Is there a way to make the glowforge to do larger prints?

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Unfortunately… the simpler and more attainable solution is to just work inside the limits. Design to the working area, and learn how to use jigs to precisely place materials. A perfect example of this just came up with @Deleted and his cutting board project:

Scanning / software weirdness

You may not be understanding my jig idea then, or I may not understand the physical dimensions of the cutting board. Unless it’s very wide, (a fair bit more than 19.5"), this is how I’d do it. Measure your board carefully. The more accurate the better. I am guessing 12x18 here, so that’s what I’ll use for a illustration of the concept. Draw a rectangle to scale in your vector program of choice. [Screenshot (1188)] Now you need a registration mark, make a tiny pip of a line: [Screenshot …

You can see another example of this alignment method in my map on slate project. While the slate fits in the workable area, I needed to center the engrave precisely and only had one shot at it:

Map on slate

A nearly maxed out engrave at 10.5” by 16+“ (18:12 aspect ratio), The map is of Strongsville Ohio from a map of Cuyahoga County in the library of Congress, circa 1858. A gift for some Ohio family members. [image] As always lighting matters, here it is in progress: [image] Thanks to @kittski for her mineral oil slate technique and @Jules for posting settings. Sources, since people will ask… Map: Map of Cuyahoga County, Ohio | Library of Congress Slate: https://www.worldmarket.com/produ…

You can use this method to engrave an item that is larger than the work area:

Finding my center / Square

Don’t bother. make a corner/bottom edge jig. You’ll lose some overall size because of the margins of your material, but you’ll get proper alignment. Judging by how small your left and right margins are, a side jig would probably work well for you too, with minimal size concession. I did an edge jig and photographed it a while back: and went into detail about alignment here:

Any attempts to perfectly align your work across multiple steps will be met with a lot of misses, the laser is very precise, your accuracy will almost never match that. I find it a whole lot less aggravating to just stick to passthrough cuts and one-step engraves.