Thank you so much for your clear explanation. Most online sources give the impression that the YRR machine is "plug & play" which it most definitely is not. I was getting a whole lot of weird error messages, the "test" function was working but not framing or burning; and your simple guide through the settings menu solved the issues.
Dude! I can't imagine how much time this video saved me in getting my rotary setup, but I'm sure you've taught me in 30 minutes what would've taken me a week or two to figure it all out on my own. I offer you my heart felt THANK YOU! I'm also a happy new subscriber!
Thanks for this guide to setup the Aufero rotary to my Aufero LU2-4-LF, I know that this is an old tutorial but the info was spot on. I plugged the rotary into the y1 plug and figured out that my y2 connection had to be unplugged also in order for the rotary to work properly. I just wanted to thank you.
I just used my YRR Rotary attachment for the first time on my Aufero Laser 1 and there is NO WAY I would have made it through it as seamlessly as I did without this video!!! In fact, I have no idea how I would have ever figured all of this out on my own or from other videos! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for watching Reinhard! "I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings." (you're probably the only one who will get it đ)
Rich, again you are a godsend to all of us laser users, especially Ortur/Lightburn users. A huge thankyou to you for not only your time experimenting, but putting the videos together and sharing this information to the community.đ
if your completly new to this stuff, what I did to learn and test before I used tumblers, was paper towel cardboard rolls, and toilet paper rolls, after there empty, def good for learning on. this is a great tutorial tho!! ty!
Excellent video. I recently purchased an Ortur engraver and Iâm very disappointed in the assembly videos put out by Ortur. This helps a lot. Thanks đ
After working with Lightburn they found a glitch in the ortur software. After I got that straight. Your video got me got me going and a big time saver. thanks Skip
Massive thank you for putting this together! I struggled getting my rotary going and the few machine settings were what I was missing. Thank you, thank you!
Thank you so much, Sir , since May 2021 I bought my rotary and does not work out for me and I threw it into my store until today I said let's do some research and try to do something, must be some help on youtube come now I found you thank you again Sir
Man, thank you so much putting the effort into explaining this aspect of getting a rotary up and running in Lightburn. I had someone want to order engraving on tumblers and had just got my rotary. I was worried I wouldn't be able to figure out in time to do the job. Thanks to you I was doing a good quality engraving on the first day! I don't know how long it would've taken me to figure all this out on my own but this was a lifesaver!
Well done! Without your video I can imagine taking a couple of hours to get it right, if I'm lucky. When I assembled my Pro 2 machine, I took it apart a couple of times until I found a CZcams video that made it all work.
God bless you real good, you saved me from frustration big time. I am just happy people like you exist to give hope and help. I can't thank you enough... So so happy
Youâre the man rich. I couldnât not have done this without your help. Very thorough and easy to follow. I have the trial version could that be the reason I donât have the rotary setting options? Thank you so much for your videos. Iâve seen mostly all of them. Still learning đ
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I found it under laser tools instead of tools. Thank you so much. I have to watch your rotary video again cause Iâm not able to connect my rotary lol. Not sure what Iâm doing wrong but Iâll figure it out if not Iâll reach out to you. Smile
@@franzgoesmann8770 There are different formulas for different stepper motors and I don't know any of them. It's just hit and miss, trial and error for me. Someday I'll discover the well guarded secret!
Excellent tutorial - I am at the point trying to figure how to use the rotary that i have received just last week. Thanks very much Rich - masterclass.
I really like what you are doing here. I watch all your videos and get great ideas for them. Thank you. I was having trouble with the rotary as everything printed in mirror. I tried the mirror button both ways nothing changed. Tried switching red and black wires nothing . switched blue and green wires still nothing. After moving everything back to original I switched the blue and green and the red and black wires. when I changed all 4 the printing came out as needed. Thanks again for putting out these great tips
This video is so simply explained. I wished I had watched it before I installed my YRR. he video I watched didn't say anything about savings settings and now I am experiencing error messages and having to wait for technical support from Lightburn
great video for rotary. It worked great for me the first time I tried it. Went back to standard with out issues. Today I thought I would get a little creative with a tapered bottom wine bottle. So I made my funky set up. I can provide pics if you want them. But I had issues with the unit itself. I changed my settings to disable homing at start up, then turned off the power and attached the rotary cable. Next I powered up the laser. Then I loaded the rotary file I saved from my first go at the rotary set up that i did via your video. Then I selected write into the machine settings and created my burn file graphics. Then it went crazy. I kept getting the Gcode error while trying to home or jog. I had home turned off. Anyway, I had to go back to the standard settings which was a little difficult because of the gcode error. after research on inet, i found a comment about an error in the $22 code. fixed that and i was back to good to go on the standard settings. Then I thought I would try one last time. Instead of using my saved rotary machine settings I started from scratch with your video. It worked great. I know this is a long comment but my question is, d0 you have issues when you go back and forth between the two machine setting files?
