This blog is dedicated to a hobby and potentially a small business with the goal of purchasing a laser used to primarily engrave pictures and small items less than 16″ square using thin (3/8 inch or 3 mm) plywood. This project will ducument the steps in not only making items with the laser but the process of selecting installing and getting the machine how a process an understanding in the process of implimenting
At this stage the machine has been selected is an Ikier K1 Promax 48w/24W laser engraving and cutting machine. Click the link to read more on the machine selection process.
A secondary but very important part of the process is having the ability to produce anything, is software. The machine has internal software to make it move in x,y and z axis but LightBurn allows you to tell the machine how much power and speed to apply to a given affect (an effect might be to engrave a person’s name or another affect might be to cut the perimeter of the design out of the plywood. While there are several software brands out there, the predominant one is called LightBurn. Click this link to read more about LightBurn.