Epoxy Resin Tutorial - How to Fill xTool D1 Laser Cut Pieces with Resin

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Epoxy Resin Tutorial - How to Fill Laser Cut Pieces with Resin
Warning: Important Health and Safety Notice:
Resin is an industrial chemical and as such should always be treated with respect and the manufacturers safety advice taken. Here is a video I have made on how I keep myself safe: • Stop Making Yourself I...

[@kerrividler6571]

Well done they look incredible Steve, with your tremor and my tremor, we’d look a right funny pair. I ended up before this admission to hospital, spilling resin, knocking paints over time and time again wearing it on my clothes. You’d think I’d wear an apron wouldn’t you? Never mind , but these look amazing

[@tinacluff2793]

I'm so glad you used that sticky plastic for the bottom of them I was thinking of using that too for a project I want to do in the spring, it's way too cold where I am now to mess with resin.

[@carlycharlesworth1497]

Those pieces you made were gorgeous Steve, and they looked amazing with the resin. Like proper stained glass, just awesome!

[@DorianneDelageArt]

Wow ! This tool is fantastic ! I can't wait to see the other splendid creations you'll make ! 👏👏👏💙💙💙

[@Alyathaean]

When you don't have an air assist at your laser: tape the wood before cutting! Paper tape is pretty cheap and does a good job with preventing the smoke on the surface.

[@doglifehub]

You don't know how much this tip helped me! Thank you!

[@dollybrown1993]

Oh my word!!! Those are extraordinary!! So looking forward to getting mine so I can play too. As always, very informative. Thank You for sharing how you used the first cuttings. Stay safe and ALWAYS stay crafty!! Ringy-dingy🔔🔔🦋🦋

[@lindafrier26]

They turned out fantastic!

[@CPegRun]

Oh my goodness, Steve!!! I just did this project with a large wood cut out picture from dollarama, a store here in Canada! It turned out amazing!! I’m just starting your video!!! I’m happy you’re doing this!!!

[@sweetpeanw]

I’m so jealous you got one! I wanted the D1, but couldn’t get the money together for their Kickstarter. The Glowforge is far too expensive. xTool D1 was so much more affordable.

[@Geckocharlie]

Wow, that's Awesome 👍🏼 Totally love the flower/butterflies sun catcher/stain glass!!!🥰 Cute ideas too 👍🏼

[@christinaperson1168]

These turned out spectacularly! So if you wanted you could dome the whole thing, but I suppose that might make it too heavy. Love the puppy coaster and paw print. Everything you do (even the mistakes) is so great!!! Thank you Steve!

[@ramonalucas2642]

Wow! That machine is amazing! Ty Steve for sharing this. God bless you and your family and furbabies.

[@SteveMcDonaldCrafting]

Thank you

[@Vixxen_Viktoria]

I loved making these!! They are so much fun :) Great video ✨

[@jessd3012]

Brilliant video, Steve! I've just gotten myself a D1, and I'm quite looking forward to crafts like this on it!

[@traceyhilder3426]

Another fabulous video Steve , loving the lazor and outstanding work too

[@Twiggymack48]

Hi Steve, glad you are having fun with your new toy.

[@ConnieConnie824]

Such a cute design 😍

[@dulceteixeira9097]

Congratulations Steve, they are beautiful

[@kesami123]

I'm only disappointed that the butterflies do not have any glitter in them! 🤣🤣🤣 Great job as always Steve! TYSM for sharing!

[@suewarnes9469]

What a fab machine! Gotta say Steve you have great taste in music! I could listen to this song all day long watching the laser! ❤️ going to check it out. Thank you. Take care. ☺️🇬🇧

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

😂😂 thats funny cause i had to fast forward through it cause i didnt care for it.

[@richardbriansmith8562]

Awesome steve McDonald

[@valancianunes65]

I just love ❤ something like this thankssss ur a sweetheart. Bless u

[@JohannaVeerenhuis]

That was lovely! I only wish you’d shown the sunflower thing against a white background, to really see the end result. 😉 Buying a new -relatively- expensive machine is not a priority now, but it looks great!! I’m so happy for you that you got it! 🤗

[@pattyharrison6386]

Steve, I love the puppy coaster and paw print too❣

[@TabithaJaycox]

Very cool!!!

[@bonny9680]

You can use a rolling pin to make sure it's all stuck down. Much easier on the hands.

[@cindyvancroonenborgh3982]

Omg they are lovely and I want a cutter to just have to try to save the money hihi. great job

[@meaghanb9118]

Oooooo! Knew you would get into it!!

[@Fallen-ut5te]

You can use lightburn with it to have more setting. We have a stool for our business and it works great. Hope that helps you out. 🙂

[@margaretzuelke9761]

How lovely! Some day I might be able to afford some of the nice toys you have. 🙂

[@debbyhoggett1202]

Lush gona look at getting one thanks Steve

[@MoniqueAO888]

Great video...the knuckleduster-paw made my day :-D

[@Oonagh72]

Those little cut out pieces would make nice jewelry.

[@mookzmom]

How cool is that? So happy for you! I'd love to see you design and print acrylic blanks for mold making someday.

[@wileycovington4497]

You can't cut acrylic with a diode laser. Has to be a co2 laser.

[@wileycovington4497]

Well, not clear acrylic. It would have to be opaque.

[@Kaycyd]

I am so happy to see you working with this xTool D1 Laser Cutter! I have been looking at laser cutters for a few days now. I don't want to work with wood so are you planning on showing any videos on using the xTool D1 with acrylic sheets? I'm wanting to make my own templates for making molds to use with resin. So far, I have found that I don't want a laser cutter that has a blue light. It doesn't cut blue nor clear acrylics. So much to learn! LOL But, I would love to see a video of you using this machine with acrylic? Now that I've said this, and I see that you posted this a year ago, I probably should go check out the rest of your videos to see if you did upload one! Great vidoe!

[@Jacbean10]

thanks for sharing! this looks like a fun gadget. I'd been looking at these types of gadgets, but mostly att he Glowforge, which is out of my price range. this looks like a great option.

[@janicehelmore-pouringwithf3360]

Awesome machine! I want one 😀💖💖💖👏👏👏🇦🇺

[@christifischer462]

Very cool. You sound like me. If I can bump, tip, fill in the wrong spot, get it stuck to me somehow, then yep I will find a way...lol. I bought a pressure pot months ago and haven't used it yet. All the tutorials on how to use it and what molds can go into it and how long are basically on how to put it together. I so enjoy all your experiments and your love of glitter. I personally have a love/hate relationship with glitter. As much as I love it. I make a mess and then it will take about a year for it not to show up on something...lol

[@christinahutchison3967]

My favorite is the flower butterfly art piece.

[@lauriewilson4741]

Really love this pattern. Do you have the option to make other sizes, specifically smaller?

[@vikkidelaney7097]

Hi Steve, can you please share where you got the file for the butterfly's? You did a fantastic job with this.

[@mallorikerr4092]

A hair dryer on low should loosen the adhesive on the shelf liner so it won't pull off the top layer of wood. I ordered the stool 10 w bundle last night so excited to find cool fun ideas for all my crafting supplies

[@wileycovington4497]

Good idea with the hair dryer.

[@PinchingPesos]

Wow aren't you lovely. At no point during this video did I think "OMG come tf on and stfu!".... Which says a lot considering most yt videos. I really enjoyed watching this video and it was very informative.

[@lovemysweetart5416]

Hi Steve I absolutely love watching you. What did you search for to get your image for the laser?

[@thyra_UK]

You can use sticky back plastic as a transfer tape for vinyl

[@nmbbeingintentionallycreative]

so excited about the new cutting tool you have - i checked out the website and really wish I had room for one, soon. Anyway, couple of questions. One, what is the deepest it can cut, should you use specific wood or does it matter. Re the sticky tape you used to put your cutouts on, I have found with some of the products I have used, when I pull them off, the back of the resin is still sticky, which i don't like, any thoughts or suggestions on how to prevent this?

[@SteveMcDonaldCrafting]

I don’t think it matters for the first question. I didn’t find this clear plastic left any sticky. But when it has happened to me in the past I use just a little tiny bit of baby oil on a lint free cloth and it completely removes any sticky without affecting the resin. Hope that helps. 😀

[@Nirrrina]

You might check to see 8f you have a local Makers Space. The Tulsa Central Library has a great one but there's also a couple of other places in town with it. Seems to me that it might make a good side hustle to cut things out for people & mail it to them. Although I just remembered that Dollar Tree has little cutouts that might work for this too. I think you get 6 in a pack. I've avoided DT in the couple of years because I had too many craft things I wasn't using. Then I started resin this month & now I've been back twice.

[@anirtak191]

If you dont mind could you tell me where you got your large silicon mat from please

[@bobiijae790]

So I just was checking out the XTool D1, yeah a bit out of my price range.... Definitely something I'll have to make payments on if I want to get it. Man oh man, it's a fine machine as well just dang! The price is a bit more than I can do all at once, but at least they offer a payment plan

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

same boat

[@Twiggymack48]

I love the angels best

[@valeriemccubbin7130]

Where did you get the wood from? Or could you provide the thickness of it please and thank you. Much appreciated!!!

[@raeanndixon9909]

Where did you get your cut file?

[@horsehaircreationsbykaren]

Have you ever tried syringes? I find have more control with them and easier to clean.

[@lourees2954]

Does the machine cut vinyl ?

[@Nirrrina]

Now I'm wishing I'd actually taken the time to learn how to use Tulsa Central Library's Makers Space's laser cutter/engraver. Oh well I'm still learning resin anyway. I'll figure it out later.

[@markduggan3451]

The details are great, one thing I noticed was that the back was slightly burnt.

[@jessetutterrow4320]

If the piece was on a honeycomb grid or even a kitchen cooling rack, then the back is not so burnt.

[@thomasverga469]

Are you using epoxy resin, or the less expensive polyester resin? Thank you.

[@danaparsonsliquidcosmosart2669]

I would kill for something like this alas way out of my budget

[@BGeorgeVideo]

What computer do you use?

[@alanwondra3219]

Steve...very new at this. What is the clear transparent product you stuck your cutouts to? Imagine I can buy at local craft store? Any help appreciated

[@lauriewilson4741]

Kind of looked like “ contact paper. Walmart, dollar store

[@alanwondra3219]

@@lauriewilson4741 thank you

[@lauriewilson4741]

@@alanwondra3219 you’re welcome

[@leannewright9686]

Does this laser cutter cut through acrylic just the thin stuff like 3mm stuff like you use with keyrings, if you consider doing a video on it I would be super greatful

[@wileycovington4497]

No, diode lasers won't cut acrylic. You need a co2 laser.

[@wileycovington4497]

It would only cut opaque acrylic.

[@davylauchnor7649]

is the pattern for that flower/butterfly combo available anywhere for purchase - I'd love to make some of them

[@steviecollin]

Did you find the pattern? I would like it too

[@davylauchnor7649]

@@steviecollin sorry no 😞

[@lorenaenns8916]

if you want something more advanced use Lightburn. It cost 60 dollars but was so worth it.

[@dianestanley3304]

Will you make some of these to sell ??? I would LOVE the Angels and the Butterfly/ Flower......

[@dianestanley3304]

@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts i understand.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

the other thing that people selling their stuff is making sure the free artwork they find online allows them to make money from it. a lot of them are for personal use only and is illegal to sell a piece made from its design. its better to find a design program and then import that into the print program.

[@isabeldrummond2108]

have you thought of selling some of your bezels from your laser

[@MarkATrombley]

The coffee list said October instead of November. Not sure if that is a mistake or not, just mentioning it.

[@wileycovington4497]

$659 is pretty cheap considering it's a diode laser.

[@ianharvey3696]

Sit near the speakers volume control, then you can turn down the bloody awful loud music when its playing and then turn it up again to hear Steve speaking again........

[@craftylittlerthings]

Ann's Crafty Littler Thing Id love one, but I could never afford one, I would have to think about spending out £4 for the roll of clear contact paper, the pound shop doesn't often have it, what they have isn't great anyway. So please, stop saying it isn't expensive! It wouldn't be if your gifted it or having other people paying for it, but most of us don't have that. So maybe you could change it to "it's a good/fair price" I can't work as I'm disabled so every penny counts. I will continue to enjoy watching you and seeing your makes, but just watch the "it's not expensive" bit. Hugs x Ann x

[@lorrainebaker1212]

Such a shame it is so expensive.

[@bustersbashers2280]

Great vid mate but, that Laser Cutter is NOT CHEAP at all……..🤔🤔🤔

[@kolitiