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Laser engraver

Discussion in 'Laser Cutters' started by Rjones60408, Nov 26, 2023.

  1. Rjones60408

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    Hello,
    I have been running my cnc for about 8 years now. What do I need to start laser engraving? I have the black box controller. I want a plug and play system. What do I
    need?

    Thanks
    Rob
     
  2. Rjones60408

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    My apologies. I am running Vcarve Pro and have Inkscape. I have been approached by folks to engrave verses carve. All help would be appreciated.

    Thanks again for your help,
    Rob
     
  3. David the swarfer

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    you need a laser module from the store Lasers - OpenBuilds Part Store (follow the links there to the instructions)
    plus cables to connect it to the BlackBox
    you need to change setting $32=1 for laser mode (and back to 0 for router mode
    then test that your software can work with your $30-$31 settings to set the laser power
    then you do a bunch of testing to find settings that work for various materials and write those settings down so they are easily repeatable (-:
     
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