Laser setup

[jmarkc]

New to CNC. Purchased the Carve King in July been working nicely. Decided to upgrade to the laser. I hooked it up, updated the program on UNO and was able to focused the laser. However, after I homed and centered the laser and try to run the program to lase, I keep getting an error about exceeding the travel of the machine. I tried to go back and run a carving program, now I'm getting the same error. 
While typing this I think I figured it out. The laser is not centered, it should be to the front left of the work piece? I will try this. However, why did I get the same error when I went back to carve a project? Do I now have to start my carve projects at the front left as well?

Thanks in advance.

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[jmarkc]

So, I started the laser at the front left of the medium (wood) and it works fine. I will check to see if I need to start the carve at the front left at a later date.

[Bruce]

Typically soft limits are disabled. GRBL setting: $20 = 0 (Soft limits enable=1, boolean). But it may be used for the laser for some reason.

[Derek the Admin]

Got this one on email with ya I think.

[jmarkc]

Yes, I've got it working. Need to set zero's to the front right of the work piece when using the laser. I haven't checked the carve yet to see what happened there yet.