Jim YOU ROCK BRO!! Because of your videos, I am progressing and learning every day. My In-Laws 60th Wedding Anniversary is a few weeks away and I couldn't have figured this out without your KZread videos on the Ortur LM2. When I finish all the Party Favors, I'll post the pictures. Thanks Man and Get Burning!

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear George! I'm glad you're liking it and the videos help! Can't wait to see pictures!

Couple of tips you may find useful: When you want to copy the same settings to multiple layers you can just select the layer you want to copy , then on the right of the layer window bellow the rubbish bin delete icon are 2 arrows one pointing to the right and one to the left, click the top one pointing to the right, this copies the settings to clipboard, then select the destination layer and press the lower button pointing back to the left, this will transfer all the settings back to the new layer. You can also use the 'set as default" and other controls inside each layers settings to change layer settings to a saved value. I noticed when you cut out the board it was hanging on in one spot on each one. This is probably at the start point of each cut. Inside the settings for the layer (i think on the latest version it is on the advanced tab) you can set a delay for start and finish dwell when you set that a line should be "cut through" I set mine to around 0.5 second or so, this ensures that the laser is up to power before it starts moving and you get a clean cut all the way around. really like the videos, thanks

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thank you for the tips! I will start using them to make life easier! lol

@prc37388

Жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT ! Much easier on settings when duplicating engravings!

just randomly found your page... addicted to all the tutorials, thank you!!

Dude i appreciate how you take the time and explain so clear. I have just ordered my ortur and am patiently waiting for its arrival. i'm for sure im going to be watching alot of your videos so i can learn how to work this machine. thanks again for such great content. cheers

15:30 the left and right arrows under the trashcan icon in the cuts/layers panel (right side) are used to store and recall speed and power settings. so instead of going into every layer and changing by hand you can store the value of the layer you want and paste it into another. saves a lot of time! :-) thanks for sharing your way of doing this technique :-)

Thanks for the info. I'm actually planning on trying to make a second base that has a piece of peg board on top. That way I can drop the ortur on and everything will be in place. Then I can simply use pegs to align and hold work in place.

@The Edge of Tech - Use DTFB (Dollar Tree Foam Board) it will cut just as well but more importantly it has some thickness to it to better hold/align your parts. I also use the clean edges of the DTFB to reference off the frame of the laser or the work service (think lasered or 3D printed stops screwed down to butt against) so they can be easily reused.

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Cool idea! I have used cardboard too, and it give a nice place for the coasters to sit in! Thanks for watching!

@sleepingmoon6649

2 жыл бұрын

I've tried white but it just bounces off, and I've tried black craft paper but it just burns when lines are close

Awesome, thank you. I was just starting to design my own template..... Yours method is simpler and can be applied to different projects. Subscribed

This video is so informative and easy to follow! Thank you!

Thanks for doing this video Jim. You sure do make it look easy.

Making letter/number blocks for my 3 year old using your tutorials! Thank You!

great idea will be using this on my own setup. I plan on getting some moveable register pins and using a hole punch (or add the registration holes on the template and let my ortur cut them) so I can swap between templates on various materials.

Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge,very good tutorial and great delivery.

Jim, I just pulled the trigger on a LM2P and I should get it today. Thanks for all of the content on the subject and keep up the great work. Gets a like and a sub.

Awesome! Thankyou... Learning as much as I can, my Ortur Master 2 20w arrives tomorrow!!

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun! It's a blast! Thanks for watching!

@nopep5606

3 жыл бұрын

👋🏻

This is the way. I’d say keep your templates standardized and create a fixture for them, too. That way you can use all your different templates over and over without adjustment as well. ⚡️

@Josecunyat

2 жыл бұрын

Such an important detail. Doing it as in the video is a waste of material every time you switch the template….

Thank you. Totally new to Laser so this has been really helpful.

awesome Jim, I finally was able to get my machine to laser. great job with the coaster

new to the laser burning stuff and these tutorials are great. Running through the list of videos taking notes and learning some good tips. Love your sign off at the end of each video....have you seen this one!!!! Thank Jim!

Jim, thanks for the video and easy to follow instructions. Everytime I do coasters, I seem to have to reinvent the process, while sitting near a large stack of cardboard I could be using. Dave...

I designed some sweet 3D printed jigs for the Ortur LM2. They make it easier to swap between jobs of different materials without having to line everything back up.

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! If you are willing to share them, I would love to check them out and possible do a video on them to help out the community! Email me if you're interested!

@JonathanRansom

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEdgeofTech Hey! I'm interested in talking to you about it. How do I email you? I don't see your email on the about page.

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

@@JonathanRansom Weird. It should be there. jim@theedgeoftech.com

I've been looking at the best way to do this. Thanks for sharing!

Very well explained, very detailed so we can do it ourselves. Great, thanks Jim!

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

@olafb.2929

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEdgeofTech Unfortunately I cannot watch your live streams, but always looking forward to your videos!

Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing Jim!

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

Great video as always. Love your channel.

Excellent video it helped me a lot ! Thank you !

I have learned SO much from your videos

Great tip! thank you

I love all of your vids, they help me so much

Awesome!! Thanks a lot from Germany 😊

YASSS I would love a video on vectors

"And you don't have to worry if it's perfect, because it doesn't really matter." The compulsive perfectionist in me: 😱

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Haha 😂 We all want our tiles to be perfect! Lol

Something I thought was to not cut out but Mark crosshairs with the laser on each corner for realignment in the future so you can move the laser to that location and line up the template without having to reburn a new template every time you want to use it.

Great video as always. I see you now have an enclosure. Have (are you) done a video on building your enclosure?

Great video as always Jim.

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

You are amazing, thanks for the tutorial

In line mode, they will all burn separately. No need for all the layers. And you can change cut order priority in shape properties for other modes.

I'm 'miring your case on your left. Looks almost exactly like mine (1X2 frame construction), except I used the cardboard box of a TV that we'd bought for the outer walls. lol :)

Thank you 🙏

Just a thought for future ref (what I do) If you place your template on the measured grid. Record where you place it (I add notes to the lightburn file select no output on notes) If you need to do more you can relocate with ease.

On the template you could cut out squares in the corners and on the work surface thicker square cut outs on the template to line it up

With the ortur LaserMaster 15W (smaller than the laser master 2) you can make a template on table to move the laser rig to be able to burn larger areas with precision.

QUESTION is at the end...I have an Ortur Laser Master 2 20w! Jim @The Edge of Tech, thanks for this video. It has helped me understand how to burn cork coasters a lot better and the template method is something I tried today and it worked out great! I created my own setup following your directions in the video and have almost matched everything you have. I burned a couple of my coaster project files today for testing and they came out great. I do see one issue that I am not sure if you have seen yet. After the burn/engraving, I blow off the surface of the coaster but after handing it for a few minutes, there seems to be a lot of black soot coming off of it and making the burn smudge some on the coaster. My questions are: Have you run across this and have you found a way to minimize the smudging from the leftover soot on top of the coaster? Does this need a clear coat or something to protect it? Thanks Jim for all you do. Your channel is amazing.

Very nice and thank you for taking your time to help us all here. I have a question, although is an old video, the only detail I didn't see was setting up the 0,0 point or home position in the event I need to re-use the template. From what I understand you're using Ortur's home default position. How do I position the template in the same spot if re-using? Thinking on building a plywood template for the coaster but struggling to figure out how to position the template exactly every time, unless I burn a cross hair mark on the template and set work origin to that point. Kind of newbie here, any suggestion or comment? Appreciated, again, thank you for your videos, FANTASTIC.

Thanks for showing these tips and tricks. I am new with laser, actually I have the same machine in my basement now for some time and haven't had time to get burning. Acouple of questions... I noticed that after you cut out the template you didn't refocus the unit to cut the coaster which is way much thicker, did you refocus off camera or don't you have to? Q2...what video is best for to start watching, I know sweet tweet at the moment. Want to try the coaster thing to start as I have loads of cork. Thanks again. Awesome stuff you're showing. Andrew

Hi, really nice video! I have a question that isn't direct related with the subject , but I saw you using the Lazer on high % to cut the holes and wanted to ask how this affects the life of the laser head? Do you have any experience how long this exact laser works before starts to drop on power ? Thanks in advanced !

Hello Jim your videos are awesome learned a lot and I'm a newbie at this I made the template I put a file in one of the circles cansada de burn but it doesn't go to that location must be doing something wrong I just watched your video again I think I might have an idea what I did but if you can explain it again I appreciate it alot

DUDE! Where were you last week when I needed you ? lol I finally got a template down but I actually just made the wasteboard into a template and locked it down.

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

I have also done that! It works great! Haha

@TedTalksBass

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEdgeofTech indeed! Man your tutorials have been UBER helpful since I got in the game!

right in time i just ordered the coasters before i have seen the video XD

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

Exactly what I was looking for to do wooden business cards, and the coaster idea is great as well. Thank you!

@MrMaacin05

3 жыл бұрын

Business card template is exactly why I’m here lol

I do something similar on my K40, all I do though is do a quick light pass on a sheet of paper so I know where to place my coasters. This template though looks like it keeps the coasters from moving. Since your laser looks like it's not moving anytime soon, you should make a template that outlines the edges so you can butt stuff up against the edges if you need to and be able to reuse your templates like this one.

niiice, thanks for this tips ! what kind of camera did you used ? and another question, what is the red ball we can see on the bottom left of your enclosure ? fire ball extinguisher ?!

