How to Use a Fiber Laser with LightBurn — 9 Projects for Beginners

Learn how to use a fiber laser with LightBurn by following along with 9 complete beginner-friendly projects. 👉 Watch the full FREE Fiber Laser Ignite course, individual project videos, and project downloads: https://fiberlaserignite.com This 5-hour workshop is the complete 9-project section of Fiber Laser Ignite, my free beginner course for learning how to operate a fiber laser in LightBurn. The full course also includes several foundational modules that I recommend watching before jumping into the projects, especially if you're brand new to fiber lasers. Those lessons cover the machine itself, lenses and focusing, core laser settings, engraving processes, safety, and a beginner LightBurn primer. 👉 Watch the full FREE course and download the project files: https://fiberlaserignite.com Rather than spending hours talking about theory, these projects are designed to get you working with your laser and using the tools, settings, and processes that come up in real engraving projects. We start simple and gradually introduce more techniques as the projects progress. PROJECTS INCLUDED: 00:00 01 — Basic Text Engraving Start with a simple aluminum engraving while learning how to create text in LightBurn, find usable starting settings, preview your work, frame your engraving, and save settings to your Material Library. 27:15 02 — Slate Coaster Engraving Import and engrave vector artwork, create a simple template, run a material test, size and position your design, and work with engraving on a dark surface. 56:23 03 — Deep Coin Engraving Create a deeper engraving on a metal coin while learning about coin templates, embossed vs. debossed artwork, multiple passes, sub-layers, engraving passes, and cleanup passes. 01:47:30 04 — Full-Bleed Anodized Aluminum Card Create a full-bleed design while learning how to embed text into vector artwork, create templates, run material tests, and prepare artwork for engraving on anodized aluminum. 02:10:13 05 — Stainless Steel Annealing Learn how to create a permanent black mark on stainless steel without engraving deeply into the surface. We cover annealing settings, positioning, focusing, and intentionally working slightly out of focus. 02:28:18 06 — Two-Sided Brass Lighter Engraving Build a more complex project using a photograph as a template, LightBurn Image Trace, Boolean tools, embedded text, sub-layers, cleanup passes, and multiple engraving processes. 03:10:59 07 — Pattern Etching a Pocket Knife Create a custom template from a photo, refine it using the Node Editor, fill the blade with a pattern, embed text into the design, and etch both bare and coated steel surfaces. 03:45:52 08 — Photo Engraving on Anodized Aluminum Learn the basics of raster photo engraving in LightBurn and use a simple testing method to dial in your image settings without wasting a pile of material. 04:26:20 09 — 3D Coin Engraving Finish with a 3D-style engraving on a solid brass coin using a grayscale depth map and LightBurn's 3D Sliced image mode. This video focuses specifically on the 9 hands-on projects. The complete Fiber Laser Ignite course also includes the foundational lessons that come before these projects, including: • Fiber laser anatomy and setup • Workspace and X, Y, and Z axes • Fiber laser lenses and working areas • Proper laser focusing • Fiber laser safety • Power, speed, frequency, Q-pulse width, and line interval • Engraving, etching, marking, and annealing • A complete LightBurn primer for fiber laser users You can watch the entire course for free and download the project files here: 👉 https://fiberlaserignite.com Fiber Laser Ignite is designed as a practical beginner bootcamp. The goal isn't to teach every possible feature or every type of fiber laser engraving. It's to give you a working foundation so you can open LightBurn, understand what you're looking at, set up a job, find workable settings, and start making projects with your laser.