Thanks, this site will be very useful. - Rich
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Thatās a good one, I was thinking the same idea but not as first project. Mine will be a small glider plane 
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Iām a go big or go home kind of guy.
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I like it but the link doesnāt work.
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Thatās the spirit 
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Didnāt work for me too. Search that site for Cuboid Globe
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Thanks ā it had changed since first posted months ago. The correct url is http://www.instructables.com/id/Cuboid-Globe/
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Iām planning to play with some acrylic jewelry (ear-rings, necklaces, etc), based on a local small town school.
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I figure I will start with food, because after I do other things, wood, acrylic, leather, etc. I probably will not want to put food in again. It will be silly, harmless fun stuff, Reeseās cups, candy bars, hotdogs, etc. I had originally wanted to cut Jack o lantern shapes in cheese slices, but donāt know if it will actually cut or melt the cheese. I could freeze the slice first I guess, but then also what do I put the cheese on. hmmmm
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Man, oh manā¦youāve got to do Peeps.
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Ha, might run into the same issues as with the cheeseā¦melted peeps!! Hehehe
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Remember that video where @dan first cut a stand for his phone so he could record the GF cutting? Thatās probably going to be high on a lot of folksā lists.
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The Death Star
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Toast. Iāll probably make that my āhello worldā project.
I havenāt decided what to etch into the toast yet.
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Perhaps a Swiss cheese pattern on rye?
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That logo really is just begging to be laser cut.
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Not sure if this post is more appropriate here on in the The Unsexiest Thing I Am Going To Make With My Glowforge thread as it fits in both.
Like most of you, I see the world differently now that I have a laser engraver arriving soon. I look at how I can use a laser to fix every problem. My office/studio is above the garage. Some nights, like the last two nights and probably tonight, I let the vinyl printer/cutter run until 9 PM or so but I go into the house to relax. To make sure my wife doesnāt lock the garage when she gets home, I have a āsignā I made by writing āPrinting in Progressā in black Sharpie on the back of an envelope which I hang on a nail near the door on the nights the printer is still running.
This discussion of first projects made me think I need to make something sturdier that will put the Glowforge through itās paces. This simple door hanger design will test photo rastering and two-sided alignment. Itās nothing fancy in its own right but itās much fancier than my scrawl on the back of an envelope.
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Great solution.
There are a few contenders for first (after āHello Worldā).
The doorbell unit cover in my fine home is as cheap as is made. Plastic cover about 7" x 4" and as tacky as it is cheap.
It cries out to me everytime I walk by it.
Thinking ProofgradeĀ® black walnut, just need a creative spark for the engraving on it.
āI donāt know, but Iāll think of something, and when I do, it wonāt stand a chance.ā
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Here is a link to a site that has digital vector files of World maps in several projections, U.S Continental map file and all 50 states. World map files include multiple central meridians, continent outlines, major lakes and countries. Continental U.S. map file includes thematic layers (outline, political boundaries, rivers, roads, railroads) all registered and organized hierarchically so you can design your own map. State files include multiple registered layers also organized hierarchically. These are very detailed map files.
Look at the pages that show the detail in the U.S. Continental file and state map files. Pretty amazing and all map layers are registered! Makes designing your own laser map easy. Lots of neat World projections too,
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I have a friend that wants a world map. That site will really help to make that happen. Thanks for sharing.
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