Thanks!

@TheEdgeofTech

2 жыл бұрын

No problem! Thankyou for watching!

When you want to make a circle or square hit the shift key while you are dragging it out to size and it will be a perfect circle or square. What power is your laser? I have the 15 watt and cannot get it to even make a mark on white poster board. It will cut any other color just fine.

Foam core would give it a little more depth to the guide and make them easier to line up... just a thought

Do you have any suggestions for settings for 4 inch round wood used for milestones like people make for baby milestones? I believe the wood is balsam.

If you need to make major changes to ALL the layers, just use the Make Default For All button, along the bottom of the layer pop-up dialog. 😉

Hey thanx great video But I have a question I thought I need to focus my laser close to what I am cutting or engraving but watching your video your laser is up high is that something I need to do I have an atomstack a20 pro I’m thinking I can use the same settings I just burned some coasters today and I used the same engraving setting

Will this work with the older version of the Ortur engraver? I have the 15w with two arms on the way. Since you are using Lighrburn I am assuming it should transfer across.

First of all, love all your videos. Question on this one: Did you find 2 passes was sufficient to cut through the posterboard? I used regular poster board and after 4 passes it still didn't cut through. I'm on inches and used a 20 speed/85 power, then decreased to 15/85. Still not cutting. Any ideas what I may be doing wrong? I should mention my laser head is down as far as it will go, but that still doesn't seem to get it low enough for my focus tool to touch. Any help is appreciated.

You could use indexing points to realign the template once you have removed it?

I'm curious about your burn speeds. 4000 / 20 doesn't seem like it would do anything at all. So far my "starting" speed has been 2400 mm/min / 100

Can it cut out blanks for pendants with multiple passes and then engrave them?

What would be the speed and power to cut plywood when it is set to mm/min?

great vids brother! Can you do one on the otur rotary???

Hey very helpful video on Ortur and Lightburn but can't found video about making SVg file can you help me

Great explanation. I totally understood how to do that. I have a 40X40 Inches - 160 watts laser engraver/cutter I ordered for my small business. Maybe you could help with what I bought it for as far as plotting and repetition. I am using mine to cut .1875" holes into a 3×3 aluminum tube 37.50" long. The hole placement is super critical. I was thinking I could place 13 of these side by side and have a dead stop on 2 sides to ensure squareness. I assume I could do what you did and do a individual plot for one, and just copy it to repeat 13 times(or however many I need at that time.) Is it possible to set a homing location to where the laser would start at the spot where I have the dead stop? I'm not that technically savvy with computers, but had to make this investment as my work load has increased dramatically. You made it so easy to understand, thank you. I've watched hours of other videos and none of them clicked to me. I instantly SUB'D your channel. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Hope to hear back from you. Thanks.

Not a video related question, but I recently bought a Master 2 with a 20W laser, and is came with green glasses. I noticed that the laser unit cover is actually red/orange, and usually the DIY enclosures use an orange acrylic screen. So does anybody know if there's a colour that protects better then the others? Thanks

I wonder if it would work out cheaper to cut your own coasters from cork floor tiles, you could cut custom shapes from them at least!

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

They sell sheets of cork too! You could do anything with those! Great idea!

Why you don’t use camera to place your job on the disc?

Huh 🤔 why didn’t you delete the center circle to keep is symmetrical?

Would it be possible to set the laser on a piece of plywood and engrave the lightburn grid on it for a permanent template?

so cool!! thank you!! would you do a tutorial how to engrave a mirror?

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

For sure! I will put that on the list, and get it out soon!! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the template idea! Really enjoyed all of your hard work. Keep it up my man!

Great video. I have a question. When doing coasters how can you do something like Star Wars or something else without paying royalties? I’m new and don’t want to get in trouble for selling something that is copyrighted

Back to working with the ORTUR laser 2 after having back surgery. Question: In my Lightburn 1-12-1 ( I think, the latest) Circles get cut out in circles but squares get cut out only in X, back and forth!. If I select TRACE, it cuts out the inside and outside of the line, which is a waste. Takes Forever What did I miss? Next..After the latest download in Lightburn, the shift /FRAME option doesn't turn on the laser while framing. It IS on (Selected). I have to go to MOVE and turn on the fire button in order to see the laser. Any ideas?

I have windows 11. Will light burn work with that version of windows?

hi dude.. Why I am not doing trace with laser head? My laser head notflashing with frame..

