Frequency Settings for Fiber Lasers : EZCAD2

Here's a layman's explanation of the frequency setting in EZCAD2 that might be helpful for anyone just starting out with a fiber laser.

[@sidehop]

OMG...I don't know how much I've been looking for a well-explained articles or videos on this. Thank you!

[@LaserEverything]

Thank you for an EASY to understand explanation on frequency!

[@PatriotCoinRings]

*"I LOVE THIS VIDEO"* I've had a 30w Fiber Laser Machine for nearly two (2) years now and haven't engraved one thing yet other than some of those black aluminum cards which seems to be the only thing I can do as a noob because I don't understand settings and the machine coming from China provides no support. This is some great info and I will be trying these settings tomorrow to see if I can find the problem to my delima of not being able to successfully use my machine properly and engrave like it should.

[@veltri3905]

Did you manage to have that black finish in silver or gold? I have been dealing with that problem and I have a machine with the same watts, I need tips

[@ultralaserlab]

YOU did a great job brother. you solved all of my laser servicing problem. i am a fiber laser cutting engineer now recently enter into laser marking too.

[@jefferyj]

Glad I could help

[@bqkgamingpc7107]

Hello brother

[@bqkgamingpc7107]

@@jefferyj I need help about marking on plastic materials

[@mohamadsaifimran3196]

Your actual marked on minute 3.00 really help understand very much about the topic. Thanks! I want to credit your name in my documentation

[@embtroop]

Thanks for that! Simple and straightforward. Very helpful.

[@naladful]

You don’t know how big of a help this was

[@anakin.gulliver]

thank you for the efforts in making such a video!

[@wendywu9894]

really thanks for the video, I send it to my customer each time. 🥰

[@davidlaurin7186]

WOW someone with common sense lol, thank you so much for making this easy.

[@pistonslapuk]

Fantastic video mate! I was going to ask you about frequency and you’ve answered it thank you.

[@jefferyj]

Glad to help!

[@ukdnbmarsh]

yeah i run a 50 watt fibre laser and have never changed those spot settings since the machine is installed, instead setting up the desired finish using speed, power and freq and controlling the mark with spot size (typically 0.04) and various forms of hatching and cross hatching say if the material coating is particulary troublesome, so 50hz delivers the most power and then upping to 80 or 90hz for a nice polish (on steel) so just as an example , 0.04 spacing, cross hatch, 3000 speed, 100% power and 50hz for taking a coating off then 0.04, single hatch, 3000, 60 power, 100hz to polish

[@twins391]

Hi Bob I have 50 w fiber laser. Can you please help me?

[@mitzinewman3238]

i have a 50w with 300mm lens. learing my setup slowly. thank you!

[@marekjuscak2087]

Hello is there a chance you can share the file you used for this ?

[@gliamobility]

Well done. We have many greens, reds and oranges at 25% power in the .0005 and .001 line space range. At 20% power, we did a second pass at 0.001 line spacing and got a nice black luster at 80kHz, and a deep maroon at 60kHz. If you want to get some rainbows, we did a double pass at 20% power, 800MM/s to get brilliant colors at .0005,.001 and .002 across all frequencies.

[@Meobeo88]

Many thanks sir. I'm appreciate your help sir

[@AustinGreen97]

This was so helpful and well thought out. Thanks.

[@mrsmw100]

Really useful video, thanks very much.

[@mysafename1694]

Thank you for doing a good job without any music in the background. Do you have anything that's more beginner-based just got my. fiber laser yesterday.

[@damps7938]

Bro, you nailed it. Just another Thank you :)

[@SwissplWatches]

So brilliant and helpful! Thank you!

