Glowforge Catalog Hacks

[deirdrebeth]

I’ve got a few of those

Making a coaster into a fidget spinner:

Circles of Illusion Catalog Design

I made @rbtdanforth’s Circles of Illusion Roller Coaster – Glowforge Shop. It’s beautiful, and nice and big! [image] Being me, I added a cutline around the center illusion, and added a cork backer so now it’s both a coaster and a fidget spinner [Glowforge Catalog Circles of Illusion coaster mod] Despite being awkward in the video, it spins well - I’m just not used to doing it while balancing a phone in my other hand

Double the size:

@lorri's Reindeer ornament from the catalog is adorable

@lorri’s Holiday Moose Ornament is adorable exactly as is, but I wanted a bigger one, so I doubled it up in the GFUI and got this masterpiece I’m going to attach to my door wreath [image] It’s about 8" tall with everything attached. [image] If I did another one I’d either double up the score on the eyebrows and mouth, or defocus it. I ended up going over it with a pen to make it stand out. I might also flip over the lights and score the divider line on the backside. I coloured eve…

Crystal to Lightsaber:

Catalog Chapstick Holder

I made the Crystal Lip Balm Holder Keychain from the catalog but instead of the provided crystal score, I grabbed a line drawing of Darth Maul’s lightsaber and used that instead [image][image] Great design! Thanks @shronimo! I may whip up some of the mermaid tails for my nieces!

Wall art to trivet (shrink):

Catalog Mandala Art made as a trivet

Another one from the Catalog This one is Tim Ung’s Layered Mandala Art. As designed it’s 10.5", but I wanted to use it as a trivet so I shrunk it down to 5.5 in the GFUI. Instead of using finished wood I coloured the layers with alcohol inks, and then sealed with Rustoleum Rippled Effect spray. I sealed the back and sides with tung oil. [image] [image] [image] It’s the first layered piece I’ve done, and it of course sent me down a rabbit hole I do love the feel …

Most of the other hacks are making tiny changes to elements - like this:

Altering a design from the catalog

Absolutely, but it takes some work. (I haven’t looked at the particular design, so that instructions are generic, but should work) With the design selected right click and ungroup it. Make a copy of the section with the holes. Using the commands in the lower left section resize the holes (if they’re in a line you can unclick the link icon and make them narrower without changing their length.) Line them back up with the original holes and group the parts you want. Delete the parts you don’t…

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Modify catalog design

Yes - it’s not the easiest thing, but it’s definitely doable. In your GFUI Zoom in as close as you can Select the earring Click Ctl-Shift-g (this will ungroup everything) Select just the hole for the split ring Move/resize it to where you want it Drag a box over the whole earring Click Ctl-g (to regroup it) Click print to see if your edit worked! If that doesn’t work, post which earring in particular and either I, or another user, might be able to provide more specific advice …