Captain America Shield Earrings

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To adjust for kerf or not to

Several questions have been asked about the kerf and why its important to adjust your designs for best fitting together. If you dont want to rely on glue…adjusting for kerf is the way to go. Here’s a quick video demonstration. (Getting pretty good at one handed… But must laser cut a phone holder for video making…lol) First part of the video, the black piece I’m using is the one that came out of the cut… The white piece was cut larger by .0037" which is the specific kerf allowance for acryli…

Adobe Illustrator - Adjusting for Kerf in your Design

Adjusting for Kerf in Illustrator.pdf (711.4 KB)

Adjusting for Kerf in your Design Parametrically - Fusion 360

I was going to link to another topic that has (once again) disappeared, so be sure to check out the tutorials on kerf from @smcgathyfay and @Hirudin for a discussion of what kerf is, and how it impacts design. If you’re just getting into Fusion 360, a good way to pick it up quickly is to watch a few of the Fusion 360 Training tutorials on YouTube: . . . Okay adjusting your sketches for kerf is fairly easy. If I had something like a hole that had to hit an exact diameter after cutting,…

Inkscape - Adjusting for Kerf in your Design

Adjusting for Kerf in Inkscape2.pdf (751.3 KB)

CorelDRAW - Adjusting for Kerf in your Design

Adjusting for Kerf in CorelDraw.pdf (703.3 KB)

All pulled from:

https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=kerf%20adjustment