I am claiming the world's largest Glowforge project

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Thanks. Check out this post for additional techniques. Your idea is sound.

Glowforge stain by number

Here is some of my own artwork. I originally designed this to be made in pieces using veneer or HPL, etc. I decided to cut it out of a cheap piece of 1/4" plywood Ito see what it would look like. You can see the football patch. The settings I used did not cut completely through the plywood and at first I was disappointed. Then I had the idea to just stain the wood to simulate paint by number. It’s not perfect, but it came out pretty good. This picture is intended to be seen at a distance, so…