I saw a design for a holder for coffee pods, and I bought the design off of Etsy (their store is apparently now 'taking a break', so no link).

It was a simple piece with four 'slots' for coffee pods.

I expanded on the design. I made the slots longer …

Cutting knobs is pretty easy. Gluing them together without smearing cyanoacrylate glue on everything is harder.

Cut the parts out. Glue the nut into the appropriate place. Glue the matching piece on one side of that, and the smaller round piece on the other side.

I experimented with opaque acrylic …

I've been enjoying videos by The Louisiana Hobby Guy. He does lots of nice tutorials on Lightburn, and he has a calming presence.

He did a video in 2023 on Creating a Halloween Tea Light with nothing but text and shapes in Lightburn! and I followed along with the design …

Upgrades and repairs

Ghosts in the machine.

Misc notes on using the Ruida controller and Lightburn

Fast/Slow on the Wireless Handle

The button in the middle of the motion arrows is labeled 'fast/slow' But it didn't work.

Going into Lightburn Machine Settings under Miscellaneous there is a setting 'enable wireless panel speed shift' and a …

Project in progress...

I just installed my new Ruida 4445S controller, and I dug in and while I have wires that were connected to the limit switch inputs on the previous controller I don't actually appear to have limit switches.

Needs further investigation. But I can cut if I just …

Upgrade from the Leetro MPC6515 controller to Ruida RDC6445S

These are raw notes.

Things that I need to know:

Homing / Reset Origin TopRight - is where there are limit switches

Work Area Size (eg 700x500mm) 1200 x 900 mm

Ultimate Air Assist Yes / No I don't know

Automatic Z Axis (Controlled …

How to engrave a picture onto a glass bottle

Speed: Power:

Speed: Power:

Speed: Power:

Engrave: speed 300 power 40 Cut: speed 20 power 85, 3 times.

is helpful.