Beginner 360° Wrap Tumbler on Thunder Laser Nova 24 Tutorial, Create a Full Wrap Design in Lightburn

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Want to learn how to create a full 360 degree wrap tumbler on your Thunder Laser? I'll show you how, from getting your measurements down to creating the design from scratch in lightburn. You'll use how to use the cut shapes tool as an added bonus!
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Chapters:
Intro: 0:00
Disclaimer: 0:28
What to Expect in this Video: 1:00
How to start: 1:19
Painters Tape Method 1:53
Prep Cup: 2:18
Measure Cup 3:18
Design Diameter Test in Lightburn: 4:11
Leveling and Focus: 7:12
Run Diameter Test: 8:38
Adjust in Lightburn: 9:49
Retest: 11:02
Create Wrap Design in Lightburn: 11:27
Lightburn Cut Shapes Function: 20:03
Run Design in Laser: 21:30
Review Result: 22:03
Final Run: 22:26
Final Product: 22:42
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@magzter68 4 месяца назад

I've watched hours & hours to learn how to do these magical wraps. You're the first one that actually showed from design to engrave! I can't thank you enough for your video. I don't feel so intimidated now.

@ThingsKatieMakes 4 месяца назад

Awesome!! So glad it helped

@chris80333 Год назад

I've been searching for something lime this for a while. Thank you so much!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

awesome hope it was helpful!

@JORGINHODONASCIMENTO Год назад

That's awesome, thank you. I'm about to start working on my LEM and one thing i wanted to learn was this. You are amazing!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

That's great! So glad it helped!

@shawnbashaw7846 Год назад

Thank you so much for taking the time to help with this. It is a lot of work and you explained it perfectly!!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Oh my goodness Shawn - THIS kind of comment is why I do this - I appreciate you commenting so much! My favorite thing to do when I figure something out (even a little bit) is to share it. I'd love to know if there's anything else you're wanting to learn, and again, thank you for the encouragement.

@jamesgray1927 Год назад

Diamond

@DaveGatton Год назад

Another good video with lots of great info. Well done. 👍🏻

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Thanks Dave!

@superdad1335 9 месяцев назад

Vielen Dank! Sehr gut erklärt.

@BeardedBuildsCo Год назад

Great video! I enjoyed the concept that you demonstrated. It was cool to see one of my videos linked in your description. Keep up the good work!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Thank you!!

@blakis21 Год назад

Great video!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Thanks Blake - hope it is helpful!

@malonecustomdesigns Год назад

Nice work!!!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Thanks Jay! Appreciate you taking the time to watch!

@malonecustomdesigns Год назад

@@ThingsKatieMakes You’re welcome. We’ve not tried full wrap tumblers….maybe we should :)

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

You absolutely should

@Phelnok Год назад

Great vid thank you. as far as aligning the circle and rectangle its way easer to use the align tools on the tool bar over typing in the cords. right click on the top of lightburn and tick arrange long and arrange. that should bring up those tools for you...

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Thanks! Another viewer made me aware of the little bullseye too - so helpful!

@KiLLaDaTa Год назад

Thank you!!!!!!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Oh good - glad it was helpful! Let me know if there’s anything that’s unclear!

@KiLLaDaTa Год назад

I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT cut shapes!!! Rockstar

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

@@KiLLaDaTa oh my goodness - me either and it has so many uses. It was designed to help when you need to split something because it is too big for your bed, but it’s kind of like a really cool clipping mask too!

@NatesToolbox 4 месяца назад

Amazing job 🙌🏻. I’d highly recommend a set of calipers for quick & super accurate diameter measurements rather than a tape 😊

@ThingsKatieMakes 4 месяца назад

I have calipers but still prefer the tape - I find I use it for all sorts of things

@krisknowlton5935 Год назад

To help yourself out with measuring your cups or anything you ar engraving it would be a good idea to get yourself a 6" caliper. Then you can just measure the diameter and multiply that by 3.1415926 to get the circumference. Lightburn has added a warp feature that may aid in the design of cups that are bigger around at the top than they are at the bottom. Also when you want to align the tops or bottoms of two objects is simple in LightBurn. Just highlight both objects and use the alignment tool. Nice video and I hope you have as much fun engraving as I do. It's a good ways to spend one's retirement.

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Thanks Kris - I have a caliper - hadn’t thought to use it for that. I’ve been investigating the warp feature but it’s behavior isn’t quite what I expect! Have you used it for cups in this way? Thanks for the alignment tips too! Appreciate it

@krisknowlton5935 Год назад

@@ThingsKatieMakes I haven't as of yet but only because I haven't downloaded the new release of LightBurn yet. Now that you asked me, I remembered I need to do that. :

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

@@krisknowlton5935 I’ve been playing around with it and have some questions out on the forum. I’m not quite getting the results I want using it, but we’ll see!

@krisknowlton5935 Год назад

@@ThingsKatieMakes I often wonder if people buy these lasers thinking they will be able to make a couple hundred grand a year making stuff and selling it on ETSEY. There is a lot of work and head scratching involved and a lot of wasted material. So they just give up. I have a feeling you don't fit that category. I feel fairly certain you will figure out how to make it work the way you need it to. That's what makes it fun. You have a great evening.

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

@@krisknowlton5935 so very true - the testing and trial is what separates long term success!

@tandj7370 Год назад

This looks great! Are you using the 4” lens?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Nope - just the standard 2"!

@briancarter9197 13 дней назад

The distortion, at least on xtool ra2 pro, can be fixed using photoshop and warping.

@ThingsKatieMakes 9 дней назад

I do think there a lot of ways to adjust in other tools - but man it's a bit of work, right?

