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Puzzle made from photograph
Instruction
Instruction
Step1: 1. Choose your picture and print it on photo paper. (I use 8 ½ x 11)
Step2: Optional: add clear laminate to photo
Optional: I do this step to make the puzzle more durable. (usually for childrens puzzles) Cut a laminating pouch in half because you only need to laminate one side. Then I laminate it in a hot laminator. You can also use a cold laminating adhesive sheet. (I could never get it without bubbles so I went to the hot laminator.)
Step3: Adhere photo to wood base
3. Use a double sided adhesive sheet to adhere the photo to a piece of 12x12 3mm or 1.5 mm basswood. I use 3mm for children's puzzles without too many pcs. The 1 ½ mm works better for puzzles with many small pieces.
I got the adhesive sheets from amazon. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C5VHSLN?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1)
I guess you could glue it but never tried that.
Step4: Get the svg for cutting the puzzle
4. Go to https://draradech.github.io/jigsaw/jigsaw.html. This is how you generate the jigsaw svg file.
Measure the outside of the photo and enter these measurements into the size (they need to be mm)
Determine how many pieces you want and enter in the tiles boxes. (On children’s puzzles I have been using 4x5 or 5x5). Then click download svg
Step5: Cut out the puzzle
5. Put the puzzle in the M1 ultra laser (I have a honeycomb). Open xtool studio and start a new file. Drag the svg file you downloaded onto the xtool studio. Now mark the outside boundaries of the photo with a rectangle. After marking I center the svg file in the marked area.
6. Do your settings. I use the settings for cut – 3mm basswood which are 90 and 10 ( I have an m1 ultra 20w). Yours may be different. I’ve found it takes 2 passes. (If you are using the 1 ½ mm basswood, one pass will do but I leave the settings the same.)
Step6: Finishing up
7. Remove your puzzle from the machine. If you get black soot on your hands from the cut pieces, I have found that putting alcohol on a rag and wiping the edges removes the soot.
8. I found some gift boxes on amazon that are 4x6x6 that I put the puzzle in and then print a 4x6 photo and glue it to the box so they can see what the finished puzzle looks like. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXF8C51P?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1)