Iv had my rotary for a while now but not used it but tomorrow I'll be giving it a go now iv seen your video, you do an awsome job with the videos and yes I'm subscribed and I also tend to like the video keep up the good work and best wishes all the way from Wales, Uk
Received my roller today. Just gotta wait on my laser master 2 since it was put on hold with the Chinese new year. Look forward to learning how to use it.
I just returned my printer and a rotary that wasnât compatible to re-purchase a package Ortur. Iâm so excited to follow this video because as you mentioned, there is NOTHING that shows what you did step-by-step.
Thank you for the great information could not find any information on rotary that was this informative as you can probably tell I am a newbie thank you again
I can't say enough how perfect this video is, thank you so much for taking the time to make it. It is EXACTLY what I needed. I make youtube videos as well and will be doing a rotary video and will be directing folks to your video. Thank you again!
Dude. This video is perfect. Thanks a million! Would love to hear about what settings you have found best works on tumblers for you! Keep up the killer content. You explain things quite well. Cheers!!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I did a skinny Tumbler (74mm at top and 68mm at the bottom) yesterday and found the if I leveled the roller it worked great. I had cross hatch enabled which caused it not to work right, as the machine just kept jogging to the left. But as long as I have only going at 0 degree it works really well.
Awesome video. It is absolutely dummy proof. Very straight forward. I just have one question though. How do you adjust the focus? Is it the same as when you engrave a flat object? I know that on a flat object you use that cylindrical test fixture to adjust the distance inbetween the laser head and the object to be engraved. Just wondering if the process is the same. Thanks.
First of all I must to say thank you for making this video, now I can understand better some of the subjects in the rotary setup window. I just have a question, in a chuck rotary how am I supposed to know the roller diameter?
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Hi mate, Not having much fun at the moment :( Just testing the rotary as per your video. I've measure the rolls, and I had 2 different measures, so i set it somewhere in between the two, then I measure the object was 60mm, which gave me the circumference of 188.496mm, but how did you get the "mm per rotation" figure? Is that supposed to be automatically calculated by Lightburn? Mine was over 300 mm... I tried the framing and it looks like is going around about 3 times, same with the burning... So I'm not sure if my vertical lines are apart or overlapping, since is going around and over the circumference more then once... Any idea? Cheers Alberto
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Finally got it right today. Took probably more then 20 tries. Now i have another issue. The burn came up flipped, was a skull with a pipe, and in the draw it is on the right, Lightburn screen and preview both shows on the right, but it burned flipped with pipe on the left. It did this yesterday with text as well. The mirror option on the rotary setting is turned off. Did you ever experience the issues? Any idea?
many thanks for this video, it has really helped me set up my rotor. the issue I'm having is that my rotor spins multiple times when doing my test run, not sure how to ensure it runs just once 360.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy it was the mm per rotation that was off, sorted that now, many thanks. It's there anywhere I can get the recommended speed and power settings for different materials
Thank you, Rich this helped a lot. I am looking into my Ortur Laser Master 2 Pro S2 400x400 bed. Laser is LU2-2 I was under the impression it was a 20 watt but I am not so sure?. can't get the center lined up. Laser seems a bit weak. But with all your videos it definitely helps a newbee in this game. I can recommend anyone to become a patron. Thank you for your videos.
Glad I could help Nico! And thank you for your support! âïž Ortur only makes 5W max diode lasers right now. 20W input, 5W optical output. I'm told they're developing a 10W version though.
Is it worth to add the air assist? I burn at 600-900 & 80-95% power. It feels really weak. Some material works well. But I hope to get some projects going. I am enjoying this as a hoppy and would like to use it to the best ability.
Thanks for posting this. You were the only one to address that some boards aren't compatible. As soon as I disabled the rotary I was able to burn my project that was impossible before.
Isn't that crazy? If I weren't part of my own local Maker community and if I didn't have multiple machines, I would have never figured that out! The industry needs better standards! đ I'm glad it helped you! Great channel name BTW! đ
I learned a lot from your Video Thank you. Would you please give me an idea for any machine that can do cutting and engraving the brick for our church fundraising?
That would depend on the type of brick you're using Tom. If you email me the type, size and maybe include a photo, I can help you select one. thelahobbyguy@gmail.com
Really a great and thorough step by step you created !! Have you or could you do this for the Chinese Lasers ? Mine has a Ruida controller and 25 x 15 bed size. Your is the best tutorial I've seen regarding the rotary. Thanks Tim
Just a heads up if you are looking for it, the Rotary Setup has moved to the "Laser Tools" group on the menu bar. (I'm running LightBurn version 1.1.03)
Rich, thanks for the information on the setup. I managed to get to work engraving my bottles without any issues. However, since then I cannot get my laser to engrave anything when I reverted back to normal mode, even after I reloaded the default settings file.
Sorry Rich, I assumed the comments went with the video I was viewing. The video I watched was called "Ortur Laser YRR Rotary Setup The Only COMPLETE guide!" you showed saving the setting to make it quicker when you switched back and forth from rotary to flat laser work. Unless I missed it, it did not show where or how you use those saved settings to switch back and forth.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Can you inbox me a contact ? I would Like to pay for you to travel to my company to give me a tutorial on my machine if possible.
