Help with cardboard, no design software

[Jules]

The starter settings for using Cardboard are here:

Settings for Cutting/Scoring Corrugated Cardboard

Anybody got any good starter settings for scoring and cutting? (Really don’t feel like doing the whole “OMG! ” thing.) Much thanks! Okay Final Answer: After further testing and tweaking: For corrugated cardboard (specifically ULine 0.15 inches thick. AKA Amazon boxes.) Cut: New settings: 180 speed/60 power Score: New Settings: 246 speed /30 power Your mileage may vary. Edit: The speed settings shown in the rest of the posts in this thread are the old scale set…

The process for creating a photo engrave and cutting it out in Inkscape (a free vector design program) are shown here:

I thought it was supposed to be easy to print photo's using glowforge?

It’s about as easy as it gets, but it’s also got the ability to do some advanced things, and those are the ones we tend to discuss and hash out on the forum. Which I imagine can be pretty confusing at first glance. If all you want to do is engrave some photos (and cut them out, I assume) the process runs like this: Load your photo into a new Inkscape document. (If you want to clean it up first you would need to do that in another program, but lets assume it’s a great…

The list of tutorials that you should read before attempting to teach other people how to use the machine are here:

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…

Hope you all have a good time with it!