Engraving on Cork

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@lmware916

I’m new to this.

The good news is that there are so many resources here. Always try searching for whatever material you’re thinking of “maple”, “baltic birch”, “acrylic” etc.

Also, there are some really great getting started posts like this one:

Getting started

The Glowforge team recommends working through your first prints by following along with the examples shown here to learn where everything is: They have also recently added instructions with video on using the Manual settings here: Working with Manual Settings And there are methods for Enhancing your Photo Engraves and Cutting Out a Shape as well. (You can click on the topic headers in the left-hand column for even more information.) That particular page is also handy if you have any p…

Sooner or later you 're also going to want to know about masking:

Cheapest 12" wide masking tape

Like @jbmanning5, I get perfectear plus from signwarehouse.com for $40 for a 300 foot roll, shipped. I’ve used both perfectear and transferrite, I prefer perfectear, but they aren’t that different. I was also tipped off to this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085635HFN

And how to test a cut to get the right settings:

Has anyone been cutting 0.37-0.40 material?

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Enjoy!