're talking about machine settings, there is both a save and load settings button on that window. You load them from where ever you saved them. You can also change the same settings in the devices window.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I got it now, Watched the video about 10 times knowing I missed something, and I did haha. Watched it again and I now see. Thanks so much
Great video! I have the Atomstack R3 Rotary. The principle is the same. One question I have is concerning the mm per rotation setting. Should this be the diameter of the roller times pi? My roller is 16mm in diameter so the mm per rotation would be 50mm. Or am I falling down a rabbit hole. Thanks again for the videos you produce! Denham Springs
No Jeff. They all seem to be different and it's based on the stepper motor used. For example, one rotary on my Co2 is 8250 SR with a 24mm roller diameter, and another is 9200 SR with a 25mm roller. So the numbers are based on the motor & the roller.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Can you inbox me a contact ? I would Like to pay for you to travel to my company to give me a tutorial on my machine if possible.
Thanks for the quick response. I typed in what you gave me that stopped the red light from blinking. I did save a backup DEFAULT LASER it had an extension Ibset but this is what I get when I click on it C:\Users\Skip\AppData\Local\LightBurn\backup\machine_settings\LWYwNWZmMz does not recognize
Great and very informative, specially to someone who is a newbie, explained very simple. But i just bought a 20w Lu1-4. Those setting dont work for that laser?
*Glad it was helpful!* This video was recorded using an LU1-4 laser. The clb cut library file for the LU1-4 is available in the Member's Only section of my forums. lahobbyguy.com/bb/
Awesome video, super helpful, thanks for making it! Got as far as changing the roller and workpiece diameters and hitting Test, but for some reason even with the cable from Y-Axis stepper motor unplugged and the rotary attachment plugged in, the gantry still moves on the Y-Axis while the rotary attachment also rotates after hitting Test. Any thoughts? Laser is a Genmitsu Jinsoku LC-60A 5.5W Laser Engraver Cutter with Air Assist System. Thanks!
Ok thanks for the help, I'm sending the Pergear back and I ordered the Ortur, see how my luck is with that one. Question for you on your video, I saved the files as you recommended to be able to switch back and forth to regular laser work, but you didn't show how you actually toggle between those two files to adjust the settings accordingly. Where do you move that file to? Sorry I'm computer challenged.......
Hello, I have a Shapeoko 3XXX. Do you know if this will work on this machine? The Y cable is cancelled in a box. If I had some kind of cable to plug into the port and have it extend out of the box that I can easily get to would that work? Great video by the way.
Thanks so much for making this video but I ran into a problem when I clicked the frame button. My rotary spins properly but the laser goes all the way across and bangs against the rail. Any thoughts why this might be happening?
It's in the video Eugen. If you're using the Ortur roller on a diode laser, I have found that 66.40 is the best setting if you checked Enable Rotary. If you didn't check Enable Rotary, it doesn't matter what the number is, Lightburn passes through the dimensions from your graphic accurately.
Really a great and thorough step by step you created !! Have you or could you do this for the Chinese Lasers ? Mine has a Ruida controller and 25 x 15 bed size. Your is the best tutorial I've seen regarding the rotary. Thanks Tim
Ok thanks, I'm going to email Ortur and Pergear both and see what they say. I can't see the wire colors on the laser as it's a flush connector in the frame at the back by the switch for YRR. Or am I supposed to be plugging in elsewhere?
Rich...I have a xTool D1 that I have been trying to set to engrave tumblers for my wife's annual Sisters weekend. I am under the gun.. By the way I am a extreme newby. I assume the setup is similar. I have watched every video I can and no-one using this attachment really explains how to set it up for lightburn. I am using the xTool RA2 Pro with just the rollers and no chuck. They, xTool, initially sets the mm per rotation at 370mm which seems rather large. I am not sure what this means...rotation per mm of what...the item being etched? Is that set only once or for each item being etched. Lightburns manual doesn't address this and their UA-cam video is very basic and leaves a lot out. I thank-you for your fine videos....complete videos..that explain the topic. I am going to use your calibration method this AM for the tumblers I am going to engrave.
