Diode Lasers - 3X Faster Burn Times in Lightburn

[@Ed_Downunder]

You don't know what you don't know. For those that know, it is obvious, but for others it is not obvious and valuable knowledge. For future project, I will plan my burns and get back up to 80% of my life. Great information, thank you.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Hey Edward - you are spot on there - glad it was helpful to you 😀

[@502deth]

i know, but it was far from obvious. as soon as he started talking about splitting it in 2, it hit me, and i thought, holy shit, this is brilliant. so simple but i had never even considered it before.

[@MrDeltagarcia]

Excellent tip on speed. That's exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for the great class!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks for watching Daniel, glad you found it helpful :)

[@hardshellwoodworks]

This was very helpful! Straightforward and well explained! Definitely appreciated!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Similarly, I appreciate the feedback, glad it was helpful :)

[@dkraft]

Brilliant use of Lightburn tools! Thanks. You just sold another copy.

[@mrcraftsmith]

glad it was helpful Pony Soldier - it is a great program :)

[@sayeedmaskati]

All your tips are really helpful. I also tried another method called "Offset Fill," the third option, and it also helped reduce the engraving time.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks Sayeed - I think I did a quick video on offset fill as well - but yes it can also reduce engrave time depending on the design

[@hannuhakkarainen5029]

Thank you! This is very valuable tip to beginners, like me. So the final craving time went to less than 20%. Need to do timing scales for different sizes for myself and good friend. This saves time a lot!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SthrnAllStar]

I’ve been looking for a video like this! Thank you so much!!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks for watching Calvin - I’m glad you found it useful 🙂

[@norm5785]

Great information. Thank you for sharing. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

[@mrcraftsmith]

G'day Norm - thanks for tuning in - we are travelling at the moment in Europe - much colder (in a nice way) than our summer in Australia 🇦🇺 😀

[@cynicalidealist821]

This is very helpful, I always enjoy your videos. Thank you!

[@mrcraftsmith]

You're welcome - thanks for your support

[@uwezimmermann5427]

I had just been engraving a compass rose on a tile yesterday and it took 1 hour - and I thought exactly the same thing: why isn't LightBurn smarter and always traverses over the blank middle. By choosing "fill shapes individually" I get down to under 30 minutes. Excellent tip!

[@mrcraftsmith]

That's a great outcome :)

[@krisknowlton5935]

There is another way. Use the fill all shapes separately. You only used two of the three options. I haven't tested it yet but I believe if you use use that third option you will find you will be able to shave a little more time off.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks Kris - I’ll take a look at that option 🙂

[@mlarsen77]

Fill shapes individually, and flood fill will eliminate all white space traversal. I never leave home without this feature.

[@Lord_of_ChaoSan]

@@mlarsen77 and the original commenter- thanks for the extra tips! I'll be testing all these settings out later today on my test file :D

[@TheBeardx16]

New here and subbed strait after watching! Great video without all the jargon! Thanks, man; this is a great help.

[@mrcraftsmith]

so sorry for the extra late reply - I'm glad you found it helpful

[@guynotes777]

Fantastic ideas and will have to try on other projects..thank you

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks for tuning in - I’m sure the same principles could be applied to more complex engraves for sure 🙂

[@edijzerman5880]

Thanks i am new on lightburn , this video give a lot of time saving.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Glad it helped!

[@josephsmith601]

OG Knowledge, you got a subscriber for this one, DONT EVER STOP!!!👍👍👍

[@mrcraftsmith]

Appreciate that Joseph 🙂

[@swz1968]

Very helpful, thanks

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks :)

[@williambarndt3017]

Great information and very well explained! Thank you!!

[@mrcraftsmith]

You're welcome William and thanks for taking a look

[@Lord_of_ChaoSan]

Thanks for the tip about breaking them up into layers! I hadn't thought of that, I know it'll help a lot in the future. Some of the other comments in this thread are very helpful too! Sub earned :D

[@mrcraftsmith]

I appreciate you tuning in and thanks for the sub 🙏

[@jeffcoates8684]

what would offset fill do? that has been a huge time saver for me.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Hi Jeff - yes offset fill has its place dependant on the design being engraved - I have done a video about offset fill as well

[@charlesstacyharrisiii2593]

I just found this. Thanks for the great tips!

[@mrcraftsmith]

You're welcome Charles

[@BobMedal]

Thanks so much for the info! I hope to take advantage of it soon

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks for watching Bob

[@colind2955]

Cheers, I’m also new to laser engraving and this is helpful and easy to follow. Will give this a try. Many thanks

[@mrcraftsmith]

Hey Colin - thanks for watching - glad it was helpful - I'm having a blast learning all about what these engravers are capable of.

