Unlock HIGH PROFITS: Make Unique Glass Christmas Ornaments with Laser Engraving xTool F1

we found a hot new trend laser engraved glass Christmas ornaments and you could personalize them right at your booth we've done all the testing so that you don't have to and we'll show you what we learned right now what is up welcome back do you like to do it build it or make it so do we and we have new videos each week one of our patrons posted these really cool personalized laser engraved glass Christmas ornaments and then once he posted them we couldn't stop stopped seeing him they were everywhere so we thought we would do this week's video on how to do and make these personalized ornaments so you see lots of different ornaments at a craft show and a lot of them are occupational type ornaments nurses law enforcement firefighters whatever the case may be there's tons of them out there but how do you make your ornaments Stand Out personalized ornaments are a great way to make your ornaments stand out when you're at a craft show you're looking for unique and personalized gifts to give folks that mean something to them if you could find a nurse ornament that you can actually add your nurse's name to or a law enforcement ornament where you can actually add your law enforcement officer's name to it this is a great way to make your ornament stand out and make your booth unique at a craft show or if you're selling online for your online sales being able to personalize ornaments really adds that Personal Touch and folks are looking for those kinds of items so we've got a great way to show you how to personalize these ornaments we try different brands different colors different laser types we've got all the settings that we're going to share with you today step one we're going to gather all of our supplies we needed some glass ornaments because that's what we're making so we tried different brands we found them at different locations we actually were all over [Music] town so we checked lots of different stores I started with Hobby Lobby but I couldn't find a set of just plain glass ornaments that we could engrave on so I got this because that's where I was and I but they have glitter and things so that wasn't great but I did find a large selection many different colors at at home so at home at at home it's called at home and there are nine ornaments for $5 and they came in every color just just pretty much every color so many of them to choose from they were great then we happened be at Walmart looking for something else and I said well let me just see what Walmart has and they had a whole selection as well they had this one which was a variety set of multiple colors which was great for the project that we're doing cuz we got to test multiple colors and then they had this set here I think they may have had this one in multiple colors as well so this one was 10 ornaments for $4 and this one is eight ornaments for $6 now I will say these as we tested them they're a little bit different they they're a little more substantial yeah little bit weird too well they were a little thicker I think I feel like the paint's a little thicker on these we had to tap on them several times just to make sure it was glass they don't even sound like glass so but we did engrave them and we got some lessons learn to share with you on that set we're also going to use our foxy Hughes paints because once you engrave these you it is pretty cool to see through but it's a little distracting so adding that read anything if you put words on it yeah so adding the color on the inside really makes it stand out so we've done a couple of different colors here we use navy blue white black I'm not sure we actually ended up finishing one with the green but you can add any of the paint colors in there give it that extra pop and make the engrave stand out then we used our xtool F1 to do all of the engraving work and we're choosing to use the xtool F1 because this is what we were sharing because you'll be able to take this with you to the craft show and do some of that personalization right at the craft show however you can do this technique with pretty much any laser you can use your P2 you can use your Eon your CO2 your diode your IR any of them will engrave these ornaments step two time for some testing Graves we have lots of different ornaments for different manufacturers different brands different finishes some are dull some are shiny and we thought we would test them all different colors I think are going to react differently and like I said these feel a little different so so I'm curious to see how these are going to engrave I'm going to try all of them and share with you the best settings that work for each color each brand so that you don't have to go through that testing we grabbed some images off of canva and we created a little jig it's just a 4in square with a 1 and 1/2 in circle out of the middle that totally holds the ball and we shouldn't have any problem so with the images he's right we just grabbed them from Cana there are lots of different designs out there you can find the different occupational designs babies for first Christmas first year in your new home so that you could put a zip Cod on there lots of different things for personalization and I grabbed those I didn't have to make any of them this time I just grabbed them and load downloaded them right into creative space so with a 2 and 1/2 in ornament the best image size is about 1 and 1/2 in circle if it starts to get too far past that 1 and 1/2 in curve gets to be too great and it won't fully engrave we found that for the Walmart Green green and red ornaments that the blue light laser work the best power 70% speed 3,000 and lines per centimeter at 200 for the red at home and blue at home and pink at home ornaments as well as the Walmart gold ornament and the silver Walmart ornament the IR laser work the best and we use power at 100% speed at 1,000 and lines per centimeter 300 we found it easiest to to line up the image that's being framed with the hole in the jig and we did this by hand we would also double check our framing over some of the shiny balls that we couldn't see the frame on using a piece of tissue paper this would lay the flattest against the ball and allow us to see where it was going to hit on the ornament we found that the blue light laser settings were a little bit faster than the IR settings probably because the speed is at 3,000 versus 1,000 but those engraved in about 15 seconds where the IR Engravings were up to 30 seconds both still super fast but one was a little faster than the other because these ornaments have such a curved surface some of the Engravings on the outer edges didn't come off completely so we thought at first that maybe the engraving wasn't reaching the edges with an inch and a half design but what we found is that we when we scrub them and wash them a little bit with a little bit of alcohol or with our Magic Eraser and H ly what worked the best was our nail just kind of chipping at it with our fingernail we were able to get those outer edges to come off because it did actually engrave them it just didn't take the paint off with that engrave but it was easy to get the edges off so if you see that during your engrave just give it a little wipe or a little scratch with your nail and those outer edges will come right off step three woo now we paint we're not going to use a brush we're just going to take the tops off and pour a little bit of paint in there and then swish it around until it covers up the engraved design super easy paint me Kim hold on let me shake it [Music] step four profit pH three profit so we know we're all in for 10 balls for four bucks and I think we could probably sell these personalized for like $12 yep that's what I was thinking too we would sell these for $12 you can get your family name your ZIP code your baby's name your friend's name there's just so many different possibilities for these oh yeah your pet's name that's another good one street name your latitude longitude well like I said your a favorite nurse law enforcement officer firefighter there's just so many different things and really adding a touch of personalization is a great way to give a gift that's really means something to someone they'll know that you've been thinking about them because you've added their name location whatever it might be something that makes it personal to them yeah well we are about out of time so if you're not going to join us for the patron after show we will see you next week where we'll do it building and make it again a big thanks to all of our patrons we love you guys and that is the best way to support this channel join us over on patreon where we have the best community in town and I don't really have I could bounce a box of ornaments but but I can't actually like balance yeah and or you know he's always looking for something to break there at the end is a great way to make them stand out because folks personalized ornaments are a great personalized ornaments are a great way to make your ornaments stand out when you're going at a when you another you're always okay that was dumb I hated how I did my part close but not no dice we needed some glass Christmas orn balls skip some words in there ran them all together we needed some glass Christmas ornaments the balls nope yeah these are nine for $5 uh right yeah mhm sorry step three now we paint hold hold on I'm going to do it with all the glass around oh God ready uh-huh