TLDR I can cut a drawn on sharpie line out of stuff. With the lid to the laser open, Click on the camera icon in the center of the LightBurn window, and it will take a snapshot of your bed. Click on Tools->Calibrate Camera Alignment and follow the steps. Just kind of surprised this all works as well as it does. Click on Tools->Calibrate Camera Lens and follow the steps. Can I add a camera to my laser If youre using Lightburn, you can. Other applications are you can place an object on the bed, adjust the height of the laser, and use the software to visually place what you want to engrave it on the object before you do so. Cameras Do cameras work with the Fiber Markers, K40 Style Desktop Lasers or RDWorks No. I'm actually pretty amazed with how well this works. This is literally just the sharpie line I drew cut out of the card stock. Then I used lightburn to trace the sharpie line and cut it out. IfĪfter went through the calibration wizard, I drew a squiggle with a sharpie pen on the cardstock. The basic gist of it is that you calibrate the camera and then you can do a few things like scan an image on the bed and then cut it out. Embroidery Machines, 3D Printers, Lasers, Cameras, and More.

So, I mounted the camera to the lid and made some kickstands to prop it up at a fixed angle. Checking C3D Equipped K40s Origin in LightBurn Cohesion3D Mini LED Indicator Status.

I ordered the 140 degree camera, which was probably a bit too much, the 120 degree camera would probably be sufficient and yield a better resolution, but since it's a 5 megapixel camera, it's probably ok. The software package I use, Lightburn supports the use of a camera for doing some 'things'. So, finally got around to adding a camera to my k40 laser.

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