Hey all, newbie over here 
When I look at my screen to design the text and font onto an object in the glow-forge, all looks great until I hit print! The text on the bottom is immediately off and this throws off the entire project, ugh!
Current project was a wooden candle lid.
What am I doing wrong? Help
Make sure you use âset focusâ before you place the artwork and watch to see that the red dot lands on the material.
Thanks!! I recently watched a video about âset focusâ so I guess this is where I am going wrong with the alignmentâŚ
As @beerfaced says, set focus is your friend. It really makes a difference.
From your photo - it looks like your candle lid is sitting on top of another 1/8" sheet of something? My candle lids are on the fat side, make sure that your total height isnât more than 1/2", the GF canât focus higher than that.
The lid was sitting on a piece of scrap wood so I should have removed it.
Yes, the lid is on the thicker side (picture attached).
Thatâs definitely chunkier than 1/2". Youâll have to take the crumb tray out and prop the lid up to the proper height to get a properly accurate focus. I @dwardioâs no math focus tool for jobs like this
To keep from wasting supplies, you can add some masking tape and a power of 1 to see âwhereâ itâs going to laser. Remember the camera is fisheye so what âlooksâ right on the screen isnât necessarily the right place to print it!!
Iâm sorry that you ran into trouble with alignment during prints. It looks like youâve already received some great advice from our other community members. Thanks folks!
Did their advice help you get the results you wanted on your project?
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