There's an art to defocusing your laser beam in order to get the cleanest engrave, especially when it comes to acrylic! In today's video, I will show you how to test different Z Offsets to find out which focal distance works best for you.
I engraved four pieces of acrylic with the same speed and power settings, but adjusted the z-offset on each one. There is a clear winner at the end! π
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Time Stamps:
0:00-0:21 Intro
0:22-2:48 Changing Z-Offsets in Lightburn
2:29-3:19 Mirror Your Design
3:20-3:29 Laser Engraving
3:30-4:32 Reviewing Results
4:33-5:19 Reviwing Results in the Sunlight
5:20-5:43 Outro