If you’re going to do a engrave on the surface, probably not - you’ll just spend more time cleaning gooey bits of masking out of your engrave than you will cleaning soot out of it.
eabartus:
When doing test cuts
#6 has a test cut for you (though reading the rest are a great idea!)
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1: I'm new to Glowforge and really have no idea where to start Hey, welcome to the forum!
Glowforge has a getting started page, it’s definitely worth your time:
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Print this:
Leveraging the recently-released Set Focus tool, I’ve designed a tool to help place materials when the crumb tray has been removed, no maths required.
If your material is between the lines while resting on the bottom of your GF – not the crumb tray, you should be able to use Set Focus in the UI. If the top of your material is below the bottom line, use your favorite method (sheets of PG, tiles, 3-D printed stands, matching sets of trained hedgies, etc.) to elevate it and recheck. Repeat until …
Looking forward to finished pics!
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