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[Laser cut and engrave] Island Moss Men & Woman Figure Crafting Kit — Project made with xTool M1 Ultra machine for Laser cut and engrave.

Island Moss Men & Woman Figure Crafting Kit

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Instruction

Bathroom-Sign

.xcs

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Application scenario

Laser processing

Machine & module

xTool M1 Ultra

20W

Accessories

xTool M1 Air Assist Set

Material used

4mm Poplar Plywood

158

3041

Information

      A beginner friendly and perfect craft for two people: A green sign for men & woman spaces made of plywood and island moss.

With their basic shapes additions can easily be made to fit your own style or inspiration. Like adding flowers, a briefcase, a heart next to the shapes.

Place the figures on display in the living room together on a shelf or let it guide house guests to the bathroom by placing it on the door - I am sure it will be an eye catcher in everywhere. :)

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Instruction

Step1: XCS file

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Open the “.xcs” file in xTool Creative Space. There are three workspace you can select from

Basic Shapes
where you can find three shapes per gender sign (body, neck, head) in case you want to create custom offsets or remix.
Men
a workspace which contains the background and the outline shape for the men figure.
Women
a workspace which contains the background and the outline shape for the women figure.

Alternatively there is a “.svg” file available as well, representing only the “Basic Shapes” workspace.

Step2: Laser cut

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Select either the Men or Women workspace and adjust your cutting settings based on the material used.

For my 20W M1 Ultra in combination with 4mm poplar plywood, I used a power setting of 85 and a speed of 5.

Material

4mm Poplar plywood

Step3: Assemble

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Both pieces now need to be glued together.

Depending on your material, it can be helpful to even add an additional outline layer to provide a deeper depth. However this might make glueing moss in the next step a bit more difficult… .

Step4: Glue moss

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Now it's time to glue moss! It does help if you outline the shape you want to glue first with the approximate amount of glue before filling in some wood glue and placing the moss on top of it.

Add a bit more moss than you think, you can always cut it down to size afterwards - and especially at the “corners”.

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