Two Trees TS2 20w- Using the auto focus and Z axis
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2023
- A little more testing and use of the TS2 has helped me get a working routine for the auto focus and Z axis. I am really enjoying this option...
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Thank you for all the time you put into your video productions. You have helped me greatly to understand how to get so much more out of my laser engraving. Along with your good advice saving me from many pitfalls. Please keep you videos coming. I think that you may have a PBS show about this subject one day. You would be a very good match for you. Thank you for sharing your all of versatility with your audience.
Thanks, glad it helps
Thank you for sharing your experience with the TS2. It's great to hear you have found a working routine for the autofocus and Z axis and are enjoying this feature. We're always striving to improve our products and provide the best possible experience for our users, so your feedback is valuable to us.
We hope the TS2 continues to meet and exceed your expectations, and we look forward to seeing what amazing creations you will make. Thank you for choosing TwoTrees! 😊🌳🛠👍
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Thank you so much for sharing this. I just purchased the TS2 and could not figure out the auto focus. After watching your video I was able to get my machine setup.
Glad it helped, it is a nice feature once you get the hang of it.
Absolute novice here. Learning much from these videos. Thanks so much. I have the TS2, 10w. I use a MacBook and LightBurn. I cannot get the autofocus to even show up on on LB. in contact with TT and they state that using a windows computer would make thing work much easier. Im using the TS2 but guessing at the focus.
Autofocus is controlled under console
Hey. I bought one of these twotrees TS2 with an extension kit last week. Should be here Friday. Excited.
Hope you enjoy it!
Just love your videos, and will confess to some degree of envy whilst watching your overhead drone footage of your personal 'workshop' compound...good on ya pard' : - ) I've been planning on adding both a laser engraver and a small cnc to my already established 3D print 'farm' and clicked on the Two Trees website just two days ago and was going to order (at a great price) the TS2 20W that moment, but got distracted and never got back to the computer. Opened up the website just yesterday to follow thru with my order and the price had gone up...kinda wire-brushed my buying mood so got distracted yet again...opened up the Two Trees website once again just a few minutes ago and guess what?...price went up yet AGAIN...in two days. Now I'm chapped! Looks like a good laser though....thanks again for your in-depth reviews and sharing of information. Will be checking in again to your channel.
There are lots of good machines out there that are capable of similar results.
I've made autofocus on my machine (custom) via $HZ. so simple and doesn't mess framing
Cool
Hi, For the problem you describe at 14:00, I think there must be an instruction in your gcode that tells it to set this position as the origin. All you'd have to do is rectify this by making or modifying your focus macro. In short, there must be an obvious solution, it's just a question of finding it. I'm waiting to receive the machine for review, and I'm going to stick to it.
It is likely a programming issue but the typical end user is not gonna want to have to take those lengths to get it functional. Still a good machine once you learn to work around it.
Issue comes from the command $HZ that homes the Z axis. It also turns to 0 X and Y axis for some reason, wherever your laser is. You can check this in LB by clicking on Get Position button on the Move window. If you do so, you will see that after homing Z axis, X and Y are also 0. I guess this is something related to the programming of homing single axis in grbl, config.h file (lines 120 to 124). By the way, the same happens with the other combinations: if you single home X axis ($HX), Y and Z will be zeroed, and also if you home Y ($HY), X and Z will be reset as well. @TwoTrees3Dofficial you should take a look at this and fix the firmware
It seems like an easy fix.
Very good video, it helped me a lot too, thank you! What is your favorite setting for cutting and engraving a 1/8 plywood?
I run about 6 to 8 mm/s cutting on 20 watt machines. Some material faster
Wow! That cleared up one question I ran into on my TS2-10w. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong when it would go to upper right corner. My other question and wondered if you ever experienced this: My Z axis properly functioned initially, but something "failed" and now I can't raise the Z from Lightburn. If I manually raise it, Lightburn will lower it to focus. I can't determine if it's a software or hardware issue? I've only had the machine a couple of weeks. Any insight?
I haven't experienced that issue. If it will still go down, makes me think it is software related unless on leg of the stepper isn't connected good.
@TheClackShack I am new to your channel (and to laser engraving) and was looking at this TS2 20w and their TTS20 Pro, watched your review of the TTS20 and it was great but I know you were concerned with the build and plastic legs. I am a beginner and I have come down to looking at both of these machines as my first buy. Seeing the TTS20 comes with the honeycomb, backplate and air assist is really appealing to me. The TS2 however looks like a very solid build quality and love the auto focus but curious about if they ever did do a firmware update to fix this homing/framing/focus issue? I have noticed you only posted this 2 months ago but there seems to be a handful of youtubers that if you have an issue, the manufacturers seem to listen. Thanks
Unless you are really wanting the auto Z, the TTS is just as capable and the price is nice
Hi Mr Clack Shack,
First of all, thanks for all your videos. They've been very helpful with understanding lasers and Lighburn.
I own an Ikier K1 Ultra (36w diode) that has autofocus. Using the autofocus can be a bit tricky as if I hit the home button, it also resets the Z axis.
Would you know if there's a setting to stop this from happening?
Also, is it bad for the stepper motors to move the gantry manually?
Thanks 👍😊
I have an Atezr L2 which is identical in the way that it operates to the ikier. I could be mistaken, but I think the home function only causes the axis to raise before moving. It doesn't seem to affect the focus when I send a cut. Unless the software side is different. Steve @vintaurisworkshop has one of those. He might be able to tell you more.
Just move the gantry slow. Too fast and the motors can back feed electricity. Catch our Sunday night live and we can answer more questions.
@@TheClackShack Thank you for your response, I'm going to try that in a moment. Will update with my findings.
@@TheClackShack Just gave it a test and results weren't good:
1. Setup a test engrave square
2. Framed it
3. Auto focused
4. Clicked Home
5. Clicked Start
The laser head stayed high up.
Looks like the only solution (at the moment) is to move it using the controls in Lightburn, or to move it manually.
@@r1m.s877 I home before the job, frame and then focus. Then hit start on the L2. It keeps up where it is located and does good after hitting focus.
@@TheClackShack Also tried that, but it seems to treat the spot the laser head is as 0,0 so it goes off to the upper right away from the area I'm trying to cut.
I'm sure I'll work something out other than my manual approach eventually 😀
Have you run the focus test on your TS2 ? Could you do an explanation please ? Got mine a couple of months ago and trying t0 understand the test or if it needs to be run.
I just set it up in lightburn to see what differences it made. The default setting works dine
What size is your honeycomb? The one they sent me isn't big enough and I like the way your's fits.
It is the 600x600 by Comgrow, here is a link to it. amzn.to/464vpXj
Thank you, I greatly appreciate your reply!!
Hello friend, I changed my laser head from Ts2 10W to the TS2 20W, I engrave on ceramic with the Norton method and it comes out gray not black. I tried different speed and power settings, can you please advise which are the correct settings to get good image results for the TS2 20W? In the previous laser head, the 10W I used to use speed 1200 and power 80 and it came out in black and was fine details. Should I be using different settings for the 20W laser head now? I would appreciate your answer. Thank you
I don't do a lot of tile but yes, your settings will be different for the 20 watt.
I've noticed that very often after an auto focus, the focus pin is touching the very top of the wood still and drags along. Have you noticed this?
I haven't had any issue. Could be warped material
@@TheClackShack it happens even if the head does not move and its at the focus point. 5mm material does this and a few others have the same issue
Hello, the video is very useful but I failed to understand is the autofocus included in the Engrave macro and is it $HZ? Please give me some help because I'm scared to even start engraving considering that I don't know the 0 point for focusing the laser.
The setup that I did, I followed the manual. You can set the macro for engraving or cutting. The 0 is determined by the probe
@@TheClackShack Yep. I got it somehow by chance, but I know now that a simple command of $HZ will auto focus / zeroing the Z once over the working area. Thank you!
If you have some ply wood 3/8 thick and you want to engrave on it , then cut it out how do you focus the laser for for both engrave and cut.
Set the z offset in the layer.
how you do it?
@@PortlandIn different machine but most is the same.
Auto focus and Z axis- Atezr L2
czcams.com/video/b0CQ42TvEQo/video.html
Where can I find the commands that you're using for the macros?
The book that came with the machine. Here is where they are in the video. czcams.com/video/W7dCAQuLfz0/video.html
Thanks, I appreciate it!!!!!@@TheClackShack
I don't have a engrave focus button in my console area I have empty macro settings
The directions for the macros are in the manual. You have to set them unless you import a lightburn setup file.
@@TheClackShack I imported the file I got a little ahead of myself I'm not a computer person at all lol thank you!
@@TheClackShack I believe I still have alot of setting up to do because when I click engrave I get a error in my console that says caution locked so I think my z axis is locked some place there is alot of little features to enable and understanding the function of them all seems like alot to figure out lol
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Wow! It looks like you need to put in a 'G90' at the end of your macros. You are changing the coordinates to incremental (G91) and leaving it there by not changing it back to absolute coordinates (G90).
I followed the directions in the manual with the machine. Unless I missed something, this is what it said to do. I have another machine in now that has auto focus and the macros for it are different.
I plan to investigate the issue. There has to be an easier way. Look at illustration A08. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0726/3915/2413/files/TS2-20W-Manual-EN-DE_compressed.pdf?v=1679562422
@@TheClackShack I really enjoy finding a 'problem' and then fixing it.
Bonjour mon auto focus ne fonctionne et je ne sais pas pourquoi , Que dois je faire ? j ai ce message
Limite stricte déclenchée. La position de la machine est probablement perdue en raison d'un
arrêt soudain et immédiat. Un nouvel autoguidage est fortement recommandé.
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