Craft Closet

Nothing is more frustrating than putting a board in your laser and being warped or curved. It needs to lay flat. To prevent warping we store all of our wood flat and after cutting we add weight to keep flat...

While some wood species have a very distinctive wood pattern and color, like walnut, others can be harder to discern, like Red Oak vs White Oak, or Sapele vs African Mahogany. We sell 25 different wood species, so labeling the...

Scorching happens at virtually any setting, after all we are cutting a flammable material with a laser! But the slower the laser moves, the more time the heat of the laser has to cause soot to collect on the board....

White vinegar works great. Just wet a rag with the vinegar and wipe it off. Lighter color open wood grains like Pine are harder to clean as the soot gets into the grain. A light sanding can help but be...

Glowforge Proofgrade Materials include a QR code that is recognized by the Glowforge and automatically inputs the settings. Alternatively one can select the material like Thick Draftboard, Medium Black Acrylic, Thin Cherry Veneer etc.

You can select a Glowforge material close to what you are cutting, but that may or may not work. Or it may be a slower speed than you really need and so causes unnecessary amount of scorching. So it is...

There is a discoloration issue with 6 acrylics, this one included. The images on this page show the discoloration when engraved.Blush Punch TurbulencePistachio Mint TurbulenceArctic Ice Cracked CrystalSecrets of Sapphire Cracked CrystalRoyal Amethyst Cracked CrystalDepths of Zinfandel Cracked CrystalThese are...