Fantastic video!! You do a great job explaining all your subjects. I have been trying to join your forum for a week now. I never get the email for establishing verification and full access. Please advise, As a new user of Laser Tech, I would love to contribute. From this retired US NAVY SUBMARINE SERVICE SAILOR. George Keefe.
Thanks for the quick response. I typed in what you gave me that stopped the red light from blinking. I did save a backup DEFAULT LASER it had an extension Ibset but this is what I get when I click on it C:\Users\Skip\AppData\Local\LightBurn\backup\machine_settings\LWYwNWZmMz does not recognize
Your video was very good on setting up the yrr rotary. when I went back to the default laser the G-code motion target exceeds machine travel. the laser will home and I jog it but that's all. Only had the oturo master 2 for about 2 months. I am lost any suggestion I would really appreciate any help thanks Skip
You're THE MAN, Rich! Thank you for taking so much time to help us all. I am having a couple of issues though. 1. For some reason when I frame the test line the tumbler only rotates about 90 degrees (versus 360 that it should) and then returns. and 2. when I run the job the burn image is very compressed horizontally as though the width is 4x narrower than it should be (but the height looks accurate). Any pointers/suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help! Clay
This went really well. Right up to the time I set the distance from the laser to the rollers to burn a sample. Nothing happened and for the past 90 minutes Iâve tried and watched the red âOnâ light blink while the Console shows me Error 9 G-code locked out during alarm or jog state. Iâve shut down, rebooted, reset and unplugged so many times Iâm no longer sure what Iâve done wrong and tried to load the saved default settings (they are greyed out and wonât highlight). Iâm gonna walk away now. I canât think any more.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I did see that in a reply by you to someone else and had no luck but as I am the definition of insanity, Iâll try it again. Thanks
Just an update and another Thanks for these videos. Iâm still unsure why this fix didnât work yesterday after seeing on your site but it did work this morning. I suppose thatâs all that matters
Fantastic video, best out there. How do I stop my bottle/tumbler from moving to the right by itself, all my graphics are no good, Iâve tried putting a block of wood at other end of bottle, but that just causes bottle to slip on rollers, how are you managing?
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy hi, my roller is flat, I used a spirit level on table, I do believeit should have been createdwith baffles at both ends to stop item moving. I will give elastic band a go :)
Hey Rich. I'm having a lot of issues with "line drag" for lack of the correct term. It looks like a couple of passes are being dragged down a fraction of an inch out of the image area. so my finished product is nicely engraved except for 2 or 3 passes (vertical) screws up the image. Anything you can suggest would be a huge help. Cheers. Keep up the good work. (I apologize if you've touched on this in a previous video, I couldn't find anything applicable).
G'day Rich, Greetings from Australia, do you happen to know what the smallest diameter that will fit onto the rotary is ? I'm thinking engrave on pen bodies đ Regards and thanks for another great video, Cam
Depends on which rotary Cameron. I believe Atomstack makes one just for pens. Many of the diode rollers can be arranged to do pens as well by moving the rollers. The one in this video, the Ortur, can do pens; I know, I've done pens on it.
Thanks so much for making this video but I ran into a problem when I clicked the frame button. My rotary spins properly but the laser goes all the way across and bangs against the rail. Any thoughts why this might be happening?
I'm having trouble setting up my rotary on my LM3. At 5:40 where are you getting the information for "mm per rotation"? I can't seem to find information for this anywhere. Thanks and great video âș
Ok thanks for the help, I'm sending the Pergear back and I ordered the Ortur, see how my luck is with that one. Question for you on your video, I saved the files as you recommended to be able to switch back and forth to regular laser work, but you didn't show how you actually toggle between those two files to adjust the settings accordingly. Where do you move that file to? Sorry I'm computer challenged.......
Rich...I have a xTool D1 that I have been trying to set to engrave tumblers for my wife's annual Sisters weekend. I am under the gun.. By the way I am a extreme newby. I assume the setup is similar. I have watched every video I can and no-one using this attachment really explains how to set it up for lightburn. I am using the xTool RA2 Pro with just the rollers and no chuck. They, xTool, initially sets the mm per rotation at 370mm which seems rather large. I am not sure what this means...rotation per mm of what...the item being etched? Is that set only once or for each item being etched. Lightburns manual doesn't address this and their CZcams video is very basic and leaves a lot out. I thank-you for your fine videos....complete videos..that explain the topic. I am going to use your calibration method this AM for the tumblers I am going to engrave.
Pretty sure the x-Tool mm/rot are right. That has to do with the stepper motor. I haven't used their rotary so I wouldn't know, but the parameters are similar. If you use the roller, check roller for the type, Z for the axis, 32mm/rotation and 17mm for the roller diameter and mirror output selected. For the chuck, it's type Z for the axis, and 128 mm/rotation with the same settings.
I have an Atezr p10 and a RA2pro rotary. When I try to put a design on a pencil I get either a straight line or something wrapped around the pencil. When I try to shorten it, it becomes a line. When I try to make it larger it wraps around the pencil even though it falls within the parameter of the test.
