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Print the grid lines onto wood

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2023-10-12

Hi. Does anyone know if it is possible to print the lightburn grid onto a piece of wood. I want to be able to place a piece of wood work I have done in the exact place on the wood i use to put my item to print on,as it is on the grid. The shapes are not round or square so this would ensure I print in the correct place on the items. Is this possible or would I have t make this manually.

I appreciate any help I can ge on this.

Thanks

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    • Aaron

      2023-10-13
      I did a grid on mine, but found it less than useful. I eventually migrated over to the parts placement method I use now.
      
      I was using my rollers as a bottle support, but not rotating it. I needed a way to easily / quickly synchronize the laser position with the position of the drawing. This series of steps is my solution.
      
      Absolute Coords.
      Home machine if capable.
      Move to front-left, power up, and Set Origin if no homing switches.
      Never move by hand after power on.
      
      [1] Jog laser to CENTER of what you want to burn.
      [2] In Laser window, click “+Show Last Position” button.
      [3] In Workspace window, you should see a small red cross.
      [4] In Workspace (drawing) window, highlight (CTRL-A) your work.
      [5] Mouse to the center of your work, click and drag that center onto the top of the red cross.
      [6] You now have the physical locations of the laser and work aligned.
      [7] Frame should be pretty close to correct. If not, re-scale the drawing or move your part to be burned slightly, but do not move the laser or the drawing center.
      
      I found this method also allows to quickly relocate to unburned / uncut areas of the workpiece.
      
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