Start From in LightBurn with your new laser

Understanding the 3 Start From selections in LIghtBurn. Once you understand how these three selections work you will be able to enjoy you new laser much faster. Knowing how to use these selections will provide you confidence in using your new machine.

[@jho3902]

You do a much, MUCH better job of explaining how everything works than what Lightburn puts out. Your videos are clear, complete and a big help. Lightburn needs to hire you to produce these educational videos.

[@computercreationz]

thank you for your input, I appreciate it and enjoy creating the content.

[@peetymcfly8871]

The foremost aspect to grasp initially is understanding the laser head's position and the location of your workpiece before embarking on the design process.

[@computercreationz]

agreed

[@billfuller317]

I am a newbie and have watched so many youtube videos from many different people. I am learning more from you then all the other ones combined. Thank you Thank You

[@computercreationz]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@brianwade8481]

I’ve learned a lot from your videos so much more than other videos I’ve watched. You explain details and LightBurn features in very understandable and helpful way. Thanks!

[@computercreationz]

so appreciate your comments. Thank you!

[@iamsource4me]

You are the best KZbin presenter on laser engraving. I am a newbie and I need to start at the-introduction-to-the-basic-fundmentals-of-elementary laser engraving point. I have watched some others, but I always come back to you. Keep up the good work and I will keep up with your good work.

[@computercreationz]

Wow, thanks! I appreciate your comments and watching my videos!

[@iadude10]

I have watched many videos trying to explain origin. You sir win!! Now it makes sense. Thank you. I will be digging deeper into your videos.

[@computercreationz]

Glad it was helpful!

[@spiritburners]

A good explanation of one of Lightburn's probably most asked questions "where the hell is my laser going to burn from" I actually have a couple of Inox rulers on the edge of my bed in X and Y which I have embedded and also find that useful for reference and I use a wooden square on the bed itself held in place by a couple of Neo magnets for repetitive work. Then pop the piece of wood in or plastic and away you go time after time. Works perfectly. I dont thing since sorting this out in my head a few years back have I used Absolute Coordinates once.

[@the4brightones]

Every time I watch one of your videos, they make me feel a little less afraid of this thing! Thank you, over and over, for doing what you do!

[@computercreationz]

You are so welcome!, thanks for the comments and watching the videos

[@craigieman7708]

Thanks Mate! You explained it pretty well. I was trying to figure out how to find the start point on the laser bed and your video was a life saver.

[@computercreationz]

Glad I could help!

[@BeeTreeGuy]

EXCELLENT video. I was having so much trouble with these settings prior to seeing your video. Thank you.

[@computercreationz]

Glad it helped!, Thank you for watching

[@paulcollingham9591]

You are the man... Ive just purchased a small home laser just to do small hobby projects but you have given more information in 10 minutes than the last 3 hours watching other (waste of time videos). Thank you..

[@computercreationz]

Wow, thanks

[@LowVisionUKTerrysView]

Robert - you have become my number one go to for all things lightburn related. As a complete newbie, your content is amazingly helpful thank you so much

[@computercreationz]

Thanks for your input, I really appreciate it. I’m glad it’s helping you out. I know it’s a good feeling when you find content that helps you out or solves a problem your having.

[@markkandanmanimaran1883]

I just moved from Rdworks to lightburn this was very useful, Thank You.

[@computercreationz]

Glad it was helpful!

[@randysinclair8757]

by far the best LB instructor there is. wish he offered classes!

[@computercreationz]

Thank you I appreciate you kind words!

[@4close1]

Another great video. Keep them coming.

[@computercreationz]

Thanks, will do!

[@angieangie21]

Thanks for explaining this clearly. I never really understood before!

[@computercreationz]

Happy to help!

[@campisij]

My friend, I really want to thank you for these instructional videos, without them I would not have made the decision to buy the laser machine. I share the opinion of other users: lightburn should hire you. great job. thanks again.

[@computercreationz]

I really appreciate the comments and input. thank you for watching!

[@mikewaskewicz]

Thanks for the video! Now it makes a lot more sense.

[@computercreationz]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Mo50014]

Really helpful info Robert!!

[@computercreationz]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RonMarshallrone]

Thank you man. Great vid. Cleared up some things for me. :)

[@computercreationz]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching

[@tonegriffey9463]

This may be too simple but Thank you so much for this.

[@computercreationz]

You're very welcome!

[@blewprent]

VERY HELPFUL!!!!! Thank you!

[@computercreationz]

You're welcome!

[@CreatureCribs]

You have saved my bacon 🥓 thanks friend 😊

[@computercreationz]

Happy to help!

[@mr.jenejohnson4471]

Thanks!

[@computercreationz]

Jene, thanks you so much for the donation to the channel! I really Appreciate it!

[@TayDavis7276]

Great Job 🙌

[@computercreationz]

Thank you 🙌

[@vincentlekei1969]

Thanks 😊

[@computercreationz]

You're welcome!

[@2ndrunraidshadowlegends631]

How did you set 0,0 to be top left. My lightburn only sets 0,0 to bottom left. But home at top left ?

[@bjpasco]

Does Lightburn work well with AtomstackA5 pro?

[@gmopinillosvpinillos2827]

Hello there, How I can do dotted lines on LightBurn ? . I did on Inkscape but when I open that file on LightBurn that dotted lines become in simple lines. Can somebody help me ? Thank you.

[@luke752010]

Hello and thank you for this great video! At 3:50 you explain the "Absolute Coords" setting. When you say that it returns to the Home of the CNC machine do you mean to the Hardware Home "HHome" or to the Home set manually by the user through the "Position" command?

