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The New Hotness

  • Earring Laser Fixture

    Cutting or engraving patterns on earrings should go more smoothly with a fixture:

    Earring fixture - demo install
    Earring fixture – demo install

    That’s a serving suggestion, using the Biohazard test pieces, which also helped align the top and bottom layers while gluing:

    Earring fixture - clamping
    Earring fixture – clamping

    That used all my little clamps: obviously I need more!

    The bottom layer (red) is MDF for strength and the top layer (orange) is chipboard because that’s all it needs:

    Earring fixture - LB layout
    Earring fixture – LB layout

    The little tab along the top ensures alignment using the jump ring cutout. The central hole will let me cut through the earring, should that be necessary.

    The two strips over on the left get glued on the bottom, spaced to align along one of the aluminum knife blade rails, as with the craft stick fixture. With that lined up, any two of the four targets will serve to align the template with the fixture using LightBurn’s Print-and-Cut tool, as with the craft stick template.

    Now, to make some smoke!

    The LightBurn SVG layout as a GitHub Gist:

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