Do you ever feel the need to tweak the speed and power of the laser when engraving on your Snapmaker and were not sure what setting to use on a specific material?
I do!
So, I decided to create this windows tool that allows to create and export G-Code compatible with the Snapmaker Marlin flavoured controller to burn a matrix with 10 different laser power values at 10 different speeds.
As you can see below, this is a basic version at the moment, where you select a frw settings, and either copy the G-Code, preview it as text, or save it as a file.
The file contains the G-Code to build the grid you configured with the laser heas of a Snapmaker.
An image thumbnail is added to the file so you can see it on the touch screen.
To use the application, simply download the 2 files on the Compiled folder to the same folder on your computer and run the application. Please refer below to Warning 2! This application requirements is .NET Framework 4.7.2. If you don't already have it, you can install it from Microsoft site.
This is a very early release, and it's working, but may contain bugs. Please report them if you find them so I can fix them as soon as possible.
Below an example of a piece of plywood laser engraved with G-Code from this application.
The executable file on the compiled folder is an executable file. Running an executable file from an unknown/untrusted source can be dangerous. And I am an unknown/untrusted source to you.
Yes, It's safe. Yes, it only does what it is supposed to do. But I can't prove that to you and you can't know if I'm being honest.
So, use with caution.
If you don't want to run the pre-compiled executable, you can install Visual Studio Community Edition from microsoft - it's free - with the needed components for Visual Basic .NET Framework and you clone this repository and build it yourself.
Snapmaker uses a class 4 laser. Exposure to the eyes or skin can give you severe burns and cause blindness. Please do use all safety measures as an enclosure and safety goggles.
For a complete list of safety measures, please visit Snapmaker site for Snapmaker Safety Guidelines
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