Stop ruining blanks.Know exactly where your laser fires, every time.
Generate an alignment grid built for your exact bed. Burn it onto scrap cardboard once, then place every blank with total confidence.
Works with xTool, OMTech, Thunder, Glowforge + 40 more machines.
Not ready to buy? Try a free machine-specific test →
The problem
Placement, solved
A generic printout doesn't fit your bed. A grid built for your exact machine does.
Without AlignmentBud
- ✕Eyeball the placement and hope it’s centered
- ✕Frame it, nudge it, frame it again
- ✕Cut anyway because you’re out of patience
- ✕Realize afterward it’s off by a few millimeters
With AlignmentBud
- ✓Burn the grid onto scrap cardboard once
- ✓Read the exact X/Y coordinates for your blank
- ✓Place it on the marked position
- ✓Hit start, knowing it’s dead center
Process
How it works
01
Pick your machine
40+ lasers in the database — Glowforge, xTool, OMTech, Thunder, and more. Or punch in custom dimensions.
02
Download your files
SVG + DXF sized to your exact bed, with the correct origin corner baked in. Plus a quick start guide.
03
Burn it onto cardboard
Low power, high speed, one pass. Pin scrap cardboard to your bed and score the grid into it.
04
Place blanks with confidence
Drop any blank on the grid and read its exact position. No more eyeballing, no more ruined material.
What's in the file
Three layers, zero guesswork
GRID_LINES
10mm reference grid
Hairline lines every 10mm, built to score at low power. Your permanent coordinate system, burned right onto scrap cardboard.
CENTER_CROSSHAIR
Center crosshair
Heavier full-length axis lines through dead center of your bed. Your primary alignment reference for centering any blank.
FRAME_BORDER
Outer frame border
A cut line at your exact bed dimensions. Trim the cardboard flush, or leave the layer off — your call.
New — Material Library
Fewer test burns. Not a magic number.
We don't pretend there's one perfect setting — your lens, focus, and tube condition all shift the real answer. What we do instead: predict the sweet spot for your exact wattage, then hand you a narrow bracketed test around it. Instead of sweeping 0–100% and burning through material, you start in the range most likely to work.
.CLB LIBRARY
Import once — every material in LightBurn's picker, scaled to your watts
BURN TESTS
Pre-assigned layers for engrave + cut tests — open, burn, pick your winner
SETTINGS PDF
Printable chart of every number, plus the never-laser safety list
Not sure yet? Get one material free, scaled to your laser →
Coverage
Sized to your machine — not close enough
Popular bed sizes below, but the generator builds your grid at your exact dimensions — 40+ machines in the database plus fully custom sizes up to 3000mm.
One saved blank can pay for AlignmentBud.
A crooked cutting board
$12–$30
A ruined tumbler wrap
$6–$15
A misaligned slate set
$10+
AlignmentBud Grid: $9 — insurance against wasting the next one.
Buy exactly what you need
One-time payment. Lifetime access.
Pick a tool à la carte, or skip the math below and get everything, forever.
Grid Generator
$9
Precision alignment grid sized to your exact bed. SVG + DXF.
- ✓ 40+ machine database
- ✓ Custom bed sizes
- ✓ Correct origin corner baked in
Material Library
$24
LightBurn settings library + burn tests scaled to your laser’s power.
- ✓ 14 materials, engrave + cut
- ✓ Open-and-burn .lbrn2 tests
- ✓ .clb library + settings PDF
Most popular
Bundle
$27
Save 18%Both tools. Everything scaled to your machine.
- ✓ Grid Generator
- ✓ Material Library
- ✓ Save 18% vs buying separately
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Try AlignmentBud free
Generate one machine-specific burn test, no purchase needed. Or grab 50 Laser Hacks, our free guide to cleaner cuts and fewer ruined blanks.
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Meet the rest of your laser toolbox
Every AlignmentBud tool, generated for your exact machine — and we're adding more.
Grid Generator
$9Your laser bed, on a grid.
Material Library
$24Stop guessing settings. Burn the right test.
Calibration Toolkit
$15Dial in your machine, not just your design.
Jig Generator
$19One cut, a whole batch, perfectly placed.
Box Generator
$19Enter your dimensions. Get a box that actually fits.
Living Hinge Generator
$15Bend wood like fabric.
Founding price — goes up as new tools ship
All-Access Pass
Every tool above, plus every tool we add later — automatically, forever, at no extra cost. Buy in now and your price never goes up, even as new tools launch.
Stop eyeballing. Start aligning.
Grid + material library, built for your exact machine. Instant download.
Get the Bundle — $27 →