As someone new to laser engraving, I just couldn't wrap my head around jigs and how to duplicate the same results each and every time. This video made it so easy to understand, and also taught me some things that I didn't know about Lightburn yet. Thank you for taking the time to show both the software and hardware side of the process and making it easy to understand.

Thanks Robert for all your efforts! I am waiting for my Nova 35-80 to be delivered in September. I have watched all of your videos and have learned a lot. Please continue with your teaching. There are those of us that really need it!!

Thank you, this is exactly what I need. I was making a new jig each time because I couldn't figure out how to reuse the jig for the next item a month later. This solves that problem.

This ☝🏼 right here folks!! Robert you are a great teacher, and the class you did for me sure helped!! Daniel Waters -

Great video as always. I'm a noob to the laser world, waiting on delivery of my first laser, a Nova 35 100w. Trying to learn all I can prior to it's arrival. Your videos are very informative and have already helped us a lot. Thanks so much for your contributions to the laser community!

Thank you for sharing this. I've been fiddling around with gigs for a while now. This video made it a lot easier.

Excellent tutorial!!

We just ordered our Nova 51/100, and i have been curious about the templates. Just made it so much more understandable. Thank you.

Your instructional videos are always so informative and easy to follow; built a jig for keychains and other things following this video.....THANKX!

This is exactly what I wanted. Good ideas all round. You saved me some serious trial and error, I thank you.

Amazing. Very well taught and easy to understand. Great job!.

You're doing good stuff with these videos Robert!

Another brilliant video!

Great video. Worked perfect to make a jig for my slate coasters. Thank you!

excelent as always. gracias amigo

Thanks man. That was great.

Amazing video incredibly detailed and helpful!

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Great video! appreciated.

Nice work.

Super video. This has really upped my jig-game. Getting jiggy wit-it :)

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Great video! I have been using LaserDraw with an old k40 for years, and just upgraded to a larger laser with Lightburn software. I had a hard stop to position all my templates to on the K40, and was wondering how I was going to do templates in Lightburn. You took all the guess work out of it! Thanks for making this great video!

Another great video, thank you! I would like to add to your list of requested videos and ask you to do a tutorial on making a multi layer lake map. I see them posted here and there and would like to give it a try. Thanks again.

GREAT AGAIN!!!!

awesome video nice info thank you.

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Thank you for the great tutorial video on this subject as it will help greatly. How did you "center" the entire object in the frame?

Thanks for the information. Can I ask however why you don't use the feature in Lightburn called "Print and Cut" I've watched videos using that feature as well and it appears to be faster, less targets and your workpiece does not need to be perfectly aligned like your method does. Just curious but again your method works just as well.

good instructional video Robert - now I have to learn how to make 2x3 name tags using my atomstack A20 pro

Are you using the cut and print feature to line the targets up when you put the jig back in because how does it know where the targets are when you move the jig in and out off the bed?

Love your videos. Super helpful and easy to follow. Where do you buy the clips you use to hold your jigs in place?

Perhaps more machinist mindset: I would be wanting some way to repeatably affix the jig to machine, pins into bed honeycomb for example. I would first install locating pins then cut jig. Targets maybe for confirmation.

Thank you for other amazing video! I have some question to you - orange holder of plywood. What is it? I find something like these peaces

Great video. By chance what clips are you using to hold the jig down? Different sizes available?

This is a great video, thanks. I'm just getting into lasers and I have a 50W CO2 and a 50W Fiber on the way. Can my 50W CO2 cut out a jig like this? What kind of wood and thickness would you recommend for my laser to make jigs?

This has been very helpful. I would like you to do a video on how to insert text into the tool box.

Hi i really love your videos very educative. I learn alot. I did my target but when i press location then the target my laser doesn't show the red light for me to be able to adjust how do i fix that? I'm using a sculpfun s9

Hey Robert, great video. How do you create the targets in lightburn? I can’t seem to create a perfect target. Thank you.

I don't have the Tool layer option. Do i need to enable something? Thanks for your help and great content.

This video is super helpful! One question..once you have your jig established and it is now a tool layer, how do you add text and make it center within one of your engrave-able areas without disrupting your jig?

Robert hi when you are creating the Jig are you using Absolute Coordinates, thank you for all the help 🥰

I am importing DXF files from CAD program that have the shapes of my products for engraving. When trying to weld in the finger hole for pulling out the items it does not allow the weld. The weld feature works in Lightburn, just not with an imported DXF. I am new to Lightburn, and might be missing something simple.

Thanks Robert. Great videos that have been very helpful to a newbie. I made a jig but having trouble using it. I'm in absolute coordinates and can line up the targets. But when I go to engrave the item in the jig it does not line up as it appears on lightburn. It is consistently an inch to the side. Any guesses what I am doing wrong? I rewatched this video multiple times and still don't have a solution. Thanks. Cliff

Thanks!!!! this is a big help. Quick question, why use targets instead of creating an origin?

Very informative! Question: When you are lining up your laser with your targets, are you focused to the surface of the plywood template? I ask because I know your battery packs stand proud of the plywood template so I assume you refocus to the surface of the battery pack? What, if any, effect, does that have on your alignment? Thanks for the video and in advance for your response.

