Spot size compare. Same speed / power. Smoothieware new-laser firmware test.

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Spot size compare. Same speed / power. Smoothieware new-laser firmware test. 3.8w Laser Diode

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Try .150 looks like the sweet spot is in-between .1-.2

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Nice test. I’d agree with Alex about the sweet spot, although I imagine it could vary somewhat between differing images.

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+Peter van der Walt​ when gcode is generated in LW does spot size only effect steps on the Y axis or does it also change the steps in-between X moves and generating those steps based on your Dpi settings?

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My votes for 0.2. 0.1 a little too dark what about 0.15??