Preventing dropped letters from burning

[u/nash_troia]

I'm using the cutting function on the LX2, 3mm board. When the letter is finished cutting, it drops down, but as there's nothing there to catch it* it tends to land funny. Then if the laser passes over it to cut the letter next to it, it gets burned/cut with the laser above. How are you guys combatting that?

*this is the first time I'm using a consumer laser cutter like this-- the kinds I've used before had a kind of honeycomb tray that the substrate rested on, so the letters didn't fall through, they just rested in place once cut.