What are you using to hold down your material? I haven't seen those before.

Great tutorial on making a jig. Just completed my first one using all these steps - a huge time saver and it came out great. Do you have a video showing how to engrave the pieces then once you place them in your jig ? I made one to hold 15 keychains. When I ran the file the engrave the keychains with the logos I wanted on them the laser head runs the entire length on the bottom five and traverses back and forth rather than doing each logo individually - seems to take a ton of time going this was (almost 3 hrs to do all the keychains) I’m sure I’m missing a setting somewhere. I would think if it did the logos individually on each keychain it would go faster - any help on that step? Love the channel and learning new stuff !!

hi, how to turn on the laser pointer when you need to point it to the target? thank for this video, very helpful.

Great video! Thank you. One question - once you get all that set up and your material dropped in, do you drive your laser to one of the targets and hit start? I'm confused on where you actually start the job from.

Great video thanks but still a-bit lost on where do you put the template and align for engraving. Is there an Easy way to get a starting point so it is all aligned

What are the orange things you using to hold down the wood and where did you get them?

I just made the jig body.. however before i cut it out etc.. do I use absolute coordinates on the first stage? Or user origin to get the body cut out?

Robert what are you using for tiedowns do you mind if I ask you a question. Im making a template with 9 squares 3.75'X5" My 1/4' plywood is 14x14" I have a msg in these squares. Can I make the first square like you did with the printing on it, if so will I be able to duplicate this printing on the other 8 squares at the same time or will I have to do each square that separately

Would a template like this work with an xtool d1 with the honeycomb bed? If so, how would you get the laser head to move to the targets.

Sir were did you get the hold down for the bigger crumb trays?

Great video - thanks for sharing. One question - how are you making the bullseye?

How do you get your laser to show a red dot to be able to line up on the crosshairs?

Robert what are you using for tiedowns. BTW I made my first batch of name tags. Took a while to figure it all out

Looking for the link to your art library video that you mentioned in this video.

Hi --- I am brand new to lasers --- so here are a few questions about the process in your video ---- you already had the jig cut out in this video so my questions are -------- once I cut the jig / save as a tool / pull back in and begin wanting to engrave.... what are my next steps --- I cant seem to find any videos on ---- loading material to engrave in the jig and making sure it gonna do like i want -----help if you can --- thanks

A video how to align a cuttingboad(with handle) for engraving would be nice :) Its a pain in the a... :)

Question Robert... Could that laser setup be used for slate coasters?

If my engraved item (slate) is higher than the wooden template how do I keep it within my focal depth? if I align my target on my 3mm ply and the slate is 10mm it either goes out of alignment or doesn't engrave correctly.. Any tips please

Do you know where I could find those little plastic piece that holds the jigs down to the mesh bottom of the laser machines. Or maybe just the name of it so that I could search it up. Thanks in advance.

Im new to light burn. How would you measure a 22 oz Skinny Polar Tumbler to make a jig. I’m sure it’s easy but I’m lacking confidence since I and like so new.

Do you have a video on making a target? Can you add a target to a jig you’ve already cut??

Where did you get your orange hold downs?

What machine would you recommend for business cards engraving? (large scale engraving hundreds a week)

I just bought my first laser engraver and I pretty much understand how to make a template but I am lost on how you got the target symbol.

My question is focal height? Im assuming i need to make my jig from the height that i will be at when im engraving what is in my jig?

Is there a location button on RDWorks?

you aligned your jig but arent you battery packs thicker than your jig - meaning after you align your jig you have to drop the bed?? this could allow error in aligning as the bed moves......isnt a solution to this to have your alignment marks on another peice at the same height as your battery packs?

what if the material is bigger than the machine?

What are you using to hold your jig down?

Where is the target tool?

A suggestion to help some of your older viewers. Go into Windows settings and make your cursor arrow larger and a bright color like yellow. When you say I’m going to go over here and use the weld tool, I can’t see where your going or which icon you used. I’ve got to run it back constantly to figure it out. The info is absolutely great, I just have a hard time following your cursor.

hey Robert. I saw your channel on my list, and jumped straight to it...as always. I have struggled with jigs, and I have wasted so much material trying to get things right and line them up, so this, is going to be a game changer hopefully for me, thanks you so much. It sounds simple enough ( famous last words haha ). to mkgete t, is it just a circle and then a vertical and horizontal line to create the crosshair? I cant seem to get my snap tool working, but its clearly just me not doing something right, but I will keep trying As always Robert, thank you very much, and I look forward to your next new masterclass you should think about putting things like this onto skill share you know, as a series from you will likely draw a lot of interest and bring in some well deserved cash all the best to you and your family Terry

I saw the Festools. are you on FOG?

what is software used to create all these?

As a total noob i actually didnt understand half of what you did, when you say oh "i'll center it" but not how etc. In lightburn i have i don't even have tool mode, just line, fill and offset fill.

Your design and the actual template does not match !! The design has all the finger holes to the left, and the template has it to the left, center down and right............ Attention to detail......?

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