Pretty sure the x-Tool mm/rot are right. That has to do with the stepper motor. I haven't used their rotary so I wouldn't know, but the parameters are similar. If you use the roller, check roller for the type, Z for the axis, 32mm/rotation and 17mm for the roller diameter and mirror output selected. For the chuck, it's type Z for the axis, and 128 mm/rotation with the same settings.
Thanks for posting this. You were the only one to address that some boards aren't compatible. As soon as I disabled the rotary I was able to burn my project that was impossible before.
Isn't that crazy? If I weren't part of my own local Maker community and if I didn't have multiple machines, I would have never figured that out! The industry needs better standards! 👀 I'm glad it helped you! Great channel name BTW! 👍
It's a shame other youtubers couldn't explain these steps like you do.
Easy to understand and covers all steps.
Wow! Thank you so much! I appreciate the comment!
Dude! I can't imagine how much time this video saved me in getting my rotary setup, but I'm sure you've taught me in 30 minutes what would've taken me a week or two to figure it all out on my own. I offer you my heart felt THANK YOU! I'm also a happy new subscriber!
You're very welcome Marty! Welcome to the party! 🤪
I can’t figure out how to get our of the rotary setting.
I just used my YRR Rotary attachment for the first time on my Aufero Laser 1 and there is NO WAY I would have made it through it as seamlessly as I did without this video!!! In fact, I have no idea how I would have ever figured all of this out on my own or from other videos! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure Marilyn! Thank you!
Great video. No unnecessary comments. Facts. The time saving for setup is 90%. Greetings from Austria. Near Vienna. Mozart etc.
Thanks for watching Reinhard! "I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings." (you're probably the only one who will get it 😎)
Rich, again you are a godsend to all of us laser users, especially Ortur/Lightburn users. A huge thankyou to you for not only your time experimenting, but putting the videos together and sharing this information to the community.😀
Glad to help! I'm having fun doing it!
Thank you so much for your clear explanation. Most online sources give the impression that the YRR machine is "plug & play" which it most definitely is not. I was getting a whole lot of weird error messages, the "test" function was working but not framing or burning; and your simple guide through the settings menu solved the issues.
Glad it helped Rob!
Thanks for this guide to setup the Aufero rotary to my Aufero LU2-4-LF, I know that this is an old tutorial but the info was spot on. I plugged the rotary into the y1 plug and figured out that my y2 connection had to be unplugged also in order for the rotary to work properly. I just wanted to thank you.
Glad it helped!
Massive thank you for putting this together! I struggled getting my rotary going and the few machine settings were what I was missing. Thank you, thank you!
Glad it helped!
Excellent Rich. There was no way i could mine working without your instructions. Awesome!!!
Glad I could help!
After working with Lightburn they found a glitch in the ortur software. After I got that straight. Your video got me got me going and a big time saver. thanks Skip
Yes Skip, that glitch has been around for a long time. Can you share the resolve?
Yes! Finally someone who explained it correctly and in detail. Super very good 5 thumbs up.
Franz Goesmann D-Meschede/Germany
Wow, thanks Franz!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Hello, Franz here again. Could you explain to me how to calculate the STEPS PER ROTATION?
Greetings Franz
@@franzgoesmann8770 There are different formulas for different stepper motors and I don't know any of them. It's just hit and miss, trial and error for me. Someday I'll discover the well guarded secret!
Holy crap. Thank you soooo much for this!!! This should be the official instruction video that comes with the rotary
You're welcome Jody!
Going slowly, step by step, provides so much more helpful information!! thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much Chuck! I really appreciate it! 👍
Really do appreciate this tutorial, thanks for making it!
My pleasure!
Excellent video. I recently purchased an Ortur engraver and I’m very disappointed in the assembly videos put out by Ortur. This helps a lot. Thanks 👍
Glad it was helpful Greg!
