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The Glowforge Basic bed can accommodate materials measuring 12 x 20.4”. The maximum printable area is approximately 11 x 19.5”, and it’s reduced somewhat when the laser operates at high speed, as it can take space for the laser to decelerate.
This means not all of the bed is displayed, or available to be printed on, so there will always be about an inch of space on the left. This material can be reused as scrap later for small pieces. For example, a lot of customers use small pieces of scrap to print these pins available in the free laser design section: Honeycomb Hold Down Pins.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out again should you need anything. We’re happy to help!