Pro question

[brad.larson]

Any one having any success using their pro gf to cut / engrave items using the pass through?

[marmak3261]

Passthrough Alignment Tutorial with Manual Indexing

I wanted to test some theories about pass-through use and to create a tutorial about how we can work around the camera alignment inaccuracies in the current state of the Glowforge software. To spoil the ending, here’s the final product: [final] I’ll be using Adobe Illustrator CC 22.0.1 (current version) primarily because I have a subscription via work. However, I am a total newbie with AI, so please feel free to point out other/better ways to do things if I end up doing them the hard way. I w…

This is one of the more robust examples.

Here is the winner!

Matching up cuts on the pass through slot - making a RC airplane

I am working on setting up a process for turning the airplane plans from FliteTest into something i can laser cut. I used to make these airplanes for my kids, but have run out of time lately to cut these out by hand. I decided to try and make the FT-MiniArrow. These are the plans they provide. the problem in a single wing side is bigger than the cut area of the glowforge. so I had to find a way to match up 2 separate cuts. First i converted the plans to something the glowforge can understand (…

[dklgood]

Check out
“First Passtrough project - bunk bed decoration” post in the forum.

[evansd2]

(For that matter a search of “passthrough” in the made with a glowforge category would have made this entire thread unnecessary in short order…)

https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=passthrough%20category%3A13

[polarbrainfreeze]

I was able to make this using passthrough:

First Passtrough project - bunk bed decoration

I finally had the courage to try out the passthrough slot. It’s my daughter’s birthday this week, and I decided to make a bunk bed for her room. Of course, being who I am, I can’t just make a simple bed. I had to add some decorations to it. I used the passthrough to make a panel that fits at the top of the bed with some animals on it. [20180617_200316] [20180617_200808] [20180617_200829] I did not draw those animals. I found them on iStock: https://www.istockphoto.com/ca/vector/woo…

The final piece is about 6 feet long.