Man, thank you so much putting the effort into explaining this aspect of getting a rotary up and running in Lightburn. I had someone want to order engraving on tumblers and had just got my rotary. I was worried I wouldn't be able to figure out in time to do the job. Thanks to you I was doing a good quality engraving on the first day! I don't know how long it would've taken me to figure all this out on my own but this was a lifesaver!
You're so welcome! I'm glad it helped!
You Have A Great Way Of Teaching / Thank You
I appreciate that Vinnie, thanks!
😀 thank you rich had this setting in a box for months now, got it up and running burned my first tumbler today. and had fun following along.
Awesome! 👍 Thanks for watching!
Well done! Without your video I can imagine taking a couple of hours to get it right, if I'm lucky. When I assembled my Pro 2 machine, I took it apart a couple of times until I found a UA-cam video that made it all work.
*Glad it helped!*
if your completly new to this stuff, what I did to learn and test before I used tumblers, was paper towel cardboard rolls, and toilet paper rolls, after there empty, def good for learning on. this is a great tutorial tho!! ty!
Thanks for the tips! I wrap mine with transfer tape sometimes.
Awesome tutorial, Thanks....! I built my own 3D printed roller and the first successful engraving I did was after seeing your video!
Glad it helped Arturo!
Great video! I haven't used my rotary until a few days ago, watched this video and I was off burning tumblers! Thanks
Glad it helped Dave! Thanks for watching!
great video for rotary. It worked great for me the first time I tried it. Went back to standard with out issues. Today I thought I would get a little creative with a tapered bottom wine bottle. So I made my funky set up. I can provide pics if you want them. But I had issues with the unit itself. I changed my settings to disable homing at start up, then turned off the power and attached the rotary cable. Next I powered up the laser. Then I loaded the rotary file I saved from my first go at the rotary set up that i did via your video. Then I selected write into the machine settings and created my burn file graphics. Then it went crazy. I kept getting the Gcode error while trying to home or jog. I had home turned off. Anyway, I had to go back to the standard settings which was a little difficult because of the gcode error. after research on inet, i found a comment about an error in the $22 code. fixed that and i was back to good to go on the standard settings. Then I thought I would try one last time. Instead of using my saved rotary machine settings I started from scratch with your video. It worked great. I know this is a long comment but my question is, d0 you have issues when you go back and forth between the two machine setting files?
Some people do Barry. I have since found that after you save the settings, you have to load them again and check to see if they were saved properly.
God bless you real good, you saved me from frustration big time. I am just happy people like you exist to give hope and help. I can't thank you enough... So so happy
Awesome! 👍 Thanks for watching!
This is surely the best instructional video on the YRR roller setup and use. Thank you for taking the time to make this. You're awesome.
Glad it was helpful! You're very welcome!
I really like what you are doing here. I watch all your videos and get great ideas for them. Thank you. I was having trouble with the rotary as everything printed in mirror. I tried the mirror button both ways nothing changed. Tried switching red and black wires nothing . switched blue and green wires still nothing. After moving everything back to original I switched the blue and green and the red and black wires. when I changed all 4 the printing came out as needed. Thanks again for putting out these great tips
Glad you liked it Rich!
Thank you so much, Sir , since May 2021 I bought my rotary and does not work out for me and I threw it into my store until today I said let's do some research and try to do something, must be some help on youtube come now I found you thank you again Sir
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!
As usual Rich, a top notch tutorial. Thank you!
Thank you so much Gilbert! I really appreciate it! 👍
Thank you so much!! Excellent tutorial!!! Merry Christmas 🎄
Same to you, thanks!
Iv had my rotary for a while now but not used it but tomorrow I'll be giving it a go now iv seen your video, you do an awsome job with the videos and yes I'm subscribed and I also tend to like the video keep up the good work and best wishes all the way from Wales, Uk
Thanks Jay!