@blaineeveringham6042 Год назад

Thanks for sharing! I'm a little confused by how you are able to base the whole design based on the largest portion of the cup. Why do you not need to a much smaller pattern on the bottom of the cup since it's substantially smaller? Example top of top design is 6 inches and bottom 4?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

So it’s kind of complicated to explain. It isn’t like cutting a vinyl wrap because the laser is just traveling in a straight line, and the distance it goes on each rotation is determined by the rotary, it doesn’t actually care about the size of the cup. It’s kind of like why once you’ve determined your steps per rotation, that applies to all cups unless the part on the roller is a totally different size than what you’re engraving, like a water bottle. So I need to make sure that the largest part gets fully covered with the design. The smaller part will see some compression of the design. Maybe I’ll try to film an example with some lines to show what that looks like.

@thunderoflight Год назад

Nice... kinda wish I had a Thunder Laser Nova... since it is both something I usually work on, and my surname-sake =P. (Been using this username for ages)

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

That’s awesome!

@user-xj3ck5oy2x 10 месяцев назад

Looking to start my small business, what kind of engraver do you recommend that is not expensive to start out? Thanks

@ThingsKatieMakes 10 месяцев назад

Hi there - that's a pretty difficult question to answer without more context. But, I think the new Thunder Laser USA ThunderBolt is pretty amazing $5k price point, with a 30watt RF tube and has a z axis so you can do tumblers as well. Not sure if that's the range of not expensive you are looking for. If you really don't know what you want to do, you can go for something like a Glowforge Aura which will give you a taste of what a laser could do for $1200.

@lexispapi Год назад

How do you take into account the yeti logo and not engraving into it? Thank you!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Hi - a couple of options here - you can use aluminum tape to simply cover the logo, or you'll need to factor it into the design - I'd then likely center my starting point on the yeti logo to make sure I had enough room.

@danielbolinger Год назад

I am trying to design a file and have it wrap without a seam and flow together for my stanley cup. can you assist?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Hey Daniel - what part is tripping you up? The seam?

@randyfarmer6655 Год назад

I'm hoping you can help me out, i have omtech 60w laser and I'm very new to lightburn. I'm attempting to do a full wrap however, the engraving only does half the image that I'm trying to engrave. Any ideas to help me out?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Hmmm - have you run a steps test and engraved a box to make sure your rotation is correct?

@jigsawinventions Год назад

How do you get that cross hair in the middle of you screen in lightburn?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Hi! In Lightburn preferences (you go directly from the Lightburn name) there is a toggle switch that says: show work area center cross and you toggle it on - hope that's what you were looking for!

@mercerdesharnais9982 6 месяцев назад

How do you handle the little metal tabs of a Stanley?

@ThingsKatieMakes 6 месяцев назад

Just make sure that the are cleared by your nozzle, air assist, auto-focus or whatever might hit them. A longer focal distance lens helps with the need to clear and stay in focus at the same time

@melaniedias2586 11 месяцев назад

I'm stuck on the test engraving part. How did you do that without it actually engraving it?

@ThingsKatieMakes 11 месяцев назад

Painters tape and a lower setting!

@morganclapp5554 Год назад

i believe you, i do lol BUT how does the bottom where it is skinny not catch overlap?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Ha!! Love this comment - it doesn’t turn any more, so the lines get a little compressed. I need to figure out how to show it. I’m putting it on my list…

@tombarberio9125 8 месяцев назад

The rotary is spinning the wider part of the cup. The skinny side is just along for the ride.

@jdboys1478 6 месяцев назад

Which rotary are you using in this video?

@ThingsKatieMakes 6 месяцев назад

This one is the Rotoboss Junior - I have that one, the rotobolt and I played around with the Talon for a bit :)

@Cherylandkids 10 месяцев назад

Can you show how to make a seamless pattern?

@ThingsKatieMakes 10 месяцев назад

In illustrator? Or elsewhere?

@abeearoundapomegranate5333 Год назад

I thought that you couldn't engrave metal with co2 lasers? Or are you actually just engraving the coating?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

The latter - removing the powder coating to reveal the stainless steel below

@WooderBoyProductions Год назад

Which rotary is that from Thunder?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Rotoboss Junior!

@WooderBoyProductions Год назад

@@ThingsKatieMakes Any issues with your thunder laser? alignment, customer support, etc. I am considering getting the Nova 24 but have been back and forth with Omtech or Thunder.

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

@@WooderBoyProductions I love my Nova24 and have had no issues at all. Customer support is fantastic and easy to reach!

@WooderBoyProductions Год назад

@@ThingsKatieMakes any issues aligning the mirrors if need be?

@D_theRN Год назад

Hi. How do you lay out the print around the yeti logo?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Hi! In this example their wasn’t a logo, but when I’m doing one, I put it into my template and start my alignment there. You can also ignore it and place aluminum tape over the logo which won’t engrave

@D_theRN Год назад

@@ThingsKatieMakes such a great tip!. THANK SO MUCH!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

@@D_theRN my pleasure!

@TheRoadtoGonzo Год назад

How do you like your Nova 24?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Love it! It’s the perfect machine for what I do right now. Small enough to be in my office but deep and powerful enough to engrave quickly and have a rotary

@pl2996 Год назад

Have you had any issues yet with your Thunder 24? Did you buy it from Thunder USA or from China? Any regrets?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Bought it from Thunder USA and have not had any issues - absolutely no regrets! Maybe getting such a high table that it is hard for me to see into it without a stool 😂

@pl2996 Год назад

@@ThingsKatieMakes Thank you for the info. This is a hard decision so I appreciate your feedback.

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

my pleasure - and if you have more questions don't hesitate to ask