![]() ![]() I added elastic shoulder straps to connect the front and back pieces of the vest. ![]() I didn’t try but since the front and back are identical does anyone know if you can just layer two pieces of fabric and do both at the same time? Cut out one more so that you can have two pieces, one for the front and one for the back of the vest. When it’s done you should have a cutout for one half of your vest.The cut had to be paused in order to remove that piece. When I cut mine there was one piece that ended up blowing over onto an area that hadn’t been cut yet. Keep an eye out for any pieces of material that might blow around after they’ve been cut out.Once you have everything set up go ahead and run it. Do whatever you have to do to prepare your laser for use.I also tried using wood instead of cardboard and that worked just as well. I’m not sure if this step is necessary but the cardboard did create an even surface that it made it easy to smooth out any bumps or folds that were in the fabric. It was pretty dirty so I placed a piece of cardboard between the bed and the fabric. The laser had a honeycomb bed (I think that’s what it’s called) inside.I started off by grabbing a pair of scissors and cutting out a rectangle of fabric slightly larger than the cutting area of the laser (20x12).įor this project I used the Full Spectrum H-Series desktop CO2 laser (40w). Or click and drag to create a box, that will select multiple points that can be deleted all at once. Click on each square to select and press delete or backspace to get rid of it. Delete lines and points that you don’t want by clicking or double clicking on the line to reveal a bunch of little squares. With the green vest still selected, hold down Shift and click on the circle pattern.Select the smaller vest (green) go to Edit> Duplicate.Delete the original circle pattern (select it and press delete or backspace).Take the pattern and drag it over the vest.Select Update to see what it will look like, and then press OK. Under the Mode Tab, select Brightness Cutoff, Threshold: 0.45. Select the pattern go to Path> Trace Bitmap. The circle pattern needs to be converted from a bitmap image into a vector image. If you have a design/pattern that is not in vector format (like this circle design I created) and you want to use it, you’ll have to convert it.Select the smaller vest (It was red but I colored it green) and go to Path >Object to Path.Make it as thin or as thick as you’d like. Take that box and drag it toward the center to create a margin- this is the area along the outside of the vest where nothing will be cut out. A little box will appear by the upper left corner of the vest outline. In the file there should be a circle pattern and the outline of the vest.Under the Page tab, in the Custom Size area, I changed the units to inches, the width:20, and the height:12. If you want to change the size of the page: I wanted the size of my page in Inkscape to be the same size as the cutting area of the laser I was going to be using.Download and open VestDesign.svg in Inkscape.You’ll also need a pattern that you’d like to use- I provided the pattern I used in my example. It’s a free and open-source vector graphics editor, you can download it here if you don’t have it. But if you want to design your own I’ll show you how I made mine. svg file of the vest I made (Vest.svg) and you can just use that and skip Step 1. ![]() You’ll need a vector image of the vest that can be used for laser cutting. ![]()
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