Thank you very much for so much knowledge share over the years you're a true Grand Master , Saludos desde Mexico !
Gracias Señor! 👍 Much appreciated!
Such a great video. Thank you for taking your time to help the community out!
My pleasure!
Excellent tutorial - I am at the point trying to figure how to use the rotary that i have received just last week. Thanks very much Rich - masterclass.
You are welcome!
Another superb instructional video Rich .... thanks once again.
Very welcome Mike, thanks!
You’re the man rich. I couldn’t not have done this without your help. Very thorough and easy to follow. I have the trial version could that be the reason I don’t have the rotary setting options? Thank you so much for your videos. I’ve seen mostly all of them. Still learning 😊
Click on Laser Tools to find it.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy i followed your instructions and I can show you it’s not there. Thank you for replying back and got your help
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I found it under laser tools instead of tools. Thank you so much. I have to watch your rotary video again cause I’m not able to connect my rotary lol. Not sure what I’m doing wrong but I’ll figure it out if not I’ll reach out to you. Smile
Subscribed, going to set up my rotary next week, so good timing. followed you here from the Ortur forum on fb
Welcome aboard John! Glad you're here!
I just hot a rotary for my Ortur LM2. Thnak you for this video, it was very informative and will put the info to good use.
Glad it was helpful Trey!
Thanks for saving us all the R & D time, very much appreciated. 👍
No problem Slick! 👍
I can't say enough how perfect this video is, thank you so much for taking the time to make it. It is EXACTLY what I needed. I make youtube videos as well and will be doing a rotary video and will be directing folks to your video. Thank you again!
*Thank you!* I'm gonna head over and take a peek at your channel now!
Cool channel! You got a sub!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy thank you!
Awesome video. It is absolutely dummy proof. Very straight forward. I just have one question though. How do you adjust the focus? Is it the same as when you engrave a flat object? I know that on a flat object you use that cylindrical test fixture to adjust the distance inbetween the laser head and the object to be engraved. Just wondering if the process is the same. Thanks.
Exactly the same.
You deserve a medal!!!!
🤪 Thanks! 🌞
This helped so much thank you! Wondering how it works on different shapped tumblers
I've used it on all types of tumblers and glasses Kevin.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I did a skinny Tumbler (74mm at top and 68mm at the bottom) yesterday and found the if I leveled the roller it worked great. I had cross hatch enabled which caused it not to work right, as the machine just kept jogging to the left. But as long as I have only going at 0 degree it works really well.
Received my roller today. Just gotta wait on my laser master 2 since it was put on hold with the Chinese new year. Look forward to learning how to use it.
Have fun when you get it Thomas!
Hello Rich, Amazing instructions on the rotary set up! I have an Ortur rotary and I followed your guidance to make it work. Now how do I go back to regular laser mode, I've save the file as instructed. Please point me where you may already have a video of that process. Thanks a million! Stay well Amigo.
Laser Tools --> Rotary Setup --> Turn it off. Or turn it off on the Laser Tab.
Thanks for the perfect tutorial...the only one on all of youtube
I wrote an email because I have a problem after using the Rotary, my laser does not work anymore.
Glad it helped Simon!
Thank again Rich one more lesson learned.
Thank you so much Robert! I really appreciate it! 👍
Thank you for the great information could not find any information on rotary that was this informative as you can probably tell I am a newbie thank you again
Glad it was helpful!
Nice video. Just got mine today, I will try to put it together and set it up tomorrow. Thanks
Have fun!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Hi mate, Not having much fun at the moment :(
Just testing the rotary as per your video. I've measure the rolls, and I had 2 different measures, so i set it somewhere in between the two, then I measure the object was 60mm, which gave me the circumference of 188.496mm, but how did you get the "mm per rotation" figure? Is that supposed to be automatically calculated by Lightburn? Mine was over 300 mm...
I tried the framing and it looks like is going around about 3 times, same with the burning... So I'm not sure if my vertical lines are apart or overlapping, since is going around and over the circumference more then once...
