Phoenix Laser Creations

10/11/2026

Lightburn and WeCreat Vision Pro fine tuning.

I’m absolutely loving Lightburn. It’s absolutely WAY better than the manufacturer’s software. For example, “Make It” allows X & Y offset compensation, but only a master adjustment for all speeds.

LightBurn lets me adjust offset at any speed I want to. I could never get the ultra sharp detail I thought my laser should be capable of.

Now I’ve got it perfected for 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 & 600 mms. This should get me closer to the results I want.

Each “rectangle” is done at a different speed.

So the test I did engraves multiple rectangles but with a line spacing of 0.8 mm. This gives me a series of lines. Each line is drawn in the opposite direction. You can see the ends don’t line up at the beginning.

After 5 tests and adjustments you can see I’ve got it dialled in.

Two other things I love in lightburn are how fast I can make living hinges from scratch. The other is how lightburn gives me direct control of the laser.

No more sending the job, then pressing the button on the laser. When I hit play on the print, it starts immediately and reports the progress.

The preview feature is fantastic. I’m absolutely in love with this software for my WeCreat Vision Pro. I’m definitely buying this.

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10/09/2026

WeCreat Vision Pro 45w working flawlessly on LightBurn so far.

After getting bit by a couple of nasty bugs in the laser software for my WeCreat Vision Pro 45w. I tried lightburn. It looks like the newest lightburn and WeCreat’s config file worked well together. The camera works and is calibrated.

After all the calibration steps, I was able to score a square, then move the wood, increase the square to a rectangle and align it with the previous square. Very, very close. It calibrated more accurately than the “Make It” laser software from WeCreat. So far I’m very pleased. Now to go down the rabbit hole and learn lightburn.

The tutorial on WeCreat’s website is really out of date, but got me through enough to figure the rest out.

Can anyone recommend some channels for lightburn tutorials?



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10/02/2026

Wavy Live Hinge Design in Inkscape

I cover how to design straight line and wavy line living hinges in Inkscape. We import to the laser software and cut the pattern. I introduce a few concepts in Inkscape such as clones, formulas for placement and sizing. I go through it step by step, slow and easy to follow. We discuss how line density effects flexibility.

I include my master files for download with 4 different live hinge designs. Both the Inkscape master version and the plain SVG for importing into your laser software.

We are doing this on the WeCreat Vision Pro 45 watt diode laser machine.

I cover how to design straight line and wavy line living hinges in ...

09/29/2026

Laser Hold Down Clips.

After much trial and error, I think I’ve perfected a hold down clip for the WeCreat Vision Pro.

This one grips the rail instead of wedging between them. One size fits all. They should not be as fragile as the last ones.

Here’s a link to my Google Drive. You’ll find the file there along with some other useful files.

This new clip grips so well, I can lift the rack with the clip. I’m very pleased with the new design. The tabs are a good fit, but the tops should be glued to the bases.



Free Laser design files here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_JrEwWKCMpnTuleCRRWoS4HEzPQQo-b5?usp=drive_link

09/28/2026

Designed & Tested my own living hinge.

After some testing I perfected my own living hinge design. Took several samples to dial in the settings and design.
Final design: 0.125 mm thick rectangles (lines). 2mm spacing between lines, 2mm gap between line ends. Decent flexibility, with no picking slivers of wood out of the lines.
Material: 3.1 mm hard board. Plain and painted white 1 side.

WeCreat Vision Pro:
P:100%, 11 mms, 1 pass.

09/25/2026

Use Inkscape to adjust SVG laser cut file material thickness & KERF

Today's tutorial shows you how to use Inkscape to precisely adjust SVG files to your material thickness and adjust for your laser KERF. Don't know what your KERF adjustment is? I show you how to find that out.

Bonus material. I show you how to quickly make and align new designs using cloned objects. This lets you come back later, change one object and it changes all the clones simultaneously.

Link to Boxes.PY:
https://boxes.hackerspace-bamberg.de/

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Free Laser design files here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_JrEwWKCMpnTuleCRRWoS4HEzPQQo-b5?usp=drive_link



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https://youtu.be/uUlM0YRr__U

Today's tutorial shows you how to use Inkscape to precisely adjust ...

09/24/2026

Living Hinge W**e Gift Box

Follow along as I do my first living hinge project. I downloaded a free file from ⁨⁩ . It is from his 100 laser products in 100 days series. I modified the file right in WeCreat Make It. I adjusted it to use thicker sheet stock.

Mistakes were made, but it came out pretty good. I have now corrected the mistakes and provided a FREE copy of the file in my google drive. Link below to the folder. There are several files there you may find useful.

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Free Laser design files here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_JrEwWKCMpnTuleCRRWoS4HEzPQQo-b5?usp=drive_link

**eGiftBox

https://youtu.be/3PhqZkwdlaY

Follow along as I do my first living hinge project. I downloaded a ...

09/23/2026

My first attempt at a living hinge project. This nice w**e presentation box may be just the thing for that hard to buy for person in your life.

WeCreat Vision Pro 45w
4.4 mm HDF
100% pwr, 5mms, 1 pass

Watch for my VLOG.