Thank you so much for your clear explanation. Most online sources give the impression that the YRR machine is "plug & play" which it most definitely is not. I was getting a whole lot of weird error messages, the "test" function was working but not framing or burning; and your simple guide through the settings menu solved the issues.
Glad it helped Rob!
Dude! I can't imagine how much time this video saved me in getting my rotary setup, but I'm sure you've taught me in 30 minutes what would've taken me a week or two to figure it all out on my own. I offer you my heart felt THANK YOU! I'm also a happy new subscriber!
You're very welcome Marty! Welcome to the party! đ€Ș
I canât figure out how to get our of the rotary setting.
It's a shame other youtubers couldn't explain these steps like you do.
Easy to understand and covers all steps.
Wow! Thank you so much! I appreciate the comment!
Thanks for this guide to setup the Aufero rotary to my Aufero LU2-4-LF, I know that this is an old tutorial but the info was spot on. I plugged the rotary into the y1 plug and figured out that my y2 connection had to be unplugged also in order for the rotary to work properly. I just wanted to thank you.
Glad it helped!
I just used my YRR Rotary attachment for the first time on my Aufero Laser 1 and there is NO WAY I would have made it through it as seamlessly as I did without this video!!! In fact, I have no idea how I would have ever figured all of this out on my own or from other videos! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure Marilyn! Thank you!
Great video. No unnecessary comments. Facts. The time saving for setup is 90%. Greetings from Austria. Near Vienna. Mozart etc.
Thanks for watching Reinhard! "I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings." (you're probably the only one who will get it đ)
You Have A Great Way Of Teaching / Thank You
I appreciate that Vinnie, thanks!
Rich, again you are a godsend to all of us laser users, especially Ortur/Lightburn users. A huge thankyou to you for not only your time experimenting, but putting the videos together and sharing this information to the community.đ
Glad to help! I'm having fun doing it!
if your completly new to this stuff, what I did to learn and test before I used tumblers, was paper towel cardboard rolls, and toilet paper rolls, after there empty, def good for learning on. this is a great tutorial tho!! ty!
Thanks for the tips! I wrap mine with transfer tape sometimes.
Excellent video. I recently purchased an Ortur engraver and Iâm very disappointed in the assembly videos put out by Ortur. This helps a lot. Thanks đ
Glad it was helpful Greg!
After working with Lightburn they found a glitch in the ortur software. After I got that straight. Your video got me got me going and a big time saver. thanks Skip
Yes Skip, that glitch has been around for a long time. Can you share the resolve?
Massive thank you for putting this together! I struggled getting my rotary going and the few machine settings were what I was missing. Thank you, thank you!
Glad it helped!
Excellent Rich. There was no way i could mine working without your instructions. Awesome!!!
Glad I could help!
Holy crap. Thank you soooo much for this!!! This should be the official instruction video that comes with the rotary
You're welcome Jody!
I just hot a rotary for my Ortur LM2. Thnak you for this video, it was very informative and will put the info to good use.
Glad it was helpful Trey!
Awesome tutorial, Thanks....! I built my own 3D printed roller and the first successful engraving I did was after seeing your video!
Glad it helped Arturo!
Thank you so much, Sir , since May 2021 I bought my rotary and does not work out for me and I threw it into my store until today I said let's do some research and try to do something, must be some help on youtube come now I found you thank you again Sir
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much!! Excellent tutorial!!! Merry Christmas đ
Same to you, thanks!
Great video! I haven't used my rotary until a few days ago, watched this video and I was off burning tumblers! Thanks
Glad it helped Dave! Thanks for watching!
Man, thank you so much putting the effort into explaining this aspect of getting a rotary up and running in Lightburn. I had someone want to order engraving on tumblers and had just got my rotary. I was worried I wouldn't be able to figure out in time to do the job. Thanks to you I was doing a good quality engraving on the first day! I don't know how long it would've taken me to figure all this out on my own but this was a lifesaver!
You're so welcome! I'm glad it helped!
Such a great video. Thank you for taking your time to help the community out!
My pleasure!
đ thank you rich had this setting in a box for months now, got it up and running burned my first tumbler today. and had fun following along.
Awesome! đ Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much for so much knowledge share over the years you're a true Grand Master , Saludos desde Mexico !
Gracias Señor! đ Much appreciated!
Well done! Without your video I can imagine taking a couple of hours to get it right, if I'm lucky. When I assembled my Pro 2 machine, I took it apart a couple of times until I found a CZcams video that made it all work.
*Glad it helped!*
God bless you real good, you saved me from frustration big time. I am just happy people like you exist to give hope and help. I can't thank you enough... So so happy
Awesome! đ Thanks for watching!
Youâre the man rich. I couldnât not have done this without your help. Very thorough and easy to follow. I have the trial version could that be the reason I donât have the rotary setting options? Thank you so much for your videos. Iâve seen mostly all of them. Still learning đ
Click on Laser Tools to find it.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy i followed your instructions and I can show you itâs not there. Thank you for replying back and got your help
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I found it under laser tools instead of tools. Thank you so much. I have to watch your rotary video again cause Iâm not able to connect my rotary lol. Not sure what Iâm doing wrong but Iâll figure it out if not Iâll reach out to you. Smile
Yes! Finally someone who explained it correctly and in detail. Super very good 5 thumbs up.
