xTool F1

“in this video I'm going to show you a variety of  laser engraving projects using the xtool F1 and   focusing specifically on the F1 slide extension  now we'll be working with a large range of   material sent to us by xtool starting with some  3mm plywood now this plywood has a nice smooth   surface and it engraves and cuts beautifully  we also receive some 3mm acrylic which I have   to say is one of my favorite materials to work  with it's really easy to engrave and cut and it   creates a super professional finish we also have  some extra long slate tiles and we have a great   idea for them that we will share with you later  in this video now also in the pack is a bundle   of laser engraving photo paper now we've been  wanting to engrave photos for a while now so   this came at the perfect time and the results  were way better than we expected and finally   we have a big pack of red card stock now this is  perfect for creating greeting cards or cutting box   templates so let's check out what we did with some  of these products the first thing we're going to   start with is the 3mm plywood now we found an SVG  file on Creative Fabrica we thought we might make   a sign out of it so we uploaded it to creative  space which is the software that xtool created   and I have to say that creative space has gotten  quite sophisticated with lots of new features   being added since I last used it so we duplicated  the image and we mirrored it to create a longer   image and then we added some text with a font  that we also downloaded from Creative Fabrica   I'll put the links to both the image and the font  in the description field below and finally we   added a border around the image because we wanted  it to cut out as a sign as you can see here it is   engraving beautifully we did use the default  setting for 3mm plywood in the software but   during our testing we found that the image wasn't  intense enough so we ended up changing the setting   now all the settings for these projects will be  on our website so do check for the direct link   in the description field below now the engraved  part came out great but I think I would adjust   the settings for the cut next time perhaps  increase the speed and do two passes instead   of one it might have helped to reduce the slight  burning around the edge but overall the sign came   out great and we're very happy with the result  for the next project we downloaded a laser file   again from Creative Fabrica and this time it is a  template for a playing card storage box and we've   cut this out before on another laser and it came  out really well so we thought we'd test it with   the xtool side extension now all the pieces fit  perfectly in Creative Space so we were able to   cut them all out in the one go using the slide  extension we stuck with the same cut settings   as the homestead sign but we really should have  adjusted them to prevent that burning although it   does look more intense on camera than in real life  and I think the final result came out really well now we're going to try out some of the 3  mm acrylic now I love using acrylic because   everything looks so good with very little effort  on my part again we use the file from Creative   Fabrica and it's one that I've been wanting to  do for a while because I thought they would make   great stocking stuffers for Christmas so I made a  heap of them we just used the default 3mm acrylic   setting in Creative Space for these and you can  see how nicely they're engraving I also went ahead   and bought some key rings from Amazon for these  and I really love them result so sticking with the   acrylic theme we decided to create some coasters  now I just love these zodiac designs that we found   on etsy I've wanted to create one for each of the  adult members of my family and I've only cut four   so far so I've got a long way to go yet but really  I think they are worth it they look amazing we   just went with the default acrylic setting and  I was able to cut four at a time with the slide   extension they took about 25 minutes per coaster  but I think we can speed that up as I've noticed   some settings in Creative Space that might help  with that so I'll be doing a bit of testing before   I engrave any more of these but don't they look  great next we wanted to try engraving an image   of a lion that we downloaded from Creative Fabrica  now this required a bit of playing around with in   Creative Space as we needed to create a negative  image for this to work plus we needed to remove   the background we're planning to do a separate  video on this in the future but basically you   have to remove the background and then invert the  image it worked out great as you can see here and   we also added a shape around so that it would cut  out as a coaster I just love how this came out and   I really like this image since we were also given  some laser engraving photo paper we thought we   might try engraving the same lion photo onto that  now this isn't scratch paper but a smooth type of   paper that is suitable for engraving on we use the  default setting in Creative space for engraving   on this type of paper and as you can see it came  out great I would like to explore this a little   further as I love some of the ideas displayed  on the xtool site for this type of paper now I   have to admit that when we received the pack  of materials we were a little perplexed when   we received the long pieces of slate the first  thing that came to mind was maybe a welcome sign   but then with a little help from chatGPT we got  the idea to create a candle stand so we found   some candle quote svgs on Creative Fabrica and  engraved it onto one side of the slate and on the   other side we place the candle I love this idea  and we'll be making more for Christmas next we   wanted to try out some Wooden Spoons now these are  super easy to make just search for some spoon or   cooking quotes and type them into creative space  then you can select the framing option and turn   the dial on the side of the machine to move it  along and see exactly where it's going to engrave   and this allows you to line things up perfectly  now I made a heap of these for Christmas presents   last year they're a fun gift and they look really  cute when you tie a ribbon around them and I also   added some homemade quilted pot mitts so they  made a really nice gift so I hope we've helped   you with some ideas for gifts for yourself your  family and your friends and if you've enjoyed this   video please give it a thumbs up and subscribe  to the channel it really helps our channel   to grow and don't forget to visit the website  for all the settings for all of these projects”