[@reginaldscot165]

1:40 That was not logical to me. My brain knowing nothing about lasers said. All pulses are 10% more pulses over a smaller area = more power. That seems logical to me. Still trying grasp why more pulses = less powerful? Like if I have a gun and I shoot x1 bullet at something Vs shooting 1000 bullets at something? Logically if all the bullets are the same (like each pulse is 10%?) then surely 1000 bullets is way more destructive? Can anyone explain the mistake I’m making to me? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DINAMIKECREATIVE]

Hello JefferyJ, excellent explanation. Would it be possible to see the parameters published for certain "colors" such as RED, YELLOW, BLUE, on stainless steel?

[@takismail]

Dude, was looking for that, thanks for sharing :)

[@6earth6]

Thanks man. This help A LOT.

[@NenBraa]

Hi i have a little problem which is whin i print a circle it shape more like an Elliptical shape so what seems to be the problem here??

[@lexispapi]

This definitely helps a ton! Do you have a file set up for lightburn that can be downloaded?

[@cnccarving]

very useful video thank you for your time

[@icmpeko]

THANK YOU - this vid is still very helpful and relevant! I'm looking for more details on how speed + power + frequency impact the depth of engraving, specifically to optimize cutting metals (no hatch, just a 0.3/0.1 wobble config'd for the pen). I can see I need to dial this in for each lens (50W JPT; f100 and f290 lenses). Do you have something like this done --OR have info on how I calculate it? 🍺🦝👍

[@hamedtabatabaee9976]

very very very very very helpful

[@GCLJALISCO]

Hello, great video, excuse me, what power is your fiber optic machine?

[@eliasmoawad1]

Thank you so much! Your videos have been very helpful.

[@distantgalaxymusic1447]

Excellent video! Thank You for the break down. Would these settings also produce the same results on brass or nickel silver?

[@gappygg8775]

Sir.. Thank you so so much. This help me a lot !!

[@richardneal3841]

Like your information on MOPA fiber laser as I just got mine setup and don't know much about it and the book that came with it does not address colors? Rick

[@3DCA]

Thank you very much for your efforts

[@qingdow7640]

Can you please share those projects files that you used to set up the grid? Thanks for this.

[@3DCA]

Are there any books to help working with materials like silver, gold, plastic for example. If not it's time to write some books for ezcad3!

[@jetjackhui]

Hi Jeffery! Was it a 20W fiber laser machine use in the test on 3:50? Because I had bought a 20W fiber laser machine as well and downloaded your shared file to do the same test just like 3:50. I was using stainless steel pieces as well but the result was different from yours. It did not show any colour. Please help.

[@mitzinewman3238]

I have a 50w with a 300mm lens. will i need to make any adjustments to the settings once i download the power vs frequency test grid? learning my machine slowly

[@juanmolina5205]

I really appreciate the video and has helped me understand more about the settings and parameters. Is there a way that I might be able to produce a chart like this so that I can maybe download it and/ or see the different settings for my fiber laser. I want to be able to see the outcome on the material that I use so that I may be able to adjust the settings according to my fiber laser.

[@IceAgeProductions]

so great, thank you so much. anywhere I can download those test settings to try on different metals on my 50w?

[@cemaloguzklc616]

Hi Jeffery, I couldn’t make deeper marks so could you make a video or will you answer me how can I get deeper marks on stanless steel without burning

[@calligraphybyden]

Hi do you also have tutorials on ceramics? I cant seem to engrave on ceramics using the fiber laser

[@raihanmohammed4776]

Then is it possible to laser a camo pattern on a glock slide, with colour effects?

[@ethanw96]

Hi Jeffery, long time since you posted. When you do this graph, when you change parameters in layer parameter settings, do you have to do each layer independently? I have 70 layers and have gone through and changed pramaters in every single layer. Now I have to go back to change mark speed to 500 on every layer. Is there a quicker way of doing that?

[@chraso]

Thank you. Can you please also post this for brass?

[@ajeetkumarsingh3342]

Thank you really helpful video

[@xivsierra2579]

you are amazing and have the most helpful videos. Is there any way i can email you with a couple questions?

[@ajfreeze215]

I appreciate your videos! Thank you!

[@antuand2806]

Would it be possible to send your ezcad file with the different grade of frequency ? It would help me a lot ! Thanks !

