Laser Cut LED Candle Cube Instructions

Web Browser
- Find shape
- Try adding “silhouette” to your search
- The images to the right are examples of things you could use
- The one on the left would end up as a heart because there is nothing connecting the white space on the inside to the outside
- The one in the middle would end up as a butterfly shaped hole
- The one on the right would be multiple parts with lines left in the wood between them (the white space)
- Right click on image
- Click copy image

Illustrator
- Open Adobe Illustrator
- File>Open>LED Candle Cube
- Ctrl+V
- With the image selected, click Image Trace, then click Expand
- Deselect the image
- Using the Direct Selection Tool (pictured to the right), Click the outer border of the image
- Don’t click and drag to select it, just click
- Hit Delete on the keyboard TWICE
- Use the Direct Selection Tool to delete any holes in the shape
- You must hit Delete on the keyboard TWICE for everything you delete
- Change back to the Selection Tool (pictured to the right)
- Change the Fill to Nothing (pictured to the right)
- Change the Stroke to 0.001 (pictured to the right)
- Scale down to fit on the side of the box
- If you want text:
- Click on the Text Tool
- Click in an open space away from the candle cube
- It’s important that you just click, don’t click and drag
- Type in what you wanted to type
- The font type and size can be changed on the top of the page
- Click on the Selection Tool
- Click and drag your text into place
- File>Save As
- Name it something creative that you’ll remember
- Navigate to your flash drive (Removable Disk or USB Drive)
- Click Save
- Click Save again
- Click OK




At The Laser
- Open Adobe Illustrator
- File>Open
- Navigate to your flash drive (Removable Disk or USB Drive)
- Find your file
- Click Open
- Place a sheet of wood in the laser
- Move the box parts to the open space on the wood
- File>Print
- Click “Setup” in the bottom left corner
- Follow the instructions below for your laser
Epilog Helix
- Select the printer (Epilog Engraver (Right or Left)) from the list on the top (you may have to scroll to the left)
- Click Preferences
- Select Auto Focus
- Select Vector under the Job Type
- Enter the Vector settings
- Speed: 33
- Power: 100
- Frequency: 500
- Make the piece size 24 in x 18 in
- Click OK>Print>Print
Stay within an arm’s length of the laser while it’s running.
If something goes wrong, press stop.
Epilog Fusion M2
- Select the printer (Epilog Engraver WinX64 Fusion (Copy1)) from the list on the top (you may have to scroll to the left)
- Click Preferences
- Select Auto Focus
- Select Vector Grid
- Set the Thickness to 0.12 in
- Select Vector under the Job Type
- Enter the Vector settings
- Speed: 14
- Power: 100
- Frequency: 10
- Make the piece size 24 in x 18 in
- Click OK>Print>Print
Stay within an arm’s length of the laser while it’s running.
If something goes wrong, press stop.