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Alignment Template II

 In a previous post I uploaded my Simple Positioning Template to align objects with the position of the laser. Although useful in my early tests and trials, I came to realise this is - in most cases - the wrong way around. I have found that it is better to create a template that sits on top of the object to be engraved. Here you can see my latest template in action. By using the preview function in the app, I can quickly align the engraving area to the template. Another little tip here is to reduce the power of the  weak light  to 3 or 4. you get a less intense beam that is easier to view and align. As you can see, the template has plenty of holes to view the surface below. The lines of the cutouts also help to align areas smaller than the full square. The image for the template is linked below. You can create your own from this image, I would recommend using card to create it. On a darker card like that shown in the photo, you can use cut mode (Panda 3 in the interface...

Engraving decorated text

Making a decorated text engraving is easier than you think. There are a wealth of resources to help do this, and with a little knowledge of graphics software, you can quickly produce something that looks amazing. here's a quick example that took 5 minutes, including finding the resources I needed: The image was found on Pixabay , a site full of free, commercial resources with no attribution required. It's a good place to start until you need something a little more specialised. Search for keywords such as "banner" and "ornament", along with filtering on black and white images only. I downloaded it in PNG format, which is generally higher quality than the equivalent sized JPG image. If you are comfortable with the SVG format and your software can import it, this is the best format which scales to any size perfectly. You can specify the download dimensions for PNG and JPG formats. You should calculate for at least 300dpi (dots per inch) in your final engraving...