Herb THE berT

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[Laser cut and engrave] Tealight holder — Project made with xTool D1 Pro machine for Laser cut and engrave.

Tealight holder

Instruction

tealighholder

.xcs

Application scenario

Laser (180min)

Machine & module

xTool D1 Pro

20W

Compatibles · 13

Material used

1/8"(3mm) Basswood Plywood

605

3695

Information

      i made the design in illustrator
that was too complex for me with XCS and there i can handle the path tool even better
I am proud of the tealight holder
a lot of work but mostly joyful work
i made the lines as a guideline for the sticking

attention the holder is very deep and unsuitable for real tealights 
i made it so deep because i have tealights with a rechargeable battery that are this high

Instruction

Step1: creating the sides

Preview

in illustrator i created the shape with the path tool
it was important to me that the bottom is straight and everything is stable
furthermore i only made the highest side at first

then i made 2 notches on the sides for the round plates
the height was 3mm including the kerf i calculated

then i copied the page 19 times so that i had a total of 20 pieces

Step2: cutting the lenght

Preview

here i just drew a long line from the top left at the highest point of the first side to the far right on the last side as high as i wanted the smallest piece to be

i fixed the line so that it can no longer slip
then i pulled each piece down with the anchor points
sometimes i had to touch it up here because it was edgy
this process also took the longest but was also the most fun :)

Step3: creating the circles

Preview

first make a circle and then draw a line down the center of the circle
mark the line and select the rotate tool
Ctrl-click and left-click in the middle of the circle
with the rotate window open, set the angle and click copy
then repeat the whole thing 19 times with ctrl d

copy the circle and make it bigger
put a smaller circle in the center to cut out

i made the lines as a guideline for the sticking