Label in the shape of a fir tree and Santa Claus for table / étiquette en forme de sapin et père Noël pour la table

The project consists in cutting plywood in the shape of a Christmas tree, engraving it with snowflakes on the front and back, and engraving the guest's name on the front to indicate his or her place. An oval base with engravings will be cut out to hold the piece vertically on the table next to the plate. Same procedure, but replace the tree with a Santa Claus.

To give the wood a snow-white appearance, you can coat it with white wax and shine it with a wool cloth. Be sure to do this before engraving and not afterwards, otherwise the wax will clog up the relief of the engravings and they will no longer be visible, as the black burns will have turned white.

I converted a pixel image of a Christmas tree into a vector image and used the "outline" function to generate the path of Santa Claus 's laser cutout, which is a pixel image. I also used the "combine" function to merge the tongue of the Christmas tree or Santa Claus into the oval foot.

To ensure that the engraving of the guest's name fits correctly on the Santa Claus hood, without protruding, it is possible to use the "Curve" function when positioning the text item on the drawing on the screen. This allows you to adapt the shape of the text to the shape of the drawing..

French version-----

The project consists of cutting plywood in the shape of a Christmas tree, engraving snowflakes on it on the back and also engraving the name of the guest on the front to indicate his place. An oval foot with engravings will be cut to keep the realization vertically on the table next to the plate. Same procedure but replacing the tree with a Santa Claus.

To give a snow-white look, you can coat the wood with white wax and polish it with a wool cloth to make it shine. Do it well before engraving and not after, otherwise the wax will seal the relief of the engravings and they will no longer be visible, because the black burns will have become white.

I converted a pixel image of a Christmas tree into a vector image and used the "outline" function to generate Santa's laser cutting route which is a pixel image. I also used the "combine" function to merge the tab of the Christmas tree or Santa Claus, which should fit into the oval base. 

In order for the engraving of the guest's name to be correctly written on Santa's sack, without protruding, it is possible to use the "Curve" function when positioning the text item on the  screen. In this way, the form of the text can be adapted to the form of the drawing.

Cutting and engraving (flakes, text...) of the front side is done in one step. Several pieces can be cut at the same time. You can change the name on the piece and also the text on the oval base.

French version-----

Le découpage et le gravage (flocons, texte) de la face avant se font en une phase. On peu découper plusieurs pièces en même temps. On peut modifier le nom sur la pièce et aussi le texte sur le pied ovale.

To engrave the rear face of the wooden part, first switch on the Xtool machine, wait 30 seconds, turn over the piece of wood already cut & engraved in the first phase, then close the cover of the Xtool machine, which takes a photo of the work surface and the turned-over piece of wood. Enter thickness parameter 3 or 3,5mm, because thickness has an influence on the image scale. The aim is to position the "orange" locating mask on the contour of the workpiece. The design mask must be superimposed on the photo taken by the Xtool machine camera. The "orange" mask is set to fast speed and very low laser power to avoid marking the wood.

English version-----

To engrave the back of the wooden piece, you must first turn on the Xtool machine, wait 30 seconds, turn over the piece of wood already cut and engraved during the first phase and then close the lid of the Xtool machine with the effect of taking a photo of the worktop and the piece of wood thus turned over. Enter the thickness setting 3 or 3.5mm, as the thickness has an influence on the scale of the image. The goal is to position the "orange" mask used for locating on the contour of the piece of wood. You have to superimpose the design mask with the photo taken by the camera of the Xtool machine. The "orange"  mask is set to fast speed and very low laser power so as not to mark the wood.

Use a metal file to adjust the tongue which is to fit into the oval base. For Santa Claus, you'll need to adjust the length of the tongue according to the thickness of the base.

Apply a little white wood glue to the tongue, fit the piece into its oval base and leave to dry, making sure that the tree or Santa Claus are positioned vertically.

Ho ho ho...

French version-----

Use a metal file to adjust the tongue that should fit into the oval foot. For Santa Claus,  you will have to adjust the length of the tongue according to the thickness of the foot.

Put a little white wood glue on the tongue, fit the piece into its oval foot and let it dry, making sure that the tree or Santa Claus is positioned vertically.

Ho ho ho...