Running Lightburn, just did the default GRBL installation wizard when I got my laser a month or two ago.
I recently upgraded to a 10W Atomstack M50 laser after getting impatient with how slow the 5W it came with was. I was happy that it was twice as fast! But still, hours and many passes just to cut 3mm plywood.
After browsing around I came across a thread somewhere about the S-value max being set to 255. I verified that mine was set to 255 in device settings. But the thing is, it’s supposed to be 1000.
Tl;Dr is that I have been running my laser at around 1/4 power this whole time.
I wish I could get those hours back, but it’s like Christmas came early and I got a laser that’s nearly four times more powerful for free!!!
Pics show the material test, guess which one after I bumped up the s-value max to 1000?
So yeah, check that value if you haven’t.
