creates a laser gcode for inkscape
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Place both laser files into inkscape -> share -> extensions
- Import image (BMP)
- Path -> Trace Bitmap
- Delete imported image
- Set fill color to none
- Set stroke to flat color and width to 0.05
- Create box just below image at width wider than the total width of the image
- Set the height of the box to 0.1mm
- Edit -> Clone -> Create Tiled Clones...
- Shift Tab -> Shift Y Per Row: to 100% and Rows to 200? (this number will change to accommodate the height of the object)
- Delete both the original box you created and the box overlayed on it. (They cause problems?)
- Select all cloned boxes -> Path -> Combine
- Place cloned boxes over image then select everything
- Path -> Intersection
- Extensions -> Generate G-code -> Horizontal Laser Tool -> Remember to select: Laser Horizontal lines only
#The Video https://youtu.be/8bl8vIKZ9y8 #Demo Video of Laser Exposing https://youtu.be/Ul8YaZ_39vI #Some Completed Boards (these were taken while still fine tuning my settings) https://goo.gl/photos/wEs65TT6wfioqrSTA
I have been running the MakeBlock laser at L8 and the laser speed at 800. I use MG Chemicals Positive Developer at a mixture of at least 20 parts water to 1 part chemical.