Pre Release | Stencils

Nice! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Well that works great!

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And with the GF you could make a stamp for your logo if you wanted to switch things up!

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Thatā€™s very high on my to-do list.

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The e-Brush system is very gentleā€¦plus the bags are flatā€¦very nicešŸ˜„ certain thin inks tend to bead on mylar stencils so paper is a good choiceā€¦

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Oh now I can get my Fiskars Fuse out when my :glowforge: arrived :rofl:

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Update: I bought some stencil material from @smcgathyfay and it works great! So far Iā€™ve only tried the 10 mil but it seems to cut better with less (really, no) balling up of waste material on the cut edges compared to the stuff I was using from Amazon. She sends out really fast too!

edit: removed settings because they are no longer valid.

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Hi, Stephanie!!

In addition to Mylar, I see you also cut decals. Are you use using a vinyl cutter or a laser? Iā€™ve been trying to locate some nonPVC, laser safe ā€˜vinylā€™ sticker material. Any ideas?

Thanks so much for your time and expertise.

Jeff

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Vinyl cutter for the vinyl. Havenā€™t found a comparable product for lasering in either price or qualityā€¦

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Thatā€™s what I figured. Just thought I should ask in case. Have a great day

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There are some non-pvc, polyester-based adhesive films available from Orofol, Avery, and 3M.

The Envision series from 3M is a printable* non-PVC wrap product, Avery Dennison has the SF-series in clear, white, and metalized, and Orofol has the polyester 351 series (graphic film) and 352 series (printable*).

Grantedā€¦ there may be other hazards from these films besides PVC, but at least the Avery SF and Orofol 351 appear to simply be a polyester face with an acrylic-based adhesive.

As always, though, check the msds and/or contact the manufacturer to be certain.

_* printable with an eco-solvent, solvent, UV, or latex printer, or by screen-printing. No good for common desktop inkjet printers.

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Awesome. How do we go about ordering? Thanks, ā€Samā€

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Hello, I am new to glowforge and laser cutting: when using 10 mil mylar what material to you put in the GF app? I searched mylar, stencil and nothing came up. Do you put something else?

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The settings are at the bottom of the OP.

It is not predefined, it is custom settings.

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You might find reading this section of the Glowforge online support documents helpful:

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Not every material on the planet is pre-set in the UI. You need to learn to test your specific material in order to determine what will work for you. Post above covers it.

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Thank you all for your replies, it worked for me!
But it seems that scoring and etching doesnā€™t work (duh!), only cutting.
I made a bookmark using stencil font for the text, here is the image:

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Nice job. Every project is a valuable learning experience and a way to become more skilled at designing things for the Glowforge.

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