Any idea? Cheers Alberto
@@avleathercraft648 Experimenting. I ultimately wound up with 40.51 on the Ortur I believe it was.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Finally got it right today. Took probably more then 20 tries. Now i have another issue. The burn came up flipped, was a skull with a pipe, and in the draw it is on the right, Lightburn screen and preview both shows on the right, but it burned flipped with pipe on the left. It did this yesterday with text as well. The mirror option on the rotary setting is turned off. Did you ever experience the issues? Any idea?
@@alb673 No, it sounds like you have to turn on mirroring.
Rich .... Very informative Video. Thank You.
My pleasure Kirti!
Great Video as always.
I appreciate that George!
I'm having trouble setting up my rotary on my LM3. At 5:40 where are you getting the information for "mm per rotation"? I can't seem to find information for this anywhere.
Thanks and great video ☺
It's a best guess to start off with Liam. You can't skip through the video. You have to run tests and adjust that number as you go until it's perfect.
Thanks, I've watched the video through again and found what I was looking for 👍 The PDF was a great help too when I was setting up my roller.
Thanks for your help, I was 90% there, I was missing one step you showed it to me.
Great to hear Kyle! 👍
Tysm this helped so much
Glad it helped!
Excellent video. Many thanks for sharing your work.
Regards from Portugal.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Rich, thank you for this instruction video🙂🙂
Glad it was helpful Ray!
Great presentation
Thank you Merrill!
Muy bien Explicado ahora a realizar pruebas. Gracias !!!
Thanks, much appreciated!
Dude. This video is perfect. Thanks a million! Would love to hear about what settings you have found best works on tumblers for you!
Keep up the killer content. You explain things quite well. Cheers!!
I use my Lightburn library for settings Matt. Tons of libraries on my free forum for members. lahobbyguy.com/bb
Hola...
Excelente vídeo muy bien explicado, es genial poder aprender como utilizar nuestros YRR Rotary, ya que es una pena que las explicaciones del fabricante no estén a la altura de esta marca...
Muchas gracias por compartir este tutorial...
Un saludo enorme.
Brico ..como le hiciste . yo no he podido hacer funcionar mi YRR
sabes de algun tutorial en espanol ?
no, desafortunadamente no
This video is so simply explained. I wished I had watched it before I installed my YRR. he video I watched didn't say anything about savings settings and now I am experiencing error messages and having to wait for technical support from Lightburn
So sorry to hear that Kim 😒
Your video was very good on setting up the yrr rotary. when I went back to the default laser the G-code motion target exceeds machine travel. the laser will home and I jog it but that's all. Only had the oturo master 2 for about 2 months. I am lost any suggestion I would really appreciate any help thanks Skip
You didn't save and restore the settings Skip. Go to the console tab and type in $RST=* and press enter.
many thanks for this video, it has really helped me set up my rotor. the issue I'm having is that my rotor spins multiple times when doing my test run, not sure how to ensure it runs just once 360.
Sorry, I can't diagnose problems in UA-cam comments. But usually it's just the framing that has this behavior on the rotary.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy it was the mm per rotation that was off, sorted that now, many thanks. It's there anywhere I can get the recommended speed and power settings for different materials
@@tosanclarke In the member's only section of my Forum. lahobbyguy.com/bb
Fantastic video, best out there. How do I stop my bottle/tumbler from moving to the right by itself, all my graphics are no good, I’ve tried putting a block of wood at other end of bottle, but that just causes bottle to slip on rollers, how are you managing?
The roller has to be completely flat Aaron. Plus you could put a couple of rubber bands on it to keep it from moving.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy hi, my roller is flat, I used a spirit level on table, I do believeit should have been createdwith baffles at both ends to stop item moving. I will give elastic band a go :)
Absolutely awesome video, thank you very much, you are a great teacher!