[@adamperetz2]

Can i also get the file?

[@urst65]

very helpful thank you

[@qwerty13380]

Excellent video, thank you very much.

[@artdimaclid1744]

what adjustment to be done to make a thin ingrave result?

[@olivierw7405]

Hi ! Very nice videos. Do you know what happens if i set a frequency out of range of the laser source inside my machine ? For example i set 45 KHz and the source has a range between 50 and 80 KHz ? Thank you Olivier

[@iainwade]

I hadn’t payed attention to that spot diameter visualisation dialog.. good pointer. Another big thank you from me: it’s really great that you are publishing videos of your experimentation since there isn’t much else out there. Is there a shortcut you use when making those test patterns or do you go through the boxes one by one and adjust pen settings?

[@jefferyj]

I've been trying to find a shortcut by opening every file in the ezcad folder that looked like it might store pen settings, but I haven't found it yet. So yes, one by one....very tedious. If you want the file to play with, let me know and I'll send it your way.

[@iainwade]

Param/markparam.lib has the saved param library- each [section] is a single pen config, but unfortunately while that would allow programmatic generation or just search and replace, you would still need to manually apply a different setting to each pen which is still 75% as tedious.

[@joaopaulomsd1]

Thank YOU!

[@shawnalphonse2006]

very useful stuff, currently working with the lw200 by red technology and would love a m moment of your time for some questions if you dont mind

[@xmdslipkfanx]

Super helpful!! Where can I find a file like this to download?

[@secobaairways4585]

Good video, thanks.

[@minorunebunu4228]

hey i have a fibre laser 100w and y try all programs and instaling desintaling all tinghts and is not worck can you help me pls ?

[@Art-fb9jy]

hi i have a problem with params i touched some of the ports and settings and the fiber laser just wont work and any other ports i see on youtube dont work how can i fix?

[@tsunamistrike1225]

Keep up the good work!!! One question, does it depends on the metal to laser out colour?

[@sukiperu1]

Love your tutorials Jeffery, where do you get your sheets of titanium and stainless from? Need to get some similar stock in to make some cool things? 👍😎

[@jefferyj]

I just picked up the titanium from ebay. The stainless I had lying around, it came from an old machine.

[@sukiperu1]

Great thanks 👍

[@sanjur7670]

I have made many setting with the frequency and hatch but i am not getting the proper result - if i print a text called TEXT , the last letter T is not as the same as TEX - why is that , how can i fix that

[@kylebatley2125]

Hello where did you get the Cards from please ? im de to get my fibre laser soon and would like to test setting this way

[@roberth1858]

Do you happen to know what settings I would use to get a black Mark on chrome? I have a 30% watt fiber. Thanks

[@shelby50411]

Im looking for help with an electrox ebox raptor fiber laser thats not marking at all.. would adjusting frequency affect etching output ?

[@MrDilloncooper]

The Best!!

[@adamperetz2]

Where can i download this file to try on my laser machine

[@cesardavalos1711]

Any advice in engraving Silver? I have been trying everything I can and Silver is not engraved at all. I have tried the focus, lowering and making the laser lens go up, nothing works.

[@latasoni2861]

What is best settings for gold metal cutting (30gauge)...? {30W machine}

[@derekfx13]

Hi Jeffery, What material are you using in this video? Thanks

[@mobo9391]

Hello, on the Power vs speed and power vs freq the hatching is not setup. I cant seem to be able to figure out to hatch more then one item on the page. When editing the hatching parameters on right IE Speed, power and Freq then click APPLY and got on to the next and change it. After doing rows, I go back and click to check it and the last info I input in 1 box shows the same info I put in the last. If possible can you explain how to set up parameters and do hatching on the box to show different values. Thanks again for doing these they helped a lot.

[@jefferyj]

I made a video a while ago on hatching; it might be worthwhile to check out to make sure you're doing the same things I am to set up pens and apply hatch settings. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ7bdZiGl617hc0

[@RawGrunt]

Nice video. Just a question if I may. If you dont get a satisfactory color on a mark. Is it practical or possible to re-mark without moving the material. Lets say we are working on stainless steel for example. Thank you

[@jefferyj]

Yes you can mark again as long as you don't touch, bump, or move the material at all. For color, the results may be a little unpredictable when re-marking.

[@leelemoine357]

Awesome info - i've recreated a few of these templates; is there any repository online where things like this are shared?

[@jefferyj]

There are a few facebook groups and you can also check out fiberlasersettings.org . Try this facebook group: facebook.com/groups/547620632495173

[@ALibadran90]

Have you tried trying this on gold ? Would be interesting to see if you can create any colours or mirror polish ?

[@tinahuman7135]

Where will I get the manual for Ezcad3 for a 80w Mopa

[@Angryhelder]

When I tried doing stainless steel at first on my 30W fiber non MOPA it was like a brownish goldish color and I didn't like it but now I go out of focus by 3-5mm and it no longer etches the steel but burns a very dark image on the steel. You should try to go out of focus to get that black anneal and also see what colors you can get out of focus. Great videos especially since there is so little out there in tutorials for these lasers in English.

[@jefferyj]

Check out some of my other videos from the past. I've done a few on colors on stainless and titanium.

[@rumblemumbles]

i too have 50W raycus fiber non MOPA, does frequency affecting the result too? because the company said no need to change the frequency because its not MOPA. i really need black smooth marking but never achive it, always looks goldish color. Please help me..

[@Angryhelder]

​@@rumblemumbles Do what I told you above, you need to find the sweet spot where it starts to etch the metal then raise the head about 3mm to get the dark image. Also you want the lowest Frequency your laser goes to make dark images. I have a 30W so my laser can do 30 KHz to 70KHz. The higher the frequency the lighter in color for non MOPA.

[@rumblemumbles]

​@@Angryhelder yeah i already try for 1 week with every parameter and power setting with my 50w and 50KHz and raise the focus, but the result is always not truly jetblack, it turns out greyish black. but thanks for the info. sorry for my bad english.

[@tareqhadrab3387]

Iam working with pigeon rings i have gold color its aluminum coated with gold color all what I can create just white color text . i need black text on aluminum rings , do you have any solution i hope you can help me Note : i hat 20 watt fiber mark machine with rotary Many thanks

[@Akari169]

hi complete newb here so I hope this isn't a stupid question but can anyone tell me If you can change the max Khz in the configurations, I keep trying to make tests with parameters that use 40 or 50 kHz but ezcad keeps telling me the max is 20, so is that it I can't use frequencies above 20?

[@geraldinecruz2920]

Hay algún vídeo como este pero en español?? 🙁😢

[@bqkgamingpc7107]

I have laser machine 30W , I need settings for marking on plastic materials ,I want to mark on plastic very clean and bold

[@NuvoTech_Oficial]

please make tutorial laser cleaning using fiber laser setting

[@randfee]

What is the pulse duration here?

[@davidsims3476]

Hi, Newb here. Where do you get the image for running the test engravings that you did? I have my OMTECH 20W fiber laser being delivered today and could use all the help I can get. Thanks

[@tuananhtrantrong5140]

Thanks Jeffery, your videos are very useful. Could you please let me know what's the different between Frequency setting and Wobble Distance setting? I'm confused because they both change the density of the wobble circles.

[@tuananhtrantrong5140]

i think that keeping the frequency constant, increasing the wobble distance must increases the speed, is that right?

[@jefferyj]

Wobble is used to thicken a line. It will allow the laser to deviate from the 'on screen' path by an amount you set to gain thickness or coverage. Frequency controls the number of pulses in a period of time - the higher this number is set, the less destructive each pulse will be.

[@rickreynolds1640]

Hey Jeffry, I am trying to put a black mark on 11 ga. mirrored Bronze plaque. The size of the plaque is 11.5"x 7.625" almost the size of a sheet of paper. I am brand new at this. I just bought my 60 watt Fiber MOPA Laser. any help with settings or if a plaque this big can even get a black mark would be appreciated. I am using a 300x300mm lens by the way. Thank you FYI I tried to email you but it came back as undeliverable

[@MuttsnBonesDogDesigns]

would this work on metal plated buckles?

[@nicholas27281]

Hey Jeffery, I made a test grid that shows lots of different colors on mostly every material I've tested - how can I get in touch to show you and/or discuss it with you?

[@Narz1981]

Thank you for the tutorial I will try it out. Can you tell me how to set the parameters for cutting through metal?

[@jefferyj]

Sure, low frequency, high power, moderate speed, several passes. Add some wobble if you are lower wattage or your material is thick.

[@Narz1981]

@@jefferyj Hi Jeffery thank you for replying. I have the same machine in 100W, I'm still trying to figure out the parameters I should use to cut. Because this is a test I'm cutting through 0.8mm Brass before I move on to 14K Gold. I have tried: Speed: 800 & right now 2600 Power: 100 Frequency: 20 & now 150 Hatch is a very close hatch I'm not sure why it is taking so long to cut though. When you say several passes, how many passes or minutes - I have had it going for 9 minutes on continuous & it is still going. I assumed that the 100W would be much faster than what I am seeing. But, I am new to this & trying to figure it out. Can you please advice or suggest parameters? Or if you know i'm doing something wrong here. Thank you

[@jefferyj]

Send me a note.

[@Narz1981]

@@jefferyj I just sent you from [e-mail]

[@soufianestephanoulji5404]

thank you so much

[@tdimop]

Thanks for the video. I’m a noob to the fiber laser world and just purchase 50w jpt power source. Is there a place I could download these test patterns or is it something in excad2 I can find?

[@jefferyj]

Links to these files are available in the descriptions to some of my other videos. You can also check out this facebook group: facebook.com/groups/547620632495173

[@mrjoelpt]

Hello I know this is an old video but is there a chance we can download the test files used?

[@tommyzhong3438]

Hi, Jeffery, thank you for your very nice explaination and details for all that. I am new to fiber laser, could you please tell me how to setup the POWER/FREQ/HATCH testing file in the EzCad2(or simply you can upload the testing .ezd file) for us to get the testing done like what you did in the video?! Much appreciation for your help!

[@isozero7265]

Do you have a Mopa ? E or M laser

[@anthrafff8684]

Thanks so much for these great videos. Could you send me the power/speed chart please?

[@jefferyj]

Go to this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXLLf3ara817g6c The files are available for download in the links in the description there.

[@anthrafff8684]

Thanks a mil, I’ll try and download now.

[@RandolphBauder]

@jeffreyJ Thanks a bunch for these! This seriously helps me figure out some questions I had about my laser engraver! I'm only a few weeks into the engraving but this shot me forward several months!

[@samermuhammad9325]

awesome thanks for that info

[@CNCPRINTBLOGSPOT]

Does someone has made the file for Minilase XL *.pse File? 🙂

[@marko_borovac]

Hello! Excellent videos , Thank You very much!! Please can you maybe make a video of Hatch(0.01-0.05) vs SPEED(100-500mm/s) on Gray/SIlver Anodized aluminium at 50% power 40khz+ frequency?? I noticed a very big influence of HATCH on darkness of the mark. Tighter hatch giving brighter mark. I do not have access to Gray Anodized aluminium anymore, I used test pieces I had.... It would be a great help for those trying to get a dark mark on Gray anodized aluminium...

[@chanseyhahieng8443]

Hello! Jeffrey . I have a problem with my laser machine I hope that you can help me figure out. it shown up side down from the real object that I hatched it reversed from the laser. it likes a selfie from Iphone.

[@jefferyj]

If it's upside down and reversed, go to parameters>field tab, then swap the galvo 1 to galvo 2.