Updated grid for engraving without crumb tray

Oooh, never thought of that! I’ll have to keep my eye out! Thanks!

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My wife has been cleaning out our Lego stash - 4 kids’ worth. She’s giving them to neighbors with children. Five big Rubbermaid tubs already and more to go. She runs them through the shower to clean any dust off so they’re sparkling clean for their new home.

When I think how much we spent buying them :scream:

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I can send you something :slight_smile: I will message you. As long as you dont care about color, I dont mind printing stuff. 3D printing filament goes bad faster than I use it.

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Tons of Legos on EBay

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Is the file in the free section? I’m not finding it, but not sure what I’m looking for either. The stl for 3d printing that is.

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There are two different options (you can click on a user’s icon and then search for their posts in a particular section)

and

Pretty sure the 2nd one is the one they use here.

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Do a google search. You should get a bunch of knock offs. Do the same thing but at a much reduced price. I gave my daughter a hoqswart school knock off and except for a few rough spots, it looked great.

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:scream::scream::scream::face_with_thermometer:

Great explanation. Thanks!

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No problem! I hope this helps save waist for others on projects :slight_smile:

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That’s great! I can spell-unless the autocorrect interferes- but I can’t do math anymore. I made it through calculus in HS, but that was more than 40 years ago. I wish I could get gold :star:!

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I FINALLY got around to printing this…and used it for the first time and the accuracy was SPOT on! So nice especially in the corners where things are skewed! Thank you @MyDogsThinkImCrazy for all your explanations! I used the legos:-)

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I am glad you got to try it! It is really accurate. I have always loved it.

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I really want to try this but haven’t yet! I know I’m going to have questions… lol

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Lol well jot down them as you get them and I’m happy to help. But just try it and see for your self.

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Hi there!

Very (very!) new to this, I’m trying to follow your instructions, but when I set the x, y coordinates to 1" it ends up over here like in the pic… Am I doing something completely wrong, or just going mad :blush:

Would appreciate any help

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It looks like you are orienting the center of your design to the position indicated. The blue dot in the position grid is what is being placed at your indicated position. If you move the blue dot to the upper left, your grid will orient the upper left to the desired position.
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Yup! Like @dklgood said. To make the grid you want to have the grid start where the top left corner is at (1,1). With the glowforge app the default for item is the center. When I use the grid I often use the center points.

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thank you so much! that makes so much sense now! :blush:

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Reading the instructions and I have a couple of questions - You said V2 was for when the crumb tray is out and for engraving only. Does the height of the grid change the alignment (meaning if I put it on top of the crumb try will it still be accurate)? (If not, can you point me at v1 file also?)
I can’t help but wonder if a L shaped version of this grid for on top of the crumb tray that you could use to line up other materials against would be beneficial when you want to cut something out and still need alignment accuracy. (Think about embroidery tools for pocket placement on shirts as a example.) Thanks!