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Personalised wooden coasters

Instruction
coasters.xcs
coasters
.xcs
Application scenario
Laser (10min)
Machine & module
xTool D1 Pro
5W
Compatibles · 9
Material used
3mm Basswood Plywood
838
8115
Information
      I had a few spare coasters that I bought on Amazon a while ago so I made these 3 personalised designs to give to friends and family.

These designs can easily be customised with any name in the xTool Creative Space Software.
    
Instruction
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Step1: Edit the design
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The file includes 3 coaster designs with peoples names. Once you have chosen your favourite design just delete the name and type your own or a friends name.

 

You could also change the ‘drink’ text to coffee, beer, or whatever your favourite drink is.

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Step2: Curve the text
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One you have all of your text you will want to align it in the centre of the red coaster outline and use the curve feature that is built in to XCS.

 

Just click the little symbol that the arrow is pointing to in the image above and drag until the green line matches the red coaster outline.

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Step3: Align and frame
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If you don't have a pre made jig or template available I find the easiest way to align a circular coaster is to measure and draw a small cross with a pencil at the centre of the coaster and align that with the red crosshairs on the laser.

Don't worry, the pencil can easily be erased later.

 

Once you have aligned the crosshairs use the framing function to make sure everything is lined up correctly. 

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Step4: Start your engrave
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These are the settings that I used with a 5w xTool D1 Pro but these will need to be adjusted for other lasers.

 

The black layer should be set to engrave and red layer should be set to score with 1% power

 

The red layer is only there to help align the design and will not show up on the finished coaster.

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Step5: Apply a finish and foam pads
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This step is optional but I like to finish the coasters with a coat of Danish oil and add some self-adhesive foam pads to the bottom.

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xTool Supplies Used in This Template
xTool D1 Pro
xTool D1 Pro
3mm Basswood Plywood
3mm Basswood Plywood