Thank you! I appreciate you for taking the time to share those with me. They are also very lovely.
Have a great day!
@Dennis – Calvin Drews, owner of Drifter Studio, sells multiple extensions for Illustrator that assists the user in creating easy and really beautiful Mandalas. I haven’t used Illustrator in a while, but I remember the extensions are very easy to use. Another plus: everything you create is yours to keep whether you sell items or create for fun. Quote by Calvin Drews: “The illustrations you create are yours with exclusive rights for distribution - great for making and selling coloring books, logos, stock images, ect.”
I purchase mine from https://creativemarket.com/everdrifter
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Thanks for the link!
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I revisited this and did some cleanup of the paths. I had pulled it into Estlcam for my CNC router and it had all kinds of misplaced shapes and objects and unclosed paths. It should be ok, but since there are so many paths and nodes, there still might be a few unconnected ones.
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Thanks @marmak3261. Much cleaner than my original. Here’s your copy with the Mandala outline a different color such that that final cut can be saved until after all the interior detail is cut. 
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I had combined everything and forgot to leave out the perimeter for final cut. Thanks.
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Thanks @lightner and @marmak3261, I may just print a couple of these to go with the clock and the cardholder I’ve made for people based on this. It’s a very well loved design!
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That’s so wonderful of you. This is still one of my very favorite designs that I have cut since receiving the Glowforge in the spring. It is so intricate and beautiful. I really want to cut it as a stencil and then spray it in various colors over a canvas. I think that would be so fabulous 
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Thought his might make a cool trivet but the lines were too thin and it just wouldnt hold up to being tossed in and out of drawers so it made its way to a random thumbtack that was on the wall. Thanks for the design!
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Comes out very nice with a clear acrylic layer on top for use as a coaster.
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neat. what glue did you happen to use, if you don’t mind me asking?
I used this no fog glue, and it has no smell either!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FWZNQ1M/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_fodxDbYNYK6AJ
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Pricey! Is 1 oz a lot? 
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It’s a fair size bottle (If you want the quarter pic comparison , I can do tomorrow). I don’t think I will run out in the next year or two. I only use it for the clear acrylic applications. I use rhino glue for other stuff, also non smelly, but does fog up.
I also save up things I want/need glowforge-wise on a wishlist on amazon. Using their credit card, we accumulate points. Come points day, I’m ready to get stuff like this for free (I know I could use it elsewhere, but it works for me).
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thank you for sharing that. I’ll look into getting some next time i place an order. I like that you can glue clear acrylic to wood with this result. this is lovely. i’m really digging all of your contributions to the forum. thank you so much.
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I can never get a big bottle to last. It always seems to dry out or clog before I use much. I find that even though at a per oz cost the little tubes or small bottles may be more expensive from the start, after I throw away a fairly unused large bottle I’m better off with a smaller targeted size 
I have the same problem with Weld-on for acrylic - except the can seems to evaporate through the cap. (Not because I might not have tightened it enough 
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Thanks! I only used it sparingly on this coaster - just a dribble round the inner circle where there is more wood. If you look very closely you can see it, but not at a glance if you know what I mean. The clear acrylic layer really make the pattern stand out.
Good to know! There is always more to be had. 
Weld. Keep your Weld in a container with a very very small opening to retard the evaporation. Something like a Vanilla Extract bottle.
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