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[Laser cut and engrave] Stylish Hexagonal Coaster — Project made with D1 Pro machine for Laser cut and engrave.

Stylish Hexagonal Coaster

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StylishCoaster

.xcs

Application scenario

Laser processing (15min)

Machine & module

xTool D1 Pro

10W

Compatible xTool Machine

F2 Ultra UV

F2 Ultra（Single）

F2 Ultra

F1 Ultra

F1 Lite

P2S

M1 Ultra

D1 Pro 2.0

Laserbox

Material used

3mm Poplar Plywood

681

4815

Information

      I know I'm not the first person to make coasters here. There are tons of them. What I personally felt was missing when I looked through them was a stylish, modern approach. I gave it a try.
The pattern isn't my idea. I saw it for a second on Instagram, I think it was about Japanese drinks. I recreated the pattern in InDesign, then rendered it in Photoshop, transferred it to the xTool program, and vectorized it there. Voilà!
I actually wanted to make it with slightly thicker and harder wood, but that would take forever with my 10W laser. Maybe later. Here's the current version with 3mm plywood (poplar). Have fun recreating it!

Instruction

Step1: Things to know

Preview

It's not complicated at all. There are just two important things to remember: First, the final outline of the whole coaster must be cut last, so cut the small pattern first. It is set like that in the project file. Second, the cutting parameters change depending on the thickness of the wood. With my 10W laser, I used between 80 and 100% power and a speed of between 4 and 5. Sometimes the tiny pieces don't fall out on their own, so you can use a scalpel and a small screwdriver to help them along.

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