I Made $937 In 48 Hours Using My XTool D1 Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- This video was a fun and unique way to show you the potential of adding laser engraving into your woodworking business. It does cost time and money to get started but once you ge the ball rolling you can start earning a lot!
Most of the things I made are copyrighted and require appropriate permissions to sell so engrave at your own discretion.
D1Pro 10W:
www.xtool.com/...
D1 Pro 20W:
www.xtool.com/...
Honeycomb Panel: www.xtool.com/...
SMB ideas with xTool: www.xtool.com/...
Magnets: amzn.to/3Z8drQL
Patches For Engraving: amzn.to/3Z6GMLw
Hats: amzn.to/3kyPJhG
🎵 Music Info:
Title: Rough Nights by Artificial.Music & Mehul ShaRma
Genre and Mood: R&B & Soul + Dramatic
Chat with me on Instagram:
@TheReformationWoodshop
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You have exactly the kind of initiative and out of the box thinking most people don't. I love this. Thank you for showing others how to do it!
Appreciate it!
Thanks for the informative video, I know it's over a year old, but it's still very relevant. Most of my own hats I've made by buying patches I like and sewing them to Richardson 112 or 115 lids and it never occurred to me I could make this a profitable hobby-business.
Love these ideas. We started with an Xcarve, but we're in the market for a laser for smaller, quicker items. Thanks for the vid!!
Good luck, thanks!
thats a great idea... thanks for sharing it, layering never gets boring :)
great story! if you paint the magnets of superheroes you will sell more and easier 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌hola from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
An idea that would be low hanging fruit. Go to local golf courses and make magnets out of their logo... A couple months before Christmas they will ALL be interested
Great idea!
Nicely done - that was a great bit of hustle! Just wondering if there are any potential trademark issues at all in using those images?
Yeah there is. Any licensed characters can get you a cease and desist but occasionally engraving things especially locally is pretty harmless. 👍🏻
Where do you get most of the images?
You rock man - great information for us hustlers!
I feel like the copyright thing everyone is tripping out is also a good way to introduce people into your own designs
It really is just a way to demonstrate what you’re capable of 💪🏻
Hey thanks for the video love the out of the box thinking, I just got my d1 pro 10w less than a week ago and have loved playing around with it. As a noob I was wondering where you got the design for all the logos and characters. And how you got them on the program. Also what materials did you use? Thank you very much
You can just google search anything that you’re looking for and add the work “SVG” after it. It’s a file type. Save it to your computer and then drag it into your program. 👍🏻 with the diode laser you can engrave on so many materials. It’s best to check the XTool website.
You are doing what I was thinking to do, use 2 diode lasers like people do with 3d printing. Also I notice you are not using mdf all the time.
Yeah MDF is no good. It’s super toxic so I just avoid engraving it.
@@TheReformationWoodshopPlywood is less toxic?
but how much profit did you make?
Cool video!
Do you have any tips on how to get the projects centered perfectly?
I use the framing tool in the XCS software religiously. On top of that using a ruler and marking lines on your project can be really helpful!
Great vid. I'm really close to dropping the hammer on an xTool. Great tips.
Do it! Do it! Do it!
I have that engraver - still new in the sealed box. I've had it for over 2 years. Maybe I should open the box...
Yes! Do it now!
Haha, same! Glad I’m not the only one. If only there were more hours in the week.
Good stuff. Do you have information/tips on the wood you chose for one or both machines? And where you sourced it (locally, online?) I'm a subscriber now!
-Wes
Hey Wes! I work at a cabinet show and get Baltic birch 1/4 from their. It’s not failed me yet! If you check around town I’m sure you could find a shop with loads of scraps they want to get rid of
This is such a great idea! I (like many) are starting up as well.
I am curious, may I ask how how to sell material like this? Specifically, did you need to get any specific licensing to use Anime and other Game/Geek cultural images? (Coming from a Con/Gaming nerd). Thanks!
Exactly my thoughts. You’re essentially making money off their characters and movies. I would be worried about being sued. I know Disney don’t like it and have come down hard on Etsy shop owners for it in the past.