You're very welcome!
very well explained keep up i want buy laser machine for tumbler laser engraving please advice me thanks
Watch for my next video, probably today!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I do i appreciate ur help I am wishing to buy cheap & best to start my living thanks a lot for cooperation
Here you go! ua-cam.com/video/C6H3ATjpn4M/v-deo.html
Very good tutorial, Thanks! I needed this, about to set the rotary up, and this will do wonders... I have a 20w too...
*Good luck John! Have fun with it!*
I will Rich as soon I set it up , again thanks for the info. I'm sure they'll be more questions but I feel very confident in your experience
You can do it! If you get stuck, just ask! I also have a discussion group you can sign up for that I just created. lahobbyguy.com/bb/
Thank you, I am doing some preemptive learning while the Rotary is in Shipping. you earned a Sub.
Thanks for the sub!
First of all I must to say thank you for making this video, now I can understand better some of the subjects in the rotary setup window. I just have a question, in a chuck rotary how am I supposed to know the roller diameter?
There's no option for roller diameter if you choose chuck Rocz.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy thanks for your answer 😊
You are an absolute Godsend. I echo all of the extremely positive comments. Frustration is a bitch and you spared me a bunch! Thank you.
Thanks Kevin! Much appreciated!
Hey man, can i use this one with the sculpfun s9 also ? Thks in advance 😊
I don't know Glenn. The wiring has to match.
I learned a lot from your Video
Thank you.
Would you please give me an idea for any machine that can do cutting and engraving the brick for our church fundraising?
That would depend on the type of brick you're using Tom. If you email me the type, size and maybe include a photo, I can help you select one. thelahobbyguy@gmail.com
Can you explain how to engrave tumblers with a handle?
Yes, you have to have a chuck rotary Bret.
Thank you, Rich this helped a lot. I am looking into my Ortur Laser Master 2 Pro S2 400x400 bed. Laser is LU2-2 I was under the impression it was a 20 watt but I am not so sure?. can't get the center lined up. Laser seems a bit weak. But with all your videos it definitely helps a newbee in this game. I can recommend anyone to become a patron. Thank you for your videos.
Glad I could help Nico! And thank you for your support! ✔️ Ortur only makes 5W max diode lasers right now. 20W input, 5W optical output. I'm told they're developing a 10W version though.
Is it worth to add the air assist? I burn at 600-900 & 80-95% power. It feels really weak. Some material works well. But I hope to get some projects going. I am enjoying this as a hoppy and would like to use it to the best ability.
Hey Rich. I'm having a lot of issues with "line drag" for lack of the correct term. It looks like a couple of passes are being dragged down a fraction of an inch out of the image area. so my finished product is nicely engraved except for 2 or 3 passes (vertical) screws up the image. Anything you can suggest would be a huge help. Cheers. Keep up the good work. (I apologize if you've touched on this in a previous video, I couldn't find anything applicable).
Without actually seeing it Brad, I would think it's likely either an anomaly in the file or perhaps something loose on the roller itself.
Thanks for taking the time to do this. It's a great help.
Glad it was helpful Martin!
Rich thank you for your video it was spot on. I have a NEJE 3 max / A40640 laser. I saved the default machine settings page as instructed. but after finishing with the attachment I reloaded the default settings. Now the laser will only move from the home position to the origin position it will not obey any other commands. The machine operates perfectly using my cell phone. All operations appear to be correct. Do you have any idea what may have happened?
Try reloading the original settings again. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 tries.
Thanks Rich. I followed your directions and it still didn't work. After researching more I found the issue. It was the GRBL firmware. I re-flashed it and everything works fine. I tested it with another laptop I have on one of the cnc machines and we have touchdown. I'm thinking about getting a second laser. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you again for your help.
Rich, thanks for the information on the setup. I managed to get to work engraving my bottles without any issues. However, since then I cannot get my laser to engrave anything when I reverted back to normal mode, even after I reloaded the default settings file.