Hi there! I have the laser ortur 20w as well and I cannot get it to engrave onto the aluminum business cards and the stainless steel blank stamping pendants. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I have engraved mirrors, wood, and tile with it. The mirrors I can only get to engrave at 20 mm/sec at 90% power and get shotty results and it took 8 hours to engrave some text onto a 12x12 tile mirror, If I put the speed higher it will engrave onto mirror but will have to do multiple passes to get it to appear through the mirror. If someone can help me it would be greatly appreciated. I have used lightburn and lasergrbl and still can’t get cards or pendants to engrave.

I took a shot every time jim said ortur laser masttttttt *drops to floor*

How can this be done on an atomstack with no limit switches? Thanks

Can it be done in lasergrbl?

I’m following your instructions to cut a poster board template for dog tags. I created a rectangle and sized it. Then I did an array of 4 x 6 to make 24 rectangles. I made each one an individual layer. They are all set as line, 500 speed, 100 power and 4 passes. All are set as output. Only 2 of the 24 are cut out. The other 22 are visibly at a lower power. Using a fox alien laser. Any ideas why only 2 will cut?

Hi Everyone, i have one quick question... I am planning to buy one of these machines... can we keep this in an apartment. i am only concerned with the smoke and smell. is that bearable smell and smoke which will not impact smoke detector? please do advise and let me know if i should do that at my apartment or not?

How can i Focus the láser?

I followed everything down to the letter and it won’t do anything. I hit frame and it moved a little and stopped

I love your channel and I downloaded the templates. But when I center my design in the template, and Ortur Laser Master 2 burns it, it doesn't BURN centered, but slightly offset. Any idea why? Thanks a millions, man!

@jimmycombs8346

3 жыл бұрын

actually, I fixed the problem. The big cable on top of the laser was getting in the way. simple fix.

NEW ISSUE! I got everything set up, but every time I engrave my image into wood, the image "shifts". I need for it to print in the same place EVERY TIME I print it. I use it over and over again. thanks.

I rather put the laser on a wooden plate, screw it in, cut the same plate it stands on with the max working surface, for example you cut a square of 400x400. Take the cut out and use it as a template of 400x400. You can make more 400x400 templates that will always fit perfectly in this cut-out work space. This way, every time you place a 400x400 template inside the laser, it will be positioned exactly on the absolute cords. No need for taping the paper and recutting the board every few times.

How much would you sell a set of 4 coasters? Im trying to find a good price point to sell mine:) Thanks

Awesome! Do you have a link to the coasters? Thanks.

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Great question! I use these, or ones like them! I like these because they are thicker and nicer than some other cheaper ones. amzn.to/3aCzx5U

@MikeTindell

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEdgeofTech Just purchased. Thanks

how to install this software on Linux?

Love the videos Jim Thank you. I have a possible dumb question. Do you or someone else know if the "ambient light" around the laser will effect the burn in anyway? For instance if I burn one way in the led lit shop, vs taking unit outside on a sunny day . Kind of thing.

@archerj2010

2 жыл бұрын

Can't say i've taken my laser outside. However I have an Ortur at work in an LED lit shop, and i have a FoxAlien Reizer at home (Ortur-class unit, but with some QOL improvements) I run lights on/lights off and have had zero issues with inconsistencies. I THINK the laser operates at a frequency so far and above what our light does that it just doesn't have any kind of impact on it.

Great and very informative video man and I really appreciate all your efforts to make every step easy to understand. However, Im having problems engraving some wooden coasters. I even jacked the power up to 85% and its not even leaving a mark on them. I noticed your laser module was way up off your coasters. My laser came with an acrylic focusing card to adjust my laser height from my material that I'm engraving. Am I supposed to just raise it up high like yours or what? Im just wondering why its not even leaving any marks at all on the wood?

@fixitfixation5891

2 жыл бұрын

Check your lens for smoke buildup

Do you sell these coasters? If you do, how much do you charge clients?

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, we do sell them! I get the coasters in bulk and a set of 4 is $18. A link is in the description for our shop!

No file to be found!!!!

@TheEdgeofTech

3 жыл бұрын

It's there now. Sorry about that. The video went live before I thought it was going to and I wasn't ready. LOL

Could you use cardboard for a template?

@TheEdgeofTech

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@nealgamingchannel1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEdgeofTech thanks brother love the videos gonna try out some ceramic tiles in a few days I got an atomstack 30w laser I hear they are similar to the ortur I mainly do wood signs it takes a hot minute but they look good

Why did you use mm/m instead of mm/s ,just wondering every video I watch they always use mm/s ….

What about the copywrite?

@TheEdgeofTech

Жыл бұрын

That's a grey area. If you design it, it could be considered fan art. But do your research before selling anything that might have to be licensed.

My OCD says "TAKE OUT THE CENTER CIRCLE". 😜