Yes please. I am really struggling on how to do a full wrap! Thank you for your awesome videos. They are a huge help. I like the way you explain step by step. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for your videos! They have helped a ton. With a full cup design to the bottom, do you feel like the camera is accurate for adjusting that or do you just go off of what you set your height measurement?
I feel the camera is accurate enough if combined with properly laying out and measuring your design. Remember, you can also perform a test engraving or even a test score on painter's tape to check your sizes.
Sorry for the confusion. I get to a point in making a video where I feel I am dragging it on too much and need to hurry and "get to the point already". I will be making a full end-to-end wrap video soon and will show that feature better. I believe I have a video or two in my M1 series showing how to use the manual ruler but I do not know which one(s) have it.
When you put the Rotary in the P2, are the tabs on the cup facing straight up or are they facing the front some? Thanks for your videos. They're very easy to understand. Waiting on your full wrap video :)
@@MonkeyWoodworks so you place the tabs straight up? 🤔 My rotary seemed to rotate my tumbler some when it was starting the design so wasn't sure if I needed to shift the tabs ?? I'm hoping the next one will line up better .
Honestly, I only do it because xTool says to do it. Plus, my tray is usually a little dirty and not wiped down so flipping it over keeps my RA2 pro on the clean side of it. Is it REALLY needed? I doubt it
Ive been seeing people do a full wrap to the bottom of the cup. Have you done that with the slope and the different diameter at the bottom? How did you account for that?
I am trying to get to a point so I can try it myself. I am just going to wing it and see what happens on a dupe. Once i get caught up with end of year orders, i am hoping the rush settles down so i can clean up my are some and give it a shot on camera.
So when you stretched the image, of course the image is also stretched on the cup? Was it your intent? So. if we don't want it to be stretched, we get the image of the tumbler size. righ?
Good morning . I would like to know if you use Windows 11 to work with p2; For my part when I use Windows 11, the machine stops when I burn with the default electrical connection air pump. I tested with an old Windows 10 computer, which is very slow, the machine works very well without problems. Maybe you could help me. THANKS. Happy Holidays
That is a tough one. I am still using Windows10 on all my machines. You may have to hop over to the official Facebook group and ask. Search for the group: "xTool CO2 Laser Official Group"
Thank you for the detailed video. It's been super helpful! Do you know what I can do for the bottom part to not come out distorted? My Mickey heads come out as ovals instead of circles. I have an xTool M1
Sorry, I do not know. My guess is that the image must be specifically designed for a Stanley and the heads would be pre-stretched or squished to make up for it.
@@MonkeyWoodworks Thanks for the reply! I will try with your Stanley leveling tool and see if that makes a difference. I'm really just trying things blindly because there are no videos on this made with the M1. Your two videos have been very informative and I'm learning a lot, so thank you so much!
@@MonkeyWoodworks I'm learning as I go, and that video helped me confirm things I've been guessing on, so thank you so much! The visual on how the laser works is great! This time the circles came out better but not engraved the whole way, so I'm tweaking the settings and seeing what works. There's definitely a big learning curve!
Hello Mike! Do you have the svg for the tumbler ruler? Thank you! :) I didn't see it in the description box. I did purchase the lakeshore lids though. Thank you :)
The only svg I have a link to is the Stanley Leveler. A link to it can be found in my Material Settings document. Check the description of the video for the material settings document
Hi there! Thank you so much for your videos! This comment is a little off-topic, but I was hoping you could answer for me. I can't get ahold of xtools customer service. When I am trying to engrave a piece of wood that is too large to use on the slats so I have to use the open plane setting with the riser base- my camera view does not capture the whole image of the wood. It makes it so I am unable to engrave an image on the whole piece because the camera doesn't show me the whole board. Do you know of a way to adjust this? I cannot figure it out! Is there a better way to reach out to you for help (maybe email?)? I would super appreciate it! Thank you so much!
The camera has a viewing angle that is LESS than the open plane and slats flat modes due to the camera location on the laser head. There is no way around it. My suggestion is to focus on the middle of your piece and make sure your engraving is centered on that middle. To see the what i mean on on Open Plane vs Slats flat vs the Camera viewing area, check out my material settings Google Sheet. The link is found in the description of any of my videos. Once you find it, check out the tab named "Working Area" to see the different sizes you have to work with in the P2.
13:17 Ignore What I See??? Why does it present you with an "inaccurate" view of the item to be lasered??? If I were to shell out that much money for a laser that "promotes" it has a camera, I would expect the camera to give me something I don't have to Ignore and Can Trust??? I'm sorry, but that's pretty Wonky IMO!
On this particular machine, it is off because of the camera angles. It is really wonky however once you do it a couple of times, you get the hang of it. I see people making a TON of beautiful tumblers with this machine.
