Setup

Place Rotary attachment in desired position on bed
- Set it on top of a piece of scrap material to avoid damaging the honeycomb
With the Laser Cutter OFF, plug rotary in to plug at right-hand side of machine
- Plugging/unplugging the rotary with the machine on can destroy the motor driver. DON’T DO IT!
Turn machine on, home, and lower the bed until the laser head clears the rotary
Check alignment of red dot laser
Move the gantry down to the desired position over the rotary attachment
Use the Precision Alignment Tool™ to line up the rotary attachment with gantry
Lower Bed to sufficient clearance for the workpiece
Position the head at the desired start point (don’t use the Y buttons!)
Zero the machine
Run the job

Tips & Tricks

The magic number is 114.6
If you are engraving an Item that has multiple diameters (like a wine bottle) and the diameter that is being driven by the wheels is not the same as the diameter being engraved on, you’ll need to do some math.
- A Diameter = 114.6 x (Engrave Diameter / Drive Diameter)
If you are engraving on a tapered surface, your engraving will also be tapered, unless you skew the image before importing it.
- This will need to be done in an external program
- Here are some instructions on how to do it for vectors in Inkscape
If you want the design to wrap all the way around the Y height will need to be equal to the circumference of the workpiece (can be tricky to join perfectly)
- C = pi x Engrave Diameter
If the workpiece is too light and/or smooth it may slip on the rollers.
- Weights can be used to eliminate this. Chunks of putty/clay work well for glasses.