Franz Goesmann D-Meschede/Germany
Wow, thanks Franz!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Hello, Franz here again. Could you explain to me how to calculate the STEPS PER ROTATION?
Greetings Franz
@@franzgoesmann8770 There are different formulas for different stepper motors and I don't know any of them. It's just hit and miss, trial and error for me. Someday I'll discover the well guarded secret!
Excellent tutorial - I am at the point trying to figure how to use the rotary that i have received just last week. Thanks very much Rich - masterclass.
You are welcome!
You deserve a medal!!!!
đ€Ș Thanks! đ
I really like what you are doing here. I watch all your videos and get great ideas for them. Thank you. I was having trouble with the rotary as everything printed in mirror. I tried the mirror button both ways nothing changed. Tried switching red and black wires nothing . switched blue and green wires still nothing. After moving everything back to original I switched the blue and green and the red and black wires. when I changed all 4 the printing came out as needed. Thanks again for putting out these great tips
Glad you liked it Rich!
Going slowly, step by step, provides so much more helpful information!! thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much Chuck! I really appreciate it! đ
This video is so simply explained. I wished I had watched it before I installed my YRR. he video I watched didn't say anything about savings settings and now I am experiencing error messages and having to wait for technical support from Lightburn
So sorry to hear that Kim đ
great video for rotary. It worked great for me the first time I tried it. Went back to standard with out issues. Today I thought I would get a little creative with a tapered bottom wine bottle. So I made my funky set up. I can provide pics if you want them. But I had issues with the unit itself. I changed my settings to disable homing at start up, then turned off the power and attached the rotary cable. Next I powered up the laser. Then I loaded the rotary file I saved from my first go at the rotary set up that i did via your video. Then I selected write into the machine settings and created my burn file graphics. Then it went crazy. I kept getting the Gcode error while trying to home or jog. I had home turned off. Anyway, I had to go back to the standard settings which was a little difficult because of the gcode error. after research on inet, i found a comment about an error in the $22 code. fixed that and i was back to good to go on the standard settings. Then I thought I would try one last time. Instead of using my saved rotary machine settings I started from scratch with your video. It worked great. I know this is a long comment but my question is, d0 you have issues when you go back and forth between the two machine setting files?
Some people do Barry. I have since found that after you save the settings, you have to load them again and check to see if they were saved properly.
Really do appreciate this tutorial, thanks for making it!
My pleasure!
This is surely the best instructional video on the YRR roller setup and use. Thank you for taking the time to make this. You're awesome.
Glad it was helpful! You're very welcome!
Thanks for your help, I was 90% there, I was missing one step you showed it to me.
Great to hear Kyle! đ
Thank again Rich one more lesson learned.
Thank you so much Robert! I really appreciate it! đ
Iv had my rotary for a while now but not used it but tomorrow I'll be giving it a go now iv seen your video, you do an awsome job with the videos and yes I'm subscribed and I also tend to like the video keep up the good work and best wishes all the way from Wales, Uk
Thanks Jay!
Thanks for saving us all the R & D time, very much appreciated. đ
No problem Slick! đ
Received my roller today. Just gotta wait on my laser master 2 since it was put on hold with the Chinese new year. Look forward to learning how to use it.
Have fun when you get it Thomas!
As usual Rich, a top notch tutorial. Thank you!
Thank you so much Gilbert! I really appreciate it! đ
You are an absolute Godsend. I echo all of the extremely positive comments. Frustration is a bitch and you spared me a bunch! Thank you.
Thanks Kevin! Much appreciated!
Another superb instructional video Rich .... thanks once again.
Very welcome Mike, thanks!
Subscribed, going to set up my rotary next week, so good timing. followed you here from the Ortur forum on fb
Welcome aboard John! Glad you're here!
I just returned my printer and a rotary that wasnât compatible to re-purchase a package Ortur. Iâm so excited to follow this video because as you mentioned, there is NOTHING that shows what you did step-by-step.
Have fun Chanel! đ
Thank you for the great information could not find any information on rotary that was this informative as you can probably tell I am a newbie thank you again
Glad it was helpful!
I can't say enough how perfect this video is, thank you so much for taking the time to make it. It is EXACTLY what I needed. I make youtube videos as well and will be doing a rotary video and will be directing folks to your video. Thank you again!
*Thank you!* I'm gonna head over and take a peek at your channel now!
Cool channel! You got a sub!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy thank you!
Rich .... Very informative Video. Thank You.
My pleasure Kirti!
Dude. This video is perfect. Thanks a million! Would love to hear about what settings you have found best works on tumblers for you!
Keep up the killer content. You explain things quite well. Cheers!!