[@custampin]

What fantastic information! Thank you!

[@mrcraftsmith]

You're welcome Chris 🙂

[@custampin]

@@mrcraftsmith Today I edited my file based on your recommendation and I went from a 5 minute job to a 1 minute job! Thanks so much! Plan on printing about 100 of these things. Not that good with math either 😂but I do know that it's quite a time savings. Thanks again!

[@mrcraftsmith]

That's a great outcome Chris 👍

[@ritchie1990]

You're a diamond, thanks very much for sharing!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Happy to help

[@fotoesksk]

I would like a tutorial for the latest version of Lightburn software

[@mrcraftsmith]

I am away till end of January- however what specifically do you want the tutorial on?

[@redfox0099]

Such an excellent Video

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks Nathan - appreciate the thumbs up :)

[@sauletto1]

This is excellent ! Thank you very much for this !

[@mrcraftsmith]

You're welcome Steve - thanks for watching

[@MarkHaskin-p6g]

Brilliant

[@mrcraftsmith]

thank you :)

[@vincentlekei1969]

Awesome hay how can you make laser go faster in LightBurn?

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks Vincent - I'm not really sure what you mean by the question?

[@tgsparkyoriginal]

Nice video. Have you tried FLOOD FILL? Does the same thing without splitting up the file.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Yes I have tried flood fill and it works on certain situations better than others - simple shapes, no problem :)

[@zina6581]

Excellent information! Thank you so much!!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Glad it was helpful!

[@grandmastermicochero]

awesome,, first time i heard this one

[@mrcraftsmith]

Glad you found it useful!

[@jerrybootneck1736]

This will help a lot, thank you and another subscriber here.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks for watching Jerry - appreciate the sub 🙂

[@sufyjr536]

Good tip🎉...

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks

[@lovinglife3675]

Darren , you are now on my xmas card list !!!! lol

[@mrcraftsmith]

That's awesome - glad you enjoyed the video

[@gabrielgeller6953]

thanks! supercool tricks!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks Gabriel - always learning

[@rightpassage]

Nice mate! I'm new also. I find that offset-fill helps sometimes. 😉

[@mrcraftsmith]

Appreciate you tuning in :) - I did a video showing the offset fill method as well - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3WymnuwoZ6He7M it definitely does work but I reckon there are some instances where it may not be as beneficial - but that may be me just me throwing caution to the wind :)

[@arthureschner9319]

Any particular reason why you dont just use flood fill? It seems that would give the same effect, if not even reduce the whitespace even more.

[@mrcraftsmith]

No particular reason Arthur - that was one of my first videos and I was still pretty new to the scene - I was excited to share my findings

[@arthureschner9319]

@@mrcraftsmith Ah ok. Thanks for the video & sharing your knowledge. I'm also just starting to learn, so was just thinking maybe there was another reason for it. I actually "accidentally" clicked flood-fill in the setting & then realised what a big difference it made to the speed. I really like your idea of engraving / cutting groups together, that really helps reduce time as well. Thanks again.

[@mrcraftsmith]

@@arthureschner9319 I'm pretty sure I have mentioned it in another video possibly - honestly I can't remember - I guess that's what learning is all about - there are 100's of ways to achieve similar outcomes I'm sure and that is what I love about KZbin as a platform, it gives everyone equal opportunity to share their learnings (wins and losses)

[@agentrapper]

This is so very usefull to a n00b like me. Thank you!

[@mrcraftsmith]

That's great to hear - thanks for tuning in

[@parthmehta4105]

Thank you again brother! You’re a life saver!! It works!!! 😎👍🏼👍🏼

[@mrcraftsmith]

No problem 👍 glad it was helpful

[@Peter-q9v5j]

Thanks Mate you are a life saver !

[@mrcraftsmith]

No worries Peter - glad it was helpful

[@annabelcortes1611]

Thank you 🙂

[@mrcraftsmith]

You’re welcome Annabel and thanks for tuning in 😀

[@Gareth-c7b]

Excelent vifdeo & tips. Cheers

[@mrcraftsmith]

You're welcome gareth :)

[@PCJ52]

Excellent video. Thank you very much!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@annelieselewis979]

Hi Darren, I have an ortur lm3 and there is a sheet about modifying machine parameter. Do I do this in lightburn? Not sure how to do this. Says GBRL for lasergrbl to change value of $131 to 380 and then click write to save. The Y axis travel needs to be 380 not 400. I think maybe that’s why it crashes into the top bar. Hope you can help me please 😬 I’m in Perth and there’s no one here to go to ☹️

[@mrcraftsmith]

Hi Anneliese - shoot me an email with your contact details and we can talk through the issue you are having - [e-mail]

[@GeorgeGonzalez-i8q]

Great video very helpful. Also while you are only using one layer for demonstration purposes, when it comes to regrouping to let's say 4 quarters of a circle will that work when you have mulitple layers in each quarter that I would regroupe? Thank you.

