Jules
March 12, 2019, 6:00pm
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Welcome to the fray!
One thing you do want to read if the plate is thicker than 1/2" at it’s tallest point is these writeups on how to engrave without the crumb tray in place. For taller objects, you have to take the tray out and prop the surface of the object up into the correct engraving range.
And if you have any questions, just ask.
Tutorial: How to cut objects too thick to have the honeycomb in place
The GlowForge has a maximum material thickness it can cut through, but there is a maximum thickness you can even put on the honeycomb (crumb tray) even if you are surface engraving as the laser has a limited focus range of 0.01" - 0.4" *** above the surface of the honeycomb at the time of this tutorial. But let’s say you wanted to engrave something thicker that fits quite nicely inside the GlowForge but not with the crumb tray…
There’s a great tutorial here on cutting without the crumb tray when you want to work with thicker material. If you want to know the numbers and theory behind it, go read that first, and then come back. Thank you, @henryhbk !
This method uses the digital calipers you should already have, and the not-used-often-enough ZERO button. We’re going to go through the steps from the tutorial above, but without any math or writing down numbers.
The first step is to find the height of your crumb tray’s su…
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