Sometimes it doesn't load the default settings on the first try. Do it 2 or 3 times and try again.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Thanks Rich, I'll give it a go. 👌
Great video. So you know how there’s two stepper motors for y axis. I need to disconnect both y axis cables from control board and only use one for the roller. Am I right? Thanks
Yes, that is correct!
Thank GOD for you!! 🙂
Thank you! But I thank God for you! The folks who make these videos popular!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuyActually, I'm a heathen atheist but it felt like a gift from God at 2am! 🙂 Thanks again.
Thanks for this. One question, if my tumbler diameter is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, where do I measure my diameter from? (Assuming my engraving covers most of the cup)
Where ever you're going to engrave it. If you're engraving both, I would suggest cutting the shape, putting it on another layer and running the 2nd job after refocusing.
Great video, I have one question though, When you save the settings for the default laser and the rotary, how do you bring them back in? I can't seem to figure that out.
If you're talking about machine settings, there is both a save and load settings button on that window. You load them from where ever you saved them. You can also change the same settings in the devices window.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I got it now, Watched the video about 10 times knowing I missed something, and I did haha. Watched it again and I now see. Thanks so much
Great info,, love your videos,,, I saved my settings like you said is their a special app to open these back up or will word work???
In the Device Settings, just click import and go to the file you saved.
Great video! I have the Atomstack R3 Rotary. The principle is the same. One question I have is concerning the mm per rotation setting. Should this be the diameter of the roller times pi? My roller is 16mm in diameter so the mm per rotation would be 50mm. Or am I falling down a rabbit hole. Thanks again for the videos you produce! Denham Springs
No Jeff. They all seem to be different and it's based on the stepper motor used. For example, one rotary on my Co2 is 8250 SR with a 24mm roller diameter, and another is 9200 SR with a 25mm roller. So the numbers are based on the motor & the roller.
Very well done. Complete and thorough! Looking forward to using this to set up my YRR on my NEJE Master 2!
Glad it was helpful! Good luck!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy where are you located In Louisiana?
@@duncanrealtyprofessionals5108 Just outside New Orleans, in Marrero.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Can you inbox me a contact ? I would
Like to pay for you to travel to my company to give me a tutorial on my machine if possible.
@@duncanrealtyprofessionals5108 All of my contact info is below my videos in the Show More section. Or you can email me at thelahobbyguy@gmail.com.
Thanks for the quick response. I typed in what you gave me that stopped the red light from blinking. I did save a backup DEFAULT LASER it had an extension Ibset but this is what I get when I click on it C:\Users\Skip\AppData\Local\LightBurn\backup\machine_settings\LWYwNWZmMz
does not recognize
You have to browse to the folder you saved it in Skip.
Great and very informative, specially to someone who is a newbie, explained very simple. But i just bought a 20w Lu1-4. Those setting dont work for that laser?
*Glad it was helpful!* This video was recorded using an LU1-4 laser. The clb cut library file for the LU1-4 is available in the Member's Only section of my forums. lahobbyguy.com/bb/
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy sorry what is the clb cut library?
@@ald.3449 clb stands for cut library. It's a library of settings for cutting and engraving. ua-cam.com/video/6aLwt5eJX6E/v-deo.html
Awesome video, super helpful, thanks for making it! Got as far as changing the roller and workpiece diameters and hitting Test, but for some reason even with the cable from Y-Axis stepper motor unplugged and the rotary attachment plugged in, the gantry still moves on the Y-Axis while the rotary attachment also rotates after hitting Test. Any thoughts? Laser is a Genmitsu Jinsoku LC-60A 5.5W Laser Engraver Cutter with Air Assist System. Thanks!
The LC-60 has two Y stepper motors. The 2nd motor needs to be unplugged.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Ah, thank you so much!!
THANK YOU!!
You're welcome James! Thanks for watching!
Ok thanks for the help, I'm sending the Pergear back and I ordered the Ortur, see how my luck is with that one. Question for you on your video, I saved the files as you recommended to be able to switch back and forth to regular laser work, but you didn't show how you actually toggle between those two files to adjust the settings accordingly. Where do you move that file to? Sorry I'm computer challenged.......