[@computercreationz]

on a co2 laser it returns to the machines home which usually in the upper left or right corner depending on brand.

[@carolynpitts7673]

Please can someone start from the beginning to Install light burn software. Im missing some data. Like the side panel dimensions dialog. Help 😢😮

[@computercreationz]

did you try goi g to the word window at the top and resetting to default layout?

[@eduardtgv]

What is the price for the laser machine with the box?

[@imagineengine]

Thankyou for your videos. You do a gtreat job of explaining this stuff so anyone can understand it. That being sai, I have a question I hope you can help me with. I have an Omtech 60w laser. Its home is in the upper right corner, so when I say purposely move it out into the work area anywhere, and hit "Home", it returns to the upper right hand corner. The green square is also exactly where the red square is which I am thinking should be the origin location. Both are located in the upper right hand corner. However if I have my laser resting say out in the work area and hit the "return to origin" button, my laser moves over to the left side and not all the way back to the rear corner but almost to the rear. The way it looks is such that My Home position and my Origin position are in the same place, however they go to two different locations. Can you tell me why this is and if there is a way I can get them to return to the same place which is home? Thankyou in advance for any information you can share on this topic. And please keep up the great videos, they are very helpful and informative and again, you are a great teacher!!!

[@computercreationz]

it all depends on what start from setting your using in LightBurn. in absolute coordinates this is the way it will function. if you use user origin (my favorite) you decide where the origin is by pressing the origin button on the controller. it will stay that way until you set a new origin. very useful because you where you want to !

[@imagineengine]

@@computercreationz Thankyou so much! you are the greatest teacher! I think I actually figured it out on my own but really.....thankyou for at least getting back to me. That really says alot to me about the man you are, and how you really care about helping other people. You are a great person!

[@francewoodworks75]

One question sir. Why is your design outside of the parameters of the watch band? I thought you might size it down so it would fit completely on the band?

[@computercreationz]

Great question, I didn’t want my gaps in the design. Also wanted it to wrap down the edge of the watch back. It looks better finished that way. Or at least the customers like it that way.thanks for watching

[@mr.jenejohnson4471]

I'm getting a Nova 35 - 100 w in about 4 weeks. I was wondering if you have a series on your Nova that starts from unboxing all the way till now? I also agree with J Ho.

[@computercreationz]

congrats on the new 35-100 I sure like mine it’s been a true workhorse. I don’t have a series of that process. i try to make content that I don’t see allot of elsewhere. there are several videos that have that but unfortunately they are in several different places.

[@loriniles9656]

You may have covered this, but is there any way to make sure that your object is in the exact center of your frame?

[@computercreationz]

If it’s square draw a line from opposite corners and where they meet is center. Use user origin and select center. If it’s round look up how to determine center or a circle

[@MakingLemonadeCreations]

I set up an engrave with "current position" (laser head was in the position I wanted it to start - upper left selected), framed it and it was in the right position. But when I "Sent" it to the controller to engrave, it moved it up and over about 4" to the right. What did I do wrong?

[@computercreationz]

You must of had something else on the screen that was influencing the origin. I turn on use selected graphics radio button. It on the laser panel this way you can have many things on your desk top but lightburn only assigns the origin to what you select. That’s all I reverted use because my lightburn workspace always has more on it than what I intend to send to the laser.give it a try

[@MakingLemonadeCreations]

@@computercreationz I double-checked that there was nothing else on the screen, it was an import of an SVG onto a new page. I will try the selected graphics option. It was weird because it framed correctly. Love your videos! Sooooo helpful!

[@lpaltageek]

I'm back. If I enclose the circle in a square and want to tell the controller to cut the square and engrave the circle I would need 2 line layers and one engrave, each assigned a different color, power/speed?

[@computercreationz]

Yes. Your cut layer would be a line mode, and your circle would be a fill mode both layers would have different speeds and powers stack your layers in the sequence you want the laser to do the work

[@lpaltageek]

@@computercreationz I am drowning in weeds. I named my square Frame. Say I want to create a circle with an image inside the circle. I want to cut the circle and engrave the image inside the circle. Off Would I name the circle Cut (creating a 2nd layer) and the image Engrave (creating a 3rd layer) and assign a different color for each layer and disable the Frame layer before cutting? My car is embedded in snow so I have not been able to get to the laser to give it a try for almost a week. Off topic. My sister and I took a 2 hr class on operating the laser. The following day we get to the laser shop and we are all alone. Oh my, we went over the manual for starting the laser and it probably took us 15 minutes just to make sure we turned everything on okay. Probably did not get much accomplished that first day. The next morning we're back. Oh Oh. The laser was out of order owing to a fire. OMG, we were frantic. What could we have done incorrectly to cause a fire? My brother is at Makerspace a lot and the first thing he asked was "Did my sisters do it?" We were not the cause; someone left it unattended. Thank goodness for videos!

[@orsu2001]

When i see 0 dislikes i click LIKE from first second of the video 😂😂😂😍💪

[@computercreationz]

Thank you!

[@mr.jenejohnson4471]

Are you a Patreon member? I could donate monthly? Thank, Jene

[@computercreationz]

I will be firing up a patreon link in early 2023. thank you for the support!

[@mr.jenejohnson4471]

@@computercreationz Let me know when you get a Patreon account. Have a great day.

[@ainttakenanyshit]

Just starting with my Alpha 22 watt machine. My problems with setting the "starting point" - current position - were self inflicted. I was moving the laser head by hand, when in fact, after your laser self homes after powering on, do not move the head by hand - EVER, move the head ONLY WITH THE ARROW BUTTONS in Lightburn (move) buttons. When you move the head manually by hand the machine looses it's mind and does not know where it is.