Well, come Tue, I’ll have had my GF+ for 1 week. Prior to it arriving I spent some time on here learning some sh…tuff and teaching myself Inkscape. Today I did my first real project, no guidance, feeling my way in the dark and all, never having used a laser printer prior to last Tue and never hearing about Inkscape before 2 months ago.
I had a photo of a Celtic Knot Trivet that I have hung on to with hopes that some day I could make one. I had to work it in Inkscape from a rough pic and build the pattern from the ground up, the artwork took me about 6 1/2 hrs., got a lot more to learn I guess. I had some left over 1/4" scrap wood from an old scroll saw project so I cleaned it up, sanded and masked it. I did a cut test on the two different kinds of wood, still got to learn more about that too. I did the cuts, it was a 3 level cut for 3 different types of wood so I had to be particular about what got cut where and how. Oh, almost forgot, I did my first manual settings for the cuts, that had me just a bit anxious but it was an accomplishment.
All said and done, I think I have about 11 hrs. in the whole project but for my first I think it came out pretty decent. My sister-in-law better appreciate it come Christmas! Celtic Knot Trivet|666x500
Any constructive criticism would be helpful.
You did a lovely job, and I am sure she will like it very much. Since she doesn’t have a Glowforge (I am guessing) she will have no idea how much thought and effort went into this gift. Should you make others, I suggest you consider enlarging the words a bit.
I think the wood came out beautifully. For the future, I would also change the font. Larger, and something more in the Celtic theme… But then again, that could be overkill, not sure.
Thanks, the words were just an afterthought, I didn’t really want to overpower the art work, but yes you are right they could have been bigger but…I’m learning
yes but even as an after thought, it will personalize it for her and my brother, before the Covid, they did a lot of entertaining and the words seem to fit them. Definitely appreciate the feed back, it gives me things to think about and adjust moving forward.
A gorgeous piece of work. I understand making do with what is handy so not really a criticism but I would try to have the grain run with the wood and not use MDF for very much (though I may be in a minority on that point) I have discovered that unless totally sealed it returns to its original sawdust way too quickly,
Also, I run this for each new material and keep it as a reference set of what works and what doesn’t, and what settings will burn it or not.
