My favorite thing about this is the Founder ruler for scale.
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i’ve also been thinking about something similar (no engraving, just a tiled wall). i’m reasonably sure low power settings are sufficient but you could also do cutouts with different colors and embed them into the felt…of course, that would take rather a while.
Are you wetting the newspaper or just laying it down on the crumb tray?
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Thank you for sharing this – very useful to me. But we DEFINITELY need to find out about any chemicals. I have a feeling a lot of people will be lasering felt now, and I’d feel better if someone in the know could provide safety data.
How does 100% wool felt cut? Has anyone tried it in the GF yet? No worries about adhesives/chemicals. . . probably stinky though.
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Yes someone has:
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Thanks for the link! That test seems to be on wool fabric - I was wondering more about side by side comparison of craft felt and wool felt (nonwoven). Probably similar results, but still curious.
does the natural project still smell like burned hair afterwards?
I haven’t had the chance to work with wool yet. I just did a search to find if someone had done it before.
As to smell, the topic I linked did discuss the smell and how to get rid of it, although there was no follow up as to whether the suggestions worked.
As to side by side felt comparison, I can’t find anyone who posted on that. It seems that people were happy just to extrapolate from woven wool to wool felt.
There are enough PRUs and production machines out there that with a bit of luck someone with a machine might do the side by side. Or maybe I didn’t do a thorough enough search and there is a post that deals with this.
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There’s some really good info in the link here, in particular the copper wire test: https://community.glowforge.com/t/how-to-determine-if-plastic-x-is-safe-to-use/648
Just laying it down. Funny part is, the paper also gets perfectly cut with your material. I have not had a single issue with it. And in every case that I’ve used it, it appears to have 100% eliminated flashback.
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Are you anchoring the newspaper or ???
You can probably even use the Glowforge logo on the ruler for photographic perspective correction. XD
Wow! That’s awesome since I’m planning on doind a lot of cards and invites. The flashback was/is a major concern.
Sometimes I magnet it down. Sometimes I don’t. Depends how much excess I have in at the time I guess.
I haven’t cut anything like cards yet. But when I’ve used it with 1/8" stuff, it blows my mind how a single-ply of newspaper really does the trick. Best of all, they deliver it right to my door for free! 
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Is the material for lasering holding it down effectively or is the airflow not causing the paper to move?
Speaking of paper, have you tried any thin materials yet? If so, any tips on securing the material (pictures would be helpful)?
So felt is the perfect masking for paper then 
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The material really holds it down nicely. I just use the magnets on exposed corners just in case the air assist blows a corner up or something I wouldn’t want it to get in the way of anything.
Nope. Haven’t tried anything less than 1/8". I have some veneer that came in my sample pack, but haven’t had cause to use it yet. Also, I should be getting a bunch of veneer donated from a friend next week. So maybe then I’ll give that a try and not waste my 
. I do have a sticker I want to cut. I just haven’t designed it yet. It’ll have a basic Glowforge checklist on it for me and my family so we don’t forget anything…
- Put the vent in the window.
- Turn on the Glowforge.
- Mask any material you care about.
- Have fun!
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Acrylic OR polyester I hope! I wouldn’t think blended fibers would conform with Hobby Lobby’s ethics.
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