I'm continually detecting new owners of lasers and also believe that many are using the Lightburn software which apparently is a great bit of kip with a relatively easy learning curve. I have no idea of it, even had to use spell checker to spell it, so I may be blowing the wrong trumpet, lightheavyburn.
Not sure about the level of newcomers, however, I came across this video that demonstrates how the chap uses lightburn to create a laser job. While there are many such out there, I found him to be quite informative and simple to understand... any newbie to lasers could do worse than spend 22 minutes watching this video,
It is a basic job, but well explained and can be adapted to more complex exercises.
I apologise if I'm treading on hallowed ground.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD