So glad I got the passthrough

[takitus]

I have so much oversized stock. This saves me so many headaches. AND I can insert all my proofrage perpendicular to the bed as to not lose the inch on either side.

[benkeller3]

That’s amazing… How do you get things aligned correctly ?

[markwal]

For just cutting small things out of large stock or cutting it down, you don’t need any better alignment than normally (ie not using the pass through). I use my pass through this way quite a bit. I’m glad I got it for the same reason and it wasn’t even really the reason I went for the pro (that was for the extra cooling).

You only need to pay particular attention to alignment when you’re trying to make something larger than can be cut in one position.

[benkeller3]

That is what I am trying to work out. I have some designs that are 18 wide and 3 feet tall. Should be possible but not sure (especially until on get my GF)

[takitus]

I haven’t done it yet, but planning on using measured stops, and one giant 20x12 svg file when I get to that point

[PrintToLaser]

I have pro envy now. 1st world problems, I’m so spoiled - I’m fortunate to have a glowforge at all!

[JeremyNielsen]

This is awesome. I’m already wishing I had sprung for the pro unit.

[palmercr]

Is that roller / trestle thingy something one can buy or did you make it yourself?

[rpegg]

Called an adjustable roller stand. Standard equip for shops and contractors. About $20 here at the big box stores.

[rpratt]

@benkeller3

That’s amazing… How do you get things aligned correctly ?

This guy explains how he did it. Matching up cuts on the pass through slot - making a RC airplane

[palmercr]

Thanks, never seen one before so didn’t know such a thing existed. Now I will need to buy a pair. Happens all the time with tools!

[Scott.Burns]

@palmercr

never seen one before so didn’t know such a thing existed.

So handy. Made cutting studs for finished basement walls so much easier!

And for feeding big sheets into a tiny table saw!

[johnse]

There are a couple of tutorials in the matrix.

Community Glowforge Tutorials: Table of Contents

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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…

Pro Only - Passthrough Alignment Jig Templates

Okay Bullet Points: (going to demo in Illustrator again, but it should work the same in any drawing program): Everything starts in the file…say I want to cut a 12 inch oval frame Draw a 12 inch high oval in Illustrator and use Offset Path to create a smaller center oval. Cut the ovals exactly in half, using the scissors tool on the side nodes. Make the top two halves one color, and the bottom two halves another color. [PT test c] Group the top two halves together, and the bottom…

[benkeller3]

Thanks for sending that. Somehow I missed that in the Matrix…