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I love Xscape I use it for my lasers as well as for my CNC I find a lot of times it's easier to create my initial SVG on inkscape for carbide create for my CNC machine

Honest truth I get busy with orders and I don't take time to film LOL I want to do more but most time just don't have the time I'm hoping to post more in the future though

You're very welcome! Glad I could help!

Your welcome glad I could help

I've honestly never had any luck with opening a SVG on laser grbl and getting it to work properly I would try the same method as I did on the video export a PNG and set to cut on the laser software

Thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed it

Awesome thanks for checking it out Hope it does well for you if you try to make any

Glad it helped!

As far as creating your own images I use inkscape but you have to start with a stock image that is like a vector or SVG similar to a child's coloring book with just a simple black and white images

As far as starting from scratch like drawing your own I have not ever been able to find one but I've seen a lot of other creators especially on tick tock using a drawing app on their iPad

They have a lot of popular lasers listed to choose from when setting it up as well as some more in depth videos here on UA-cam and their website has a lot of info as well

I normally don't do photos but their is a grayscale option in the trace bitmap tab

@@splinterfingerswoodworking8995 <eah but it still removes a lot of parts for some reason

You may need to adjust the power settings on the laser grbl app you have the ability to adjust it on the second pop-up when you first upload your image

You may have the fill color not set to black

Happy I could help

No sorry the only way is to do per project

If you have the original buttons, there is a globe icon. place your laser to where you want to be the start point or home, and click on the globe

@@splinterfingerswoodworking8995 I assume if clever enough with Gcode it could be written in, but a lass, I'm not that clever..

@@TONYNELSON I thought I tried that and it started back at the front/left again.. I'll try again!

@@BywaysnoHighways the front left to my understanding has to be the homing spot because that's where the homing switches originate from but if you are working on a project you can use the globe to set your home wherever you're wanting it at just use the little arrow keys to position your laser at the spot you are wanting do not move it by hand and it will make the spot you have it it's point of origin

I use the Ridgid trim router a little tip around Black Friday to Christmas normally they have a sale where it is sold in a combo pack that includes a sheet sander the little sheet sander is a good finish sander and you're basically getting it for free I purchased a Miles Craft trim router base plate it has a much larger base and handles which helps you with control while routering signs You can pick them up at Lowe's or on Miles Crafts website for around $20 the router combo kit was around $100 a few years ago when I got mine

As far as I know I will work with most diode lasers and it will work with jpeg png or svg as far as I know

As far as I know both inkscape and laser grbl are free for Mac and windows but I was using them on windows Mac maybe different in some ways I'm not sure

As far as cut settings I do not have any experience I've only use this for doing engravings as far as for engravings I have found best way to get it zeroed in perfect is to have a few test pieces and just engrave a small spot and and adjust as needed mine is a 5.5 Watt and I keep it set on 100% and only adjust the speed on laser gerbil like for pine I found that 1,000 works best but with something like cedar or poplar I actually go up to 2000 something harder like oak or walnut 1,000 to 1500 seems to do the best so far the plywood that I have used has worked good from 1,500 to 2,000

@@splinterfingerswoodworking8995 grazie

I recommend that you put down a coat of clear coat before starting your detail painting and if possible try not to stain where you will be detail painting. As far as staining over the black primer it doesn't hurt a thing it will actually help if you miss a small spot with the black primer it will help it blend in more

@@splinterfingerswoodworking8995 awesome thank you!

That would be awesome

Thank you

Thank you so much I hope it takes off for you soon!

So far it's working out great I'm currently trying to design a base for it so that I can utilize the full work area with larger products easier but so far I've tested it on a variety of different wood types and it has done excellent on all the only problem I've had so far is it didn't want to burn on the pine I had but the problem is the Pine had too much moisture I'm still adjusting my settings for the pain that I use but on Cedar Poplar and plywood it done wonderful

Awesome what kind did you get? I'll have another video coming out soon about how to use inkscape and laser grbl programs so you don't have to pay for light burn

Thanks something that I have learned over the years is it's best to start routing soon after sticking down the template seems like if you give it any amount of time the glue will start unsticking

@@splinterfingerswoodworking8995 if I'm using a scroll saw I will sometimes stick the pattern down,but I still prefer the good old carbon paper and trace method 😉

Awesome a scroll saw work is something that I think is awesome but I don't have the patience for lol

Thank you