Glowforge Catalog Hacks

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Have you seen the IKEA hacks site? It about repurposing or enhancing the furniture. I thought I would start a thread to collect files enhancements or add-ons. This is not meant to copy the design and make edits and redistribute.

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I’ll start. This is for the free design for this month (recipe box).

Recipe Card - Dividers

Here. is a file to cut your own dividers out of cardstock. They are the standard 3x5 index card size with little gaps to keep the paper from flying away. [Recipe Box - Tab Dividers]

[ellencadwell]

Thank you for this!

[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 …

[CMadok]

I did something similar here:

Monstera Earrings-Using the Glowforge Interface to edit a Catalog Item

I was playing around with making short videos on how to make changes to a catalog item. I made a video yesterday on something basic, like changing the shape of coasters. While I was doing that, my daughter made the passing comment that these would make great earrings. So today, I turned the monstera leaf coasters into monstera leaf dangle earrings. I think they look great, but it’s because @aloha did a great job with the original design. [20220420_142154] If you want to make your own, he…

And i saw someone on IG turn my maneki neko earrings into a table once:

Greg Saniatan on Instagram: "Want to be creative but don’t know where to...

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That instagram video is amazing.

[CMadok]

I know. I was shocked when i saw it. Made me want to make a table. Actually, i just recently purchased some folding table legs, so i do plan on making a table. However, the legs were shorter than i expected, so probably won’t be the coffee table i was hoping for.

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I made this for my wife’s desk at work, she is hybrid and there twice a week.

Wooden Pencil Holder with Drawer and Personalizable Frame

I made these calendar inserts using an AI image generator for the month names.

Calendar Name Cards 2024.pdf (2.7 MB)

I based it on the specs for these name cards.

https://www.amazon.com/Inserts-Printable-Compatible-conferences-exhibitions/dp/B0CGTZMH28

We will see if they fit, when I get them.

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I got two “print” laser printers. One is low on toner, the other won’t connect after I upgraded my Mac.

But the cards fit!.

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There is another picture frame design in the catalog that uses a 4 x 6 inch picture. I had some left over note cards from a recipe box, and they fit just right. I am able to feed the through my printer using the manual feed slot.

Horiz_Calendar_Dots_2024.pdf (693.4 KB)

Wooden Desk Organizer with Personalized Photo Frame