Glowforge: How to Make a Personalised Pouch Bag

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There’s no greater gift than a personalised gift, so why not create a personalised pouch bag for someone special using your Glowforge machine? Easily customisable to your recipients’ style, this beginner-friendly Glowforge project is the ideal project for new Glowforge owners.

Perfect to create for any occasion, you may find yourself having to create one for all of your friends!

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Project by Hobbycraft Artisan:

Katherine Printall

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How to make

You Will Need

* Access to a Glowforge

* Two-Tone Blue Cotton Zip Pouch

* Stix2 Self Adhesive Craft Paper Tape

* A solid bamboo comb

* A piece of thick A4 card

* Scrap cardboard

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Free Templates

Personalised Pouch Bag Template 1.pdf

Personalised Pouch Bag Template 2.pdf

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Step 1

To begin, download the free Dad Grooming Pouch files and open the Glowforge homepage on your device.

Step 2

Cut the A4 card down to about 5mm bigger on all sides than your pouch. Place it in the Glowforge and peg it down to stop it from being blown around by the fan.

Top Tip: You can download a free file for the pegs from the Glowforge forum in the Beyond the Manual section.

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Step 3

On the Glowforge homepage click on 'Create a new design’ on the left of the screen, then click on 'upload file’ and select the Dad Grooming Pouch file. Centre it on the preview of the paper.

Step 4

Click on the layer with the design on it and select ‘Ignore’. Click on the rectangle layer, select ‘Score’, then select ‘Manual’ and set the speed to 500 and the power to 5. Click the material box at the top left (it will say ‘unknown’), click ‘use uncertified material’ and set the material thickness to 0.5mm. Click print and press the button on your Glowforge when it flashes.

Step 5

Place a piece of cardboard in the pouch, this will raise the fabric in the middle to about the same height as the seams. Place the pouch on the card in your Glowforge and centre it in the scored rectangle. This will ensure that the pouch is lined up correctly for the next step as doing it by eye with the preview in the Glowforge software isn’t accurate. Pin the pouch down and close the lid.

Step 6

Click the design layer, select ‘engrave’, then ‘manual’ and then set the speed to 1000, power to 30, lines per cm to 90 and 1 pass. Select the rectangle layer and click ‘ignore’. Set the material to ‘use uncertified material’ and set it to the height of your cardboard plus 1mm for the fabric. Click print and press the button on your Glowforge when it flashes. Take the pouch out when safe to do so but leave the card where it is.

Step 7

In the Glowforge app select all the artwork and delete it. Click the ‘+’ button on the toolbar at the top and upload the Dad Comb file. Move the rectangle onto the preview of the card. Select the rectangle and click on the ruler icon. Click on the linked chain icon between the width and height to turn off lock ratio and enter the width and height of your comb.

Step 8

Click on the rectangle layer and change the settings to the ones you used to score the card (select ‘Score’, then select ‘Manual’ and set the speed to 500 and the power to 5. Set the material to ‘use uncertified material’ and set the material thickness to 0.5mm). Click print and press the button on your Glowforge when it flashes.

Step 9

Stick a strip of masking tape on the comb in the area you want to engrave and press it on firmly. Put the comb on the card in the Glowforge and line it up inside the rectangle you just scored.

Step 10

In the Glowforge app move the text up or down to where you want it on the comb, but keep it aligned to the rectangle outline on the rectangle layer, not the preview of the rectangle you scored. Once you’re happy it’s in the right place, delete the rectangle.

Step 11

Set the material to unknown and the material thickness to the height of your comb. Change the layer settings to time 1000, power 80 and lines per cm 90 (you may need to play about with the settings a little but this is a good starting point). Click print and press the button on your Glowforge when it flashes. Take the comb out when safe to do so.

Top tip: There’s lots of help on settings for different materials on the Glowforge forum in the Beyond the Manual section.

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Step 12

Peel the masking tape off your comb and the pouch and comb are ready to go!

Step 13

Your Personalised Pouch Bag is now complete!

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