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Magnetic Bookmark Jig
The Creator Spark Challenge
Instruction
Information
I had been looking for a jig to use for the magnetic bookmarks and wasn't able to find one, so I decided to make one myself. It is designed for the bookmarks to lay more ON the jig for alignment purposes than to be completely inside it. If you are using a honeycomb, the magnets should easily hold them in place.
Instruction
Step1: Magnetic bookmark jig - how it came about
I had been looking for a jig to use for the magnetic bookmarks and wasn't able to find one, so I decided to make one myself. I made it slightly larger than the bookmarks themselves to help with alignment of designs and alignment on the laser bed.
Step2: How I designed it
The first thing I did was get a picture of the bookmark and import it into xTool Studio.
Then I edited the image to remove the background, crop the image down to only one bookmark, and trace the image. Once the image was traced, I removed the original from the workspace.
Step3: Sizing and design completion
I used my caliper to measure the bookmark and set the size of the design to match, adding a couple of millimeters. Once I had the size set, I added a grid array for the size of jig I wanted. I have several different jigs I use, and since I can never find a Sharpie when I need it, decided to engrave the jig name.
For the cut settings of the slots, I added a .15 kerf and kept all other settings from the material settings. The outside cut uses the material settings with no kerf.
For the engraving settings, I changed the lines per cm to 220. this is the standard I use for most of my engraving jobs.
