I was working on painting another art toy and realized that the cameras in the Glowforge could make scoring both the front and back possible. On this toy, the horns and flowers show on both the front and back. I originally decided that the back would just be less detailed than the front, but perhaps…

correct. eventually the plan is to have the process be automatic, but… you could easily do it yourself, though; for asymmetric designs you could cut two out, engrave the fronts, leave the material in your bed but flip and swap the cutouts, and re-run your design.

So eventually it should be able to automatically find the object that fits the design and align itself, but now you have to manually line up the design with the object on the bed? Watching the video of Dan making the chore token, it seems like it would still be exceedingly easier to line up on the G…

Agreed-- should be doable, but using a jig as @jrnelson suggests will make it much easier. I’ve used the method with great success duplicating one of @Jules ’ designs: [image] Double Sided Engraving Made on a Glowforge I created a file back in the beginning of time to tes…

There is a tutorial for how to do this listed in the Matrix. [image] Glowforge Double Sided Engraving Procedure Glowforge Tips and Tricks Double Sided Engraving Procedure.pdf (940.5 KB)

I’m not sure I’m following you. I only need one of each piece. Why would I need to cut two? Can I not just cut, remove excess material, flip the cut piece, line up the design, and engrave the back?

Thanks for the link. I’m still new to the forums and don’t know where everything is yet. The author is banking on his shape being reversible so the design will line up. My ram is not reversible. When it’s flipped, it’s a completely different shape and will not fit in the hole from the previous cut. …

[image] brooklyntonia: Thanks for the link. I’m still new to the forums and don’t know where everything is yet. The author is banking on his shape being reversible so the design will line up. My ram is not reversible. When it’s flipped, it’s a completely different shape and will not fit in the h…

I’m just trying to understand why. Is it too difficult to manually line it up in the software? I understand if I was using my laser at school that doesn’t allow me to see the material in the cut bed, but I was hoping the Glowforge’s cameras would facilitate lining up the design with the previously c…

I’m the author, (hi!), and you would need to cut out a rectangle around the odd shape as well. Yours is a special case, given the shape. Do the engraving on the first side. Cut the rectangle. Turn the cutout rectangle over without moving the surrounding material. (the rectangular hole becomes yo…

you can definitely use the glowforge cameras to do what you want to do without having to use your cut out as a jig - if that’s an issue for you, or if you wish to do a single piece. there have been more than a few times where people using the cameras for precision work have been a bit disappointed; …

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Jules June 6, 2017, 6:56pm 5

There is a tutorial for how to do this listed in the Matrix.