Usage and Operation Archives

Wood Square

Start off with a simple engraving project.

Setting Up Your Page Let’s begin by creating a new file in CorelDRAW. Click File in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Then select New from the drop-down list. Now enter your page size. Enter 4.5” for the page width and 4.5” for the page height. Then (...)

04/01/2025

Glass Coaster

Become familiar with the basics of etching glass.

Setting Up Your Page We’ll start by creating a new file. Click on the Get Started option on your Welcome screen, then click the New Document button. You can also use the shortcut keys, Ctrl + N, to open a new document. Now enter your page dimensions. Enter 3.5” for (...)

04/01/2025

Wood Keychain

Take your skills one step further with a double-sided keychain and jig.

Setting Up Your Page We’ll start by creating a new file. On the Welcome screen select the New Document button. You can also press Ctrl + N to create a new document. Now enter your page dimensions. Enter 4” for the page width and 4” for the page height, (...)

04/01/2025

Creating City Maps (CorelDRAW)

Learn how to source and prepare artwork for cutting and engraving city maps using CorelDRAW.

City Map Image Capture Start off by visiting snazzymaps.com to create a custom city map for laser engraving or cutting. Creating an account is not required, but if you are interested in creating different city maps for customers or friends, signing up will give you the ability to save map (...)

04/01/2025

Creating City Maps (Illustrator)

Learn how to source and prepare artwork for cutting and engraving city maps using Adobe Illustrator.

City Map Image Capture Start off by visiting snazzymaps.com to create a custom city map for laser engraving or cutting. Creating an account is not required, but if you are interested in creating different maps for customers or friends, signing up will give you the ability to save map locations (...)

04/01/2025

Using PhotoLaser Plus

Learn how to quickly prepare photos for engraving using PhotoLaser Plus.

Prepare Photo Begin by importing a photograph into PhotoLaser Plus. Select the ‘Import’ option from the ‘File’ menu. Then select a photo. Now click on the work area to place the photo. Next, resize the image to match the engraving piece. In this example, our engraving piece is 6” x (...)

04/01/2025

Use a Jig to Pre-Engrave an Item for Customization Later

Learn how to use a jig to save time on your most popular laser engraving projects.

Setup the Artwork Here we are creating a jig to pre-engrave four leather notebooks. We’ll add customized names to each one later. The red lines are the outlines of the notebooks we’ll cut out in a jig. We’ll cut an arrow at the top left corner so (...)

03/31/2025

Using Color Mapping in the Epilog Software Suite

Save time by setting up multiple passes with different settings.

It’s easy to color map with the Epilog Dashboard. Prepare the Artwork for Color Mapping For this file, we want to score the red numbers and cut out the blue outlines. Once the artwork is ready, Print the file to the laser. Everything has come over in a single process (...)

11/11/2025

Using Margins to Preview Your Engraving

Use this technique to quickly fine tune your engraving.

For a helpful tip, we’ll show how to use margins in the Epilog Dashboard to preview the engraving to make sure our photo quality is ideal. Prepare the Artwork We’ll be engraving this photo on a wood plaque. First, we’ll process the photo in PhotoLaser Plus. (...)

03/31/2025

Center-Center vs Custom Center Engraving

Learn about preset positioning to center your artwork along with techniques to center offset graphics.

Using Center-Center There are many ways to use Center Engraving on the Epilog Laser Dashboard. Let’s take a logo we want to engrave at the center of a coaster. In the Epilog Dashboard, choose the Advanced Tab. Next to Centering Point you’ll see a list of all (...)

03/31/2025

Using the Rim-Style Rotary Attachment

Here we’ll walk you through the steps of customizing a glass mug using the Rim-Drive Rotary Attachment.

Install the Rim-Style Rotary To install the Rim-Style Rotary Attachment, lower the table and turn off the machine. Place the Rotary at the top-left corner of the table. Attach the plug to the machine at the top-right corner of the bed. Turn the machine back on. (...)

04/01/2025

Using the 3-Jaw Chuck Rotary Attachment

The 3-Jaw Chuck style Rotary Attachment is an extremely versatile tool for marking and engraving cylindrical objects.

Installing the 3-Jaw Chuck Before we get started, we will need to lower the laser table far enough to accommodate the 3-Jaw Chuck Rotary Attachment Once the table is low enough, power off the machine. Measure & record the diameter of the cylinder you plan on engraving; you will (...)

04/01/2025

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Creating City Maps (CorelDRAW)

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Using PhotoLaser Plus

Use a Jig to Pre-Engrave an Item for Customization Later

Using Color Mapping in the Epilog Software Suite

Using Margins to Preview Your Engraving

Center-Center vs Custom Center Engraving

Using the Rim-Style Rotary Attachment

Using the 3-Jaw Chuck Rotary Attachment