What did you make for your FIRST Glowforge project?

[evansd2]

Your first project should be to read as much as you can possibly stand on the forum. It will pay you back over and over.

Getting started

The Glowforge team recommends working through your first prints by following along with the examples shown here to learn where everything is: They have also recently added instructions with video on using the Manual settings here: Working with Manual Settings And there are methods for Enhancing your Photo Engraves and Cutting Out a Shape as well. (You can click on the topic headers in the left-hand column for even more information.) That particular page is also handy if you have any p…

I know you’re probably excited to get to cutting but honestly you’ll save so much time and materials if you grind through the forums.