[@mrcraftsmith]

the best way to check if that is the case would be to view the preview it will give you a run though how it is going to traverse

[@BuildItMakeIt]

If you look at the image at 9:10 you can see that there is almost no excess traversal time with just the two splits so there wouldn't be any advantage of grouping much smaller. It will depend on each project but generally you are splitting groups to get the most reasonable reduction in travel over white spaces.

[@iq0099]

Can the Fill Offset do the same?

[@mrcraftsmith]

it can depending on use case - I cover that in another video

[@abumoslemtamer7331]

شكرا جزيلا لك !

[@mrcraftsmith]

You're welcome 🙂

[@colinlee7089]

You could also speed it up by using flat fill

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks Colin - I’ll check that out 👍

[@izudin7310]

tq sir

[@mrcraftsmith]

you're welcome

[@outdooralex2935]

Thank you for this ❤

[@mrcraftsmith]

Not a problem

[@andyn333]

Good stuff!!

[@mrcraftsmith]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@chriscowan8470]

nice one Darren :)

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks Chris :)

[@garciadesignsco]

Game changer

[@mrcraftsmith]

Excellent- thanks for watching 🙂

[@jaychuncidjay823]

how can I get this file test for D1pro 20w Thanks in advance

[@mrcraftsmith]

I made it myself in photoshop - do you have access to that or similar - you can google greyscale test and you should find plenty of examples 🙂

[@RAVENSIXONE]

help i have longer ray5 10w when i start up lightburn up the squares are 1/4in how can i resize it smaller

[@mrcraftsmith]

If you go into Lightburn settings, on the right hand side you will see "visual grid spacing" you can change the distance there

[@georgeburnett8266]

cheers

[@mrcraftsmith]

You’re welcome George

[@whatistheirface]

Saved my butt! TY!

[@mrcraftsmith]

glad it was helpful for you - thanks for watching

[@user-ig4mg7go1s]

Please, can you enclose the file?

[@mrcraftsmith]

can you be more specific - which file?

[@user-ig4mg7go1s]

@@mrcraftsmith files used in the video

[@rmgf1005]

If you did an "Offset Fill" it will reduce the time even more.

[@mrcraftsmith]

I agree Offset fill would be faster, and I did test it, however I was a little uncomfortable with how much the machine was jumping around - seem slie a lot of extra stress on the stepper motors for not a significant gain - with solid shapes happy to run Offset fill though. I may just be erring on the side of caution, who knows for sure, if you are comfortable running your machine like that, no worries :) Thanks for watching

[@kenthomas4479]

oh dam this is a great video.. dam

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks Ken - appreciate the feedback

[@charlesholcomb3791]

Give chaining your Fill to Offset Fill and see what happens.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Hey Charles - thanks for watching - I did a follow up video on exactly that :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3WymnuwoZ6He7M

[@jakerazmataz852]

The program should be written to give you choices to reduce burn time. Some may not fit your needs, some might. Get on it programers.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Hey Jake - the program does give you choices - i guess you just have to know what those choices are :)

[@regalriding]

Flood fill is your best bet just a simple click

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks for watching - I tested flood fill and was 3 minutes slower.

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

good video, way too many comercials.

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks David - I have KZbin premium - no ads :)😀

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

no thanks. @@mrcraftsmith

[@MileyonDisney]

t h a n k s

[@mrcraftsmith]

you're welcome

[@colinlee7089]

Flood fill

[@mrcraftsmith]

Thanks for watching - flood fill is a bit slower, however I may be doing it wrong?

[@colinlee7089]

@@mrcraftsmith yes you're absolutely right. I've just tried it out myself and it is slower so that information is very very interesting. Thank you very much 👍

[@tgsparkyoriginal]

@@colinlee7089 I just tried FLOOD FILL and it cut my times on my current job by 25%. I think it depends on the image

[@nicmc3077]

90* scan would be even faster.

[@mrcraftsmith]

I'll have to admit I haven't done much with scan angle

[@nicmc3077]

it can make a BIG difference project time. @@mrcraftsmith

[@BrendaDavis-1963]

I’m brand new lol

[@mrcraftsmith]

At some point we all were Brenda - enjoy the journey :)

[@TheMerchMonkey]

To many 26 second adverts you will struggle to get subs with that going on

[@mrcraftsmith]

thanks for the feedback - I'll take that onboard