Nice video! I just have a question since i'm starting with laser engraving. Do you need copyright to do things like this? ☺️
You do 👍🏻
Hi, thanks for the video. Can you provide a link to the magnets? Are you happy with them?
What thickness of wood are you using? Thanks
amzn.to/3MncUa8 I love these. And I’m using 1/4” material.
Did you stitch the patches to the hats yourself or did the patches have a adhesive?
The patches come with adhesive.
Okay thanks
Can you do a tutorial on how to do multiples at oncr
Can it cut the material, around the design? Can you engrave mugs or other curved items?
You can if you have the RA2 Rotary Attachment
I have limited computer skills and zero CNC skills. How hard would it be to learn the laser printer and program. In other words, " how hard is the learning curve"? How long would it take to learn. Very impatient person.
It is SUPER easy. I wouldn’t just say that either. I’m not a huge fan of these types of programs but the one XTool offers is very approachable.
Did you learn it?
Do you coat the engravings with any type of coating?
You’ll need to for anything metal that you do. You can use a standard can of spray paint.
what kind of leather did you use? where did you buy it my friend? Thanks in advance
Amazon, the link is in the description of this video. Good luck 👍🏻
I have the D1 pro 10W as well and wa slooking to burn some leather patches like you have, if you dont mind, what settings did you use?
Can you share a link for the leather patch
amzn.to/3Z6GMLw
Awesome video. Did you use a hat press or did you iron them on?
I ironed them for this video but it was not a good experience at all. I now have a cricut hat press and it works really well.
@@TheReformationWoodshop As soon as I finished watching your video, I looked at the cricut hat press. Iread some of the reviews on those leather patches that you used, some people had good results and others not so good. How are the patches holding up, any issues you've found using them?
@@cecilferris1163Any updates on this?
Did you create these icons your self or did you find a file bundle online?
A little bit of both. There’s a lot of searching and storing up things as you go. Finding the right images is like a treasure hunt.
Is there a way to improve the detail/resolution of prints?
For sure. As long as your image is high quality, your laser head is in focus and your depth/speed settings are correct your engraving should come out perfect.
@@TheReformationWoodshop I’m doing a bit of homework on starting a side project of magnets
How do you know if the item is copy right ? And your allowed to reprint to sell
You know by either having a license or making your own designs. Everything else is copyright infringement.
If the design exists somewhere, other than your head, it's copyrighted property....
@thereformationwoodshop where'd you get the magnetism sheet?
The honeycomb panel is from XTools website. www.xtool.com/products/honeycomb-working-panel-set?currency=USD&gclid=CjwKCAiAr4GgBhBFEiwAgwORrfz0p4SRlL5WkFuSlBLdUvH1jGcQ-bcua7dOXU1zvTjR3tXl05861xoCkYsQAvD_BwE&ref=clSNUlHMSPHtmu&variant=42159705260271
@@TheReformationWoodshop not the Honeycomb, lol, Xtools is a ripoff, Amazon Honeycomb for half the price. I was asking about the sheet you used for displaying the magnets
Ahh I gotcha. It was just a sheet of metal I found in the conduit isle at Lowes. It was about $13. They had a ton of different sizes too 👍🏻
How do you cut them out?
In the engraving program you can add a border around whatever you’re engraving and then specify the laser to cut that border.
What was your material cost?
For the wood magnets I’m using a 4x8 sheet of 1/8” $13 ply. (Not great for anything other than these magnets honestly)
100 pack of magnets cost $11.
The patches cost $15 for 80.
The hats were $7 each
Hope that helps 👍🏻
@@TheReformationWoodshop very good, are you still using the lp4 at all?
Absolutely! I may have to do a face off video for these two lasers because they’re both so useful to me.
I would like to see more on it. I ordered one thru kickstarter.
One thing you don't want to do is advertise how much money your making. Just say ( for the benefit not to get robbed ) were making a little money it's a hobby
Are you suggesting that this guy is collecting cash from the internet people who buy his things? How would that work??
Where did you get the vector for the magnets????
Searching google for whatever characters I wanted and adding “SVG” behind it.