Can't flatten jeans enough to etch

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you may try removing the crumb tray and folding the jeans over a board and then do the calc to set your depth.
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Laser Bed Tray(s) and Bed Depth

There’s a few questions in here and I’ll try to tackle them each. Please let me know if I misunderstood. First, we can’t recommend a third party insert; it could cause all sorts of havoc. Second, wine glasses are probably too tall to engrave, even on their side. Third, the engravable area is 0"-0.5" from the top of the tray. That means if you remove the tray, the part you engrave still needs to be where the top of the tray used to be. If the black rectangle is the 1.5" tall tray, then you …