I use my Lightburn library for settings Matt. Tons of libraries on my free forum for members. lahobbyguy.com/bb
This helped so much thank you! Wondering how it works on different shapped tumblers
I've used it on all types of tumblers and glasses Kevin.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I did a skinny Tumbler (74mm at top and 68mm at the bottom) yesterday and found the if I leveled the roller it worked great. I had cross hatch enabled which caused it not to work right, as the machine just kept jogging to the left. But as long as I have only going at 0 degree it works really well.
Thank GOD for you!! đ
Thank you! But I thank God for you! The folks who make these videos popular!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuyActually, I'm a heathen atheist but it felt like a gift from God at 2am! đ Thanks again.
Awesome video. It is absolutely dummy proof. Very straight forward. I just have one question though. How do you adjust the focus? Is it the same as when you engrave a flat object? I know that on a flat object you use that cylindrical test fixture to adjust the distance inbetween the laser head and the object to be engraved. Just wondering if the process is the same. Thanks.
Exactly the same.
Great Video as always.
I appreciate that George!
I will Rich as soon I set it up , again thanks for the info. I'm sure they'll be more questions but I feel very confident in your experience
You can do it! If you get stuck, just ask! I also have a discussion group you can sign up for that I just created. lahobbyguy.com/bb/
Great presentation
Thank you Merrill!
Rich, thank you for this instruction videođđ
Glad it was helpful Ray!
First of all I must to say thank you for making this video, now I can understand better some of the subjects in the rotary setup window. I just have a question, in a chuck rotary how am I supposed to know the roller diameter?
There's no option for roller diameter if you choose chuck Rocz.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy thanks for your answer đ
Thanks for the perfect tutorial...the only one on all of youtube
I wrote an email because I have a problem after using the Rotary, my laser does not work anymore.
Glad it helped Simon!
Nice video. Just got mine today, I will try to put it together and set it up tomorrow. Thanks
Have fun!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Hi mate, Not having much fun at the moment :(
Just testing the rotary as per your video. I've measure the rolls, and I had 2 different measures, so i set it somewhere in between the two, then I measure the object was 60mm, which gave me the circumference of 188.496mm, but how did you get the "mm per rotation" figure? Is that supposed to be automatically calculated by Lightburn? Mine was over 300 mm...
I tried the framing and it looks like is going around about 3 times, same with the burning... So I'm not sure if my vertical lines are apart or overlapping, since is going around and over the circumference more then once...
Any idea? Cheers Alberto
@@avleathercraft648 Experimenting. I ultimately wound up with 40.51 on the Ortur I believe it was.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Finally got it right today. Took probably more then 20 tries. Now i have another issue. The burn came up flipped, was a skull with a pipe, and in the draw it is on the right, Lightburn screen and preview both shows on the right, but it burned flipped with pipe on the left. It did this yesterday with text as well. The mirror option on the rotary setting is turned off. Did you ever experience the issues? Any idea?
@@alb673 No, it sounds like you have to turn on mirroring.
Thank you, I am doing some preemptive learning while the Rotary is in Shipping. you earned a Sub.
Thanks for the sub!
Tysm this helped so much
Glad it helped!
many thanks for this video, it has really helped me set up my rotor. the issue I'm having is that my rotor spins multiple times when doing my test run, not sure how to ensure it runs just once 360.
Sorry, I can't diagnose problems in CZcams comments. But usually it's just the framing that has this behavior on the rotary.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy it was the mm per rotation that was off, sorted that now, many thanks. It's there anywhere I can get the recommended speed and power settings for different materials
@@tosanclarke In the member's only section of my Forum. lahobbyguy.com/bb
Excellent video. Many thanks for sharing your work.
Regards from Portugal.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very good tutorial, Thanks! I needed this, about to set the rotary up, and this will do wonders... I have a 20w too...
*Good luck John! Have fun with it!*
Thank you, Rich this helped a lot. I am looking into my Ortur Laser Master 2 Pro S2 400x400 bed. Laser is LU2-2 I was under the impression it was a 20 watt but I am not so sure?. can't get the center lined up. Laser seems a bit weak. But with all your videos it definitely helps a newbee in this game. I can recommend anyone to become a patron. Thank you for your videos.
Glad I could help Nico! And thank you for your support! âïž Ortur only makes 5W max diode lasers right now. 20W input, 5W optical output. I'm told they're developing a 10W version though.
Is it worth to add the air assist? I burn at 600-900 & 80-95% power. It feels really weak. Some material works well. But I hope to get some projects going. I am enjoying this as a hoppy and would like to use it to the best ability.
Hola...
Excelente vĂdeo muy bien explicado, es genial poder aprender como utilizar nuestros YRR Rotary, ya que es una pena que las explicaciones del fabricante no estĂ©n a la altura de esta marca...
Muchas gracias por compartir este tutorial...
Un saludo enorme.
Brico ..como le hiciste . yo no he podido hacer funcionar mi YRR
sabes de algun tutorial en espanol ?
no, desafortunadamente no
You can hit the P key to center on grid
Yeah, I didn't want to get into the keyboard shortcuts David. It was just an overview.
Absolutely awesome video, thank you very much, you are a great teacher!
