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I have extended the raster plugin with a basic gamma correction. Let me know whether it's usefu …In: Gamma correction
7 years ago
No worries Derek, it just shows that I need to fine tune my instructions. Hopefully I get better at …In: K40 Laser Power Before & After
7 years ago
Quote from BlazinLazin on January 24, 2018, 11:41 am
So based on the $30, spindle speed, is that eq …In: K40 Laser Power Before & After
7 years ago
Hi Derek,
The $ prompt is the grbl firmware config values. You can enter those via the command se …In: K40 Laser Power Before & After
7 years ago
Yes, it is possible. I took them out because it could confuse the user. Basically you can set machin …In: X and Y offset
7 years ago
I’m working on a gamma correction in the plugin. First attempt of just shifting and expanding the gr …In: engraving issue
7 years ago
hi can you download the beta release of the improved raster plugin and see if you get the same issue …In: engraving issue
7 years ago
Just down load the zip file and replace the raster*.py file. I have included the raster*.inx but tha …In: Beta update of raster plugin
7 years ago
Hi Greg, the drivers should load by themsleves when you plugin the usb cable connected to gerbil. Th …In: USB FTDI 232X Drivers????
7 years ago
Hi apologies for the late reply since I just saw this. The only reason that this would happen is tha …In: InkScape locks up when APPLY button pressed
7 years ago
Sure, I left it on guest able to use the forum because some people were unable to register and ask q …In: Could we disable guest posting?
7 years ago
Hi, the L is just the laser on signal for the powersupply. With using the pwm input, we can keep the …In: PWM and Pot
7 years ago
Quote from Niels S on January 3, 2018, 12:48 pm
I can add that for me on windows 10, I sometimes go …In: problems trying to cut
7 years ago
I have uploaded the K40 shield and the power supply schematics.
K40 shield; gives you insight in …In: K40 Schematic
7 years ago
I finally got my k40 back from Skyzer and my first test engraving to test the machineIn: Eagle on the k40
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Yes that would be,an excellent idea. I could assign a gcode letter to that. Btw yoy can lower the $3 …In: Another gerbil print
7 years ago
That's a nice picture Dave. Seems you got the settings dialled in.
Cheers and well done, Pau …In: This photo gave me a lot of shades of grey
7 years ago
Hi I see that all settings are ok so next step is to try a different picture to see if that persists …In: Problems Greyscale conversion
7 years ago
No worries Tim, it's on github so you can modify my version of Grbl for the 328pb. When flashin …In: GRBL Version / Changes
7 years ago
Hi Steven, the clicking is normally as the controller boots up. You’re supposed to reset and home th …In: Laser Fires and Offset Problems
7 years ago
Hi Dave once I got my k40 back at home I will investigate. Maybe it is indeed a software bug. Will r …In: Grayscale conversion leaves pure black as white
7 years ago
Hi Stephanius, i have send you a pm with some info. Best way to attack this is too troubleshoot one …In: Setup troubleshooting // hard limits
7 years ago
Quote from Tim Anderson on December 29, 2017, 3:14 pm
Well those changes definitely made a big diff …In: What am I doing wrong? (Nothing now)
7 years ago
Hi Tim, yes it is pretty much almost 3D carving. That gave me the best results. However I have done …In: What am I doing wrong? (Nothing now)
7 years ago
Designed a gantry in fusion360, exported each sketch as stl, imported into tinkercad, exported as sv …In: Cutting a gantry by Trotec/Gerbil
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Hi Tim, what's your $28 value? Default should be zero '0' but you can try other frequ …In: What am I doing wrong? (Nothing now)
7 years ago
Hi Dave, it's hard to see what's gone wrong. Maybe you can mail me the board and I can inv …In: gerbil stopped working
7 years ago
Laser web machine setting S parameter (used 500 for my trotec so can be 1000 or more for k40)In: Laserweb
7 years ago
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Hi Chris, i used to use a filter made out of a 1kOhm resistor in serie and 0.1uf cap in parallel wit …In: Noisy PWM signal
7 years ago
Laserweb needs to be configured to make it work:
Choose Grbl as board
Set the Laser on as M4, …In: Laserweb
7 years ago
A few backers wrote me an email asking me how to deal with the "cannot write to specified file! …In: Cannot write to specified file! error
7 years ago
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Thanks for debugging that issue! I haven’t encountered that issue yet but a great idea to include ca …In: Is there a schematic for the shield, or why won't this thing home.
7 years ago
The picture seems just one shade of grey and of course we want more grey shades 🙂
try to follow …In: Still getting used to Inkscape but the Gerbil results are great.
7 years ago
Time out settings can be changed within the python script /raster2laser_gcode.py
it’s in the shar …In: gerbil failed 1/3 through print
7 years ago
Hi, from the pictures I can see some labels gnd, xl, yl, gnd, nc. I assume there is also a 5V hidden …In: K40 board does not have ribbon cable
7 years ago
The 4th wire might be the LO laser on wire. Can you trace them back individually to the laser power …In: K40 with Moshi V4.7 Board
7 years ago
Hi Pindar,
You can still install the controller with a small adjustment which is descri …In: K40 with Moshi V4.7 Board
7 years ago
Forgot to mention that these jumpers are on the controller board and not on the k40 shield. Also I j …In: Uploading new firmware
7 years ago
Hi Nick, the 328pb has two uarts while the 328 and 328p has only one uart. I use uart1 since I need …In: Uploading new firmware
7 years ago
This hard to get an idea of what happened, so the best you can do is breaking up the issue in smalle …In: gerbil failed 1/3 through print
7 years ago
Hi the focal length of the clear USA ZnSe lens is 50.2mm (same as the stock lens). I could have opte …In: Optic lens
7 years ago