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Let's start by opening the santa.cdr file. Place the 1/4" 24" X 14" piece of wood into your machine. This is a combined file of both vector and raster. To print, send the project to the laser in combined mode.
Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 10% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power
When finished, take out your pieces and replace it with the next set of wood used in Step 2 and continue to do so until you are done with Step 6. |
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Figure A
Santa Claus
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Next, open the santas_things.cdr file and place the 1/8" 20" X 5" piece of wood into the machine. The file is also in combined printing mode.
Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 35% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power |
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Now, open the santas_snowman.cdr file and take one sheet of the 1/4" 12" x 12" sized wood and place it inside the machine. To print, this file should be sent to the machine in combined mode.
Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 10% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power |
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Figure C
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Then open the santas_christmastree.cdr file and take the other sheet of the 1/4" 12" x 12" sized wood and place it inside the machine. To print, send the project to the machine in combined mode.
Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 10% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power |
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Figure D
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Take the 1/8" 12" X 12" sized wood and place this inside the machine. Open the santas_signs.cdr file. The file should be sent to the machine using the combined printing mode.
Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 35% speed and 100% power
Set Raster at: 45% speed and 100% power |
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Figure E
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Take the 1/4" thick sheet of 5" x 5" sized wood and place this inside the machine. Open the santas_stands.cdr file. The file should be sent to the machine using the Vector printing mode.
Using a 45 watt machine:
Set Vector at: 10% speed and 100% power |
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Figure F
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Now, we will put it
all together.
If you want to paint your pieces, you should do so before gluing all of your pieces together. This way you can get a nice, even paint job done and paint both sides of each piece without any hassle.
Take your wood glue, we used Elmer's ProBond, and start gluing your pieces to Santa Claus (Figure A). Let your project dry for a couple of hours.
Let's start by gluing the beard from Step 2. Place it on Santa's face as seen in Figure F Step 1. |
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Figure F
Step 1
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Then take the hands from Step 2 and glue those onto the upper sides of Santa's body. See Figure F Step 2.
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Step 2
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Then take your buttons from Step 2 and place those up and down on the front of Santa's body. See Figure F Step 3.
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Step 3
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Now, grab your snowman and christmas tree from Steps 3 and 4 and glue those to the bottom of Santa's body. See Figure F Step 4. |
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| Take your 3/4" hooks and screw those into Santa's hands.
Before you do this, take your santa sign and place the holes cut into the sign up to Santa's hands. Mark the area with a pencil so you know where to place your hooks (Step 5A and 5B). |
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Step 5A
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Step 5B
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When it is all dry you can place your piece in Santa's stands from Step 6 (see Figure G - stands circled in red).
And there you have it, your very own standing Santa Claus for this year's festivities! |
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Figure G
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