You're very welcome!
Good tutorial. However i cannot get my rotary roller to spin 360 degrees, it keeps having a jacking sound when i click on TEST.
I don't know what that could be, sorry. Maybe a bad stepper motor.
Muy bien Explicado ahora a realizar pruebas. Gracias !!!
Thanks, much appreciated!
Thanks for posting this. You were the only one to address that some boards aren't compatible. As soon as I disabled the rotary I was able to burn my project that was impossible before.
Isn't that crazy? If I weren't part of my own local Maker community and if I didn't have multiple machines, I would have never figured that out! The industry needs better standards! đ I'm glad it helped you! Great channel name BTW! đ
I learned a lot from your Video
Thank you.
Would you please give me an idea for any machine that can do cutting and engraving the brick for our church fundraising?
That would depend on the type of brick you're using Tom. If you email me the type, size and maybe include a photo, I can help you select one. thelahobbyguy@gmail.com
Really a great and thorough step by step you created !!
Have you or could you do this for the Chinese Lasers ? Mine has a Ruida controller and 25 x 15 bed size. Your is the best tutorial I've seen regarding the rotary.
Thanks Tim
Hi Tim, not familiar with the Ruida on a C02. Most of this video is compatible with Co2 or diode lasers. It's mainly the software setup.
Just a heads up if you are looking for it, the Rotary Setup has moved to the "Laser Tools" group on the menu bar. (I'm running LightBurn version 1.1.03)
Yeah, I know. That's an old video. I have more recent ones with the new feature Curt, thanks!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy still a great video. Thanks for the help!
@@pinkflamingo8806 Thank you Sir!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy when you have a moment can you check an email I sent to you.
Rich, thanks for the information on the setup. I managed to get to work engraving my bottles without any issues. However, since then I cannot get my laser to engrave anything when I reverted back to normal mode, even after I reloaded the default settings file.
Sometimes it doesn't load the default settings on the first try. Do it 2 or 3 times and try again.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Thanks Rich, I'll give it a go. đ
Thanks for taking the time to do this. It's a great help.
Glad it was helpful Martin!
Thank You! I haven't received my rotary yet but this will make it easy(er) to set up when it does.
Great! You're gonna love it!
Sorry Rich, I assumed the comments went with the video I was viewing. The video I watched was called "Ortur Laser YRR Rotary Setup The Only COMPLETE guide!" you showed saving the setting to make it quicker when you switched back and forth from rotary to flat laser work. Unless I missed it, it did not show where or how you use those saved settings to switch back and forth.
Just click on device settings and turn of auto home on startup, and then on the move tab, set the speed to 200 (mm/min)
THANK YOU!!
You're welcome James! Thanks for watching!
Very well done. Complete and thorough! Looking forward to using this to set up my YRR on my NEJE Master 2!
Glad it was helpful! Good luck!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy where are you located In Louisiana?
@@duncanrealtyprofessionals5108 Just outside New Orleans, in Marrero.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Can you inbox me a contact ? I would
Like to pay for you to travel to my company to give me a tutorial on my machine if possible.
@@duncanrealtyprofessionals5108 All of my contact info is below my videos in the Show More section. Or you can email me at thelahobbyguy@gmail.com.
Fantastic video!! You do a great job explaining all your subjects. I have been trying to join your forum for a week now. I never get the email for establishing verification and full access. Please advise, As a new user of Laser Tech, I would love to contribute. From this retired US NAVY SUBMARINE SERVICE SAILOR.
George Keefe.
Hi George, I can't help without an email address or username.
Thanks!
Thanks so much for your support Sandy! I really appreciate it!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy your so welcome I canât afford to pay you what I feel I owe you for your help
Thanks for the quick response. I typed in what you gave me that stopped the red light from blinking. I did save a backup DEFAULT LASER it had an extension Ibset but this is what I get when I click on it C:\Users\Skip\AppData\Local\LightBurn\backup\machine_settings\LWYwNWZmMz
does not recognize
You have to browse to the folder you saved it in Skip.
Klasse Video und sehr hilfreich danke đ
Sie sind herzlich willkommen, mein Freund! â
Your video was very good on setting up the yrr rotary. when I went back to the default laser the G-code motion target exceeds machine travel. the laser will home and I jog it but that's all. Only had the oturo master 2 for about 2 months. I am lost any suggestion I would really appreciate any help thanks Skip
You didn't save and restore the settings Skip. Go to the console tab and type in $RST=* and press enter.
great video thanks
Glad you enjoyed it Tom!
You're THE MAN, Rich! Thank you for taking so much time to help us all. I am having a couple of issues though. 1. For some reason when I frame the test line the tumbler only rotates about 90 degrees (versus 360 that it should) and then returns. and 2. when I run the job the burn image is very compressed horizontally as though the width is 4x narrower than it should be (but the height looks accurate). Any pointers/suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help! Clay
Sounds like you need to adjust your steps per rotation Clay.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy thank you, Rich!
This went really well. Right up to the time I set the distance from the laser to the rollers to burn a sample.
