Good morning,
New member, first post. New laser owner of 2 weeks.
I don't like asking questions on forums unless I have exhausted all of my options and attempted to fix my own problems.
I can engrave on a flat surface like nobody's business. Aluminum, titanium gun parts, granite, Pmags, computers and iPhones.
After more than 200 hours of trial and error on my new Chinese 50w fiber laser (JPT from Amazon) I believe I may have reached my limit.
I am trying to engrave a tumbler on the rotary. I am fighting small gaps in the splits if I open them up to anything over .09. Splits of 20 gives ok results with just fewer vertical lines in the piece. If I make the splits like 5, there are many vertical lines in the image, as well as what looks and feels like the rotary it bouncing from one stop to the next.
I like the results at .09, but anything under 1.0 creates a situation where the laser drags a line from where it's finished, to the spot where the laser comes to rest. It can not be cured by un-clicking the check box "return to start point." That only affects the rotary stopping point.
I've watched videos on laser timing, I've etched test pieces that look great at multiple speeds and power levels.
I've changed every number I can in the laser start and stop tables, both higher and lower. I've messed with parameters.
I don't feel I have screwed anything up in the original settings, when I'm finished messing around, I close the file with out saving the changes, so it goes back to all the original settings. (I checked)
I'm at a loss here. Hopefully someone has some advice for a newbie.
Thanks in advance.