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How to Use Laser Cut Files with Glowforge: A Be...

Glowforge is one of the most popular lasers for home makers, and our files are made to work with it straight away. This guide covers how to load a design,...

Laser Cut Christmas Ideas: Ornaments, Lanterns ...

Christmas is the busiest time of year for laser makers. Customers want handmade gifts, craft fairs are full, and wooden decorations sell quickly. Here are laser cut Christmas project ideas...

Laser Kerf Explained: How to Measure and Compen...

Kerf is the width of material your laser burns away as it cuts. It is tiny, usually a fraction of a millimetre, but it decides whether a box slides together...

Why Your SVG Imports at the Wrong Size (and How...

You open an SVG in your laser software and the design is tiny, huge, or a strange size that matches nothing in the listing. This is the most common question...

How to Open SVG, DXF and AI Laser Cut Files

You have just downloaded a laser cut file and the ZIP folder is full of files with different endings: SVG, DXF, AI, PDF and CDR. Which one should you use?...