I don't know which video your asking about Jim, sorry.
Hello, I have a Shapeoko 3XXX. Do you know if this will work on this machine? The Y cable is cancelled in a box. If I had some kind of cable to plug into the port and have it extend out of the box that I can easily get to would that work? Great video by the way.
Sorry Jim, I don't know! 🤔
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy As you can tell I broke down and bought the Oturo laser.
Thanks so much for making this video but I ran into a problem when I clicked the frame button. My rotary spins properly but the laser goes all the way across and bangs against the rail. Any thoughts why this might be happening?
Manually move the laser (by hand) all the way to the left and try again. You probably had your settings wrong. You should be in absolute coordinates.
Good tutorial. However i cannot get my rotary roller to spin 360 degrees, it keeps having a jacking sound when i click on TEST.
I don't know what that could be, sorry. Maybe a bad stepper motor.
Is it possible to burn conical shaped bottles? If so, how are they treated differently than cylinders?
Yes, you would need to raise one end to level. The Ortur has the attachment included.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Thanks. Would the Ortur roller work with the Comgro Comgo Z1?
Diode rollers are universal Chuck. It's just a Y stepper and a few belts.
Can you please make a video how to engrave a conical tumbler?
Thank you!
Absolutely! That is on my to-do list Eugen! Probably within the next week or so.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy how do you calculate the mm per rotation? what is that? Thank you!
It's in the video Eugen. If you're using the Ortur roller on a diode laser, I have found that 66.40 is the best setting if you checked Enable Rotary. If you didn't check Enable Rotary, it doesn't matter what the number is, Lightburn passes through the dimensions from your graphic accurately.
That's what I have found as well! Thanks for the tip!
Really a great and thorough step by step you created !!
Have you or could you do this for the Chinese Lasers ? Mine has a Ruida controller and 25 x 15 bed size. Your is the best tutorial I've seen regarding the rotary.
Thanks Tim
Hi Tim, not familiar with the Ruida on a C02. Most of this video is compatible with Co2 or diode lasers. It's mainly the software setup.
Ok thanks, I'm going to email Ortur and Pergear both and see what they say. I can't see the wire colors on the laser as it's a flush connector in the frame at the back by the switch for YRR. Or am I supposed to be plugging in elsewhere?
You're plugging in the right place on the LM3 Jim.
Rich...I have a xTool D1 that I have been trying to set to engrave tumblers for my wife's annual Sisters weekend. I am under the gun.. By the way I am a extreme newby. I assume the setup is similar. I have watched every video I can and no-one using this attachment really explains how to set it up for lightburn. I am using the xTool RA2 Pro with just the rollers and no chuck. They, xTool, initially sets the mm per rotation at 370mm which seems rather large. I am not sure what this means...rotation per mm of what...the item being etched? Is that set only once or for each item being etched. Lightburns manual doesn't address this and their UA-cam video is very basic and leaves a lot out. I thank-you for your fine videos....complete videos..that explain the topic. I am going to use your calibration method this AM for the tumblers I am going to engrave.
Pretty sure the x-Tool mm/rot are right. That has to do with the stepper motor. I haven't used their rotary so I wouldn't know, but the parameters are similar. If you use the roller, check roller for the type, Z for the axis, 32mm/rotation and 17mm for the roller diameter and mirror output selected. For the chuck, it's type Z for the axis, and 128 mm/rotation with the same settings.
Hey Rich. What about origin? Absolute Coordinates, User Origin on Current Position?
I use current position Axel.
Thanks for posting this. You were the only one to address that some boards aren't compatible. As soon as I disabled the rotary I was able to burn my project that was impossible before.
Isn't that crazy? If I weren't part of my own local Maker community and if I didn't have multiple machines, I would have never figured that out! The industry needs better standards! 👀 I'm glad it helped you! Great channel name BTW! 👍