Engraving Silicone Watch Bands with Glowforge | Lisa Potts Designs

[@lisawhite9725]

I’m so glad you did this tutorial! Thank you! ❤️

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

You're very welcome! 💕

[@nicoletownsend2561]

Beautiful! Your videos are extremely helpful, thank you so much. Would you be willing to share the link to the watch band you used? Thank you! :)

[@albetaylormade7400]

Appreciate you. Thanks for sharing

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

Thank you ♥

[@darlenerobinson5893]

Thanks for doing this tutorial!

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

My pleasure!

[@mswashu]

Liked and saved!

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

Thank you 💕

[@carissawiley]

Great tutorial. Thanks for showing the settings as well. I wonder how those translate to the GF Plus.

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

I think they would be fairly similar since I'm not using full power. I've seen users with many different models use those settings. ☺

[@glendalyhernandez7895]

Great video !! how I can get the jig for the bands ? do you created by yourself? Im sorry for my English, English is not my first language

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

I just found a template from etsy :)

[@southerncutedesigns1575]

So pretty! I have had a hard time getting charred ash off of lighter watch bands. Any tips?

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

Lots of patience! I bend it like crazy to get all the crevices and some people use electric toothbrushes!

[@jess410berry]

Any tips on how to clean a black watch band? I have scrubbed and scrubbed, and there is still a white residue. Thanks! ❤️

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

My biggest tip is not to use them. 😂 Honestly lots of patience and REALLLLY bending it to get into the cracks. Some people use electric brushes as well. If all else fails, pop some black paint in there!

[@aprilrhodes180]

i got a template from etsy but Silhouette Studio says its not supported by the download, can you share the one you purchased

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

Do you have Silhouette Designer or Business Edition? You can't bring in SVG files without one of the basic software upgrades.

[@Hana-cw7cu]

hi Lisa have you ever lasered silicone name rubber bands ?

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

Not yet! Hopefully soon!

[@cynthiaefird2272]

Great tutorial! I can't wait to get my Glowforge in December. Where do you guy your bands from?

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

Thank you! I ordered wholesale from China, but my sister store offers blanks if you need them. twosassygals.com

[@kennypreston5791]

Do you engrave silicone bands an example would be a live strong band do you do that type of engraving?

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

I haven't done that band specifically, but it would pretty much be the same process as this!

[@swayslounge2150]

I’m using Inkscape, but how do you get your final design in the shape of the watch band? For example when you check to see what it looks like & there isn’t an outline around it.

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

Look for something similar to the subtract tool in Silhouette Studio. I'm not super familiar with inkscape, so I'm not sure what it's called.

[@lovely31bluprint]

Do Glowforge comes with its own software?

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

It's got an interface you can use, but I still do all my designing in Silhouette.

[@agcreative1694]

How do I find the cardboard settings? It doesnt show for me

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

I programmed them myself after testing! I do 180/90 but I recommend testing.

[@SCreations1]

Question:: how come you only score the floral ?? Why don’t you engrave it all or score it all?

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

Scoring runs the line one time (think like tracing the outline). This helps make the design more delicate, but more importantly, it runs MUCH faster since it doesn't have to go back and forth.

[@SCreations1]

@@LisaPottsDesigns yes I agree with you!! What made you do scoring and engrave the name instead of all scoring

[@Steady_Ready]

Why didn't you just subtract the floral image from the watch jig? Just curious.

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

That's a good question! If I subtracted, the floral design would be basically part of the jig outline. That means it would score the flowers, BUT it would also cut the outside of the watch band. We need the score lines to be a totally different step and I use the knife to just cut the lines from going too far.

[@septiankriswinanto1287]

What machine is that?

[@LisaPottsDesigns]

This is a Glowforge Pro