Laser GRBL Full Tutorial For Beginners Laser Engraving Software pt1

[@wagginwooflodge]

Thank you! I am dyin' over her trying to figure out all this...thank you for speaking slowly! Alot of tutorials are frustrating because they talk so fast.

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

glad I can help

[@coachmwila]

Thanks for the info, at what speed and power can I use on engraving a photo on ceramic tiles, James from zambia kuchalo

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

I would get an extra tile and test it on there every material and Laser are different but that what I would do

[@Alyssa_20043]

Thanks for all the good advice!

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

Any time!

[@IanCalcroft]

I'm just starting out and your comprehensive tutorial will help me. Question: How do I size the image to fit my material? Like a post card, 148mm x 105mm? Thanks in advance.

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

Step 1. Crop the image so there is no space outside of what you want to laser Step 2. After the Setting screen for the images Brightness and contrast and white clipping press next, sizing will be there and it’s in MM if you use laser GRBL

[@_avagyaan_]

Hello, I have a problem that when I set the size, the laser engraves or cuts a picture 2-3 times larger in size, I think it works on inches. Do you know how to change to millimeters?

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

Are you 100% sure it's in Inches not MM just making sure

[@_avagyaan_]

@@LaserEngravingProfessor its not even inches, for instance when im trying to ingrave 100x100mm square and after it is finished i measure the length of the square, its 310x310mm. I've tried to find the solution of this problem on internet but in vain. I'll be very gratefull to you if you help me.

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

@@_avagyaan_ go to preview go down to line size make sure its on 1px

[@_avagyaan_]

@@LaserEngravingProfessor yes its 1px

[@_avagyaan_]

@@LaserEngravingProfessor smt can be wrong with coordinate axis, i have no idea what

[@gerGoPrint3D]

I like to generate gcode and upload it to the engraver's SD card and execute it locally. Then it's totally independent from my computer, no matter what OS update, sleep mode or crash happens to Windows. My Mecpow X5 has wifi that I can access via their web interface and upload, run the file wirelessly. I just wish LaserGRBL or Lightburn had a command to upload and run just like 3D printer slicers do.

[@patgray5402]

Why does my lasergrbl not look like this? Mine is a grid with 4 quadrants, not a blank tan canvas.

[@brianlipsett4837]

The updated version is what you have. Me too. That’s the older version. They changed the look of some of the icons but it’s pretty much the same.

[@quincymoran9130]

Red box, any idea why ?

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

Can you elaborate

[@quincymoran9130]

@@LaserEngravingProfessor indeed. We are trying to do a photo and when we get it all set and press ok the picture doesn’t appear in the burn window a red box does.

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

@@quincymoran9130 Is it possible that that is the photo but the quality is just really low?

[@quincymoran9130]

@@LaserEngravingProfessor he changed the intensity settings and it cured it 👍 looks like a settings issue rather than photo quality. Thank you for your input !

[@LaserEngravingProfessor]

@@quincymoran9130 Np glad it's fixed