Nothing happened and for the past 90 minutes Iâve tried and watched the red âOnâ light blink while the Console shows me Error 9
G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.
Iâve shut down, rebooted, reset and unplugged so many times Iâm no longer sure what Iâve done wrong and tried to load the saved default settings (they are greyed out and wonât highlight). Iâm gonna walk away now. I canât think any more.
Error 9 is a shock & movement alarm. On the Console tab, type: $RST=* and press enter. Then type type: $33=1000 and press enter. Now it won't alarm.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I did see that in a reply by you to someone else and had no luck but as I am the definition of insanity, Iâll try it again. Thanks
Just an update and another Thanks for these videos. Iâm still unsure why this fix didnât work yesterday after seeing on your site but it did work this morning. I suppose thatâs all that matters
Fantastic explanation! Thank you for taking the time and creating this video!
You're very welcome!
Can you explain how to engrave tumblers with a handle?
Yes, you have to have a chuck rotary Bret.
Fantastic video, best out there. How do I stop my bottle/tumbler from moving to the right by itself, all my graphics are no good, Iâve tried putting a block of wood at other end of bottle, but that just causes bottle to slip on rollers, how are you managing?
The roller has to be completely flat Aaron. Plus you could put a couple of rubber bands on it to keep it from moving.
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy hi, my roller is flat, I used a spirit level on table, I do believeit should have been createdwith baffles at both ends to stop item moving. I will give elastic band a go :)
Hey Rich. I'm having a lot of issues with "line drag" for lack of the correct term. It looks like a couple of passes are being dragged down a fraction of an inch out of the image area. so my finished product is nicely engraved except for 2 or 3 passes (vertical) screws up the image. Anything you can suggest would be a huge help. Cheers. Keep up the good work. (I apologize if you've touched on this in a previous video, I couldn't find anything applicable).
Without actually seeing it Brad, I would think it's likely either an anomaly in the file or perhaps something loose on the roller itself.
G'day Rich, Greetings from Australia, do you happen to know what the smallest diameter that will fit onto the rotary is ?
I'm thinking engrave on pen bodies đ
Regards and thanks for another great video,
Cam
Depends on which rotary Cameron. I believe Atomstack makes one just for pens. Many of the diode rollers can be arranged to do pens as well by moving the rollers. The one in this video, the Ortur, can do pens; I know, I've done pens on it.
Thanks so much for making this video but I ran into a problem when I clicked the frame button. My rotary spins properly but the laser goes all the way across and bangs against the rail. Any thoughts why this might be happening?
Manually move the laser (by hand) all the way to the left and try again. You probably had your settings wrong. You should be in absolute coordinates.
very well explained keep up i want buy laser machine for tumbler laser engraving please advice me thanks
Watch for my next video, probably today!
@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I do i appreciate ur help I am wishing to buy cheap & best to start my living thanks a lot for cooperation
Here you go! czcams.com/video/C6H3ATjpn4M/video.html
I'm having trouble setting up my rotary on my LM3. At 5:40 where are you getting the information for "mm per rotation"? I can't seem to find information for this anywhere.
Thanks and great video âș
It's a best guess to start off with Liam. You can't skip through the video. You have to run tests and adjust that number as you go until it's perfect.
Thanks, I've watched the video through again and found what I was looking for đ The PDF was a great help too when I was setting up my roller.
Thank you
You're welcome!
Ok thanks for the help, I'm sending the Pergear back and I ordered the Ortur, see how my luck is with that one. Question for you on your video, I saved the files as you recommended to be able to switch back and forth to regular laser work, but you didn't show how you actually toggle between those two files to adjust the settings accordingly. Where do you move that file to? Sorry I'm computer challenged.......
I don't know which video your asking about Jim, sorry.
Rich...I have a xTool D1 that I have been trying to set to engrave tumblers for my wife's annual Sisters weekend. I am under the gun.. By the way I am a extreme newby. I assume the setup is similar. I have watched every video I can and no-one using this attachment really explains how to set it up for lightburn. I am using the xTool RA2 Pro with just the rollers and no chuck. They, xTool, initially sets the mm per rotation at 370mm which seems rather large. I am not sure what this means...rotation per mm of what...the item being etched? Is that set only once or for each item being etched. Lightburns manual doesn't address this and their CZcams video is very basic and leaves a lot out. I thank-you for your fine videos....complete videos..that explain the topic. I am going to use your calibration method this AM for the tumblers I am going to engrave.
Pretty sure the x-Tool mm/rot are right. That has to do with the stepper motor. I haven't used their rotary so I wouldn't know, but the parameters are similar. If you use the roller, check roller for the type, Z for the axis, 32mm/rotation and 17mm for the roller diameter and mirror output selected. For the chuck, it's type Z for the axis, and 128 mm/rotation with the same settings.
I have an Atezr p10 and a RA2pro rotary. When I try to put a design on a pencil I get either a straight line or something wrapped around the pencil. When I try to shorten it, it becomes a line. When I try to make it larger it wraps around the pencil even though it falls within the parameter of the test.
You probably have to turn your design sideways.