LASER ENGRAVING FOR WOOD: HOW TO FIND THE BEST SETTINGS!

Learn all about laser engraving for wood from how to run a test array on your wood to making a few different projects.

If you are here, you either have a high power laser engraving machine or thinking about getting one. The two most popular brands that I have seen on the market are Glowforge and xTool. Learn more

What you'll need:

- Cutting Board - Cut Fiie Full List

STEP 1

STEP 2

Design or upload a vector image in xTool Creative Space. Change to Engrave. Change settings to what you found during the test array. Learn more

STEP 3

Turn on the F1 and air purifier. Place the cutting board in the work area. Click on Framing and line up the blue rectangle with where you want the image to engrave. Learn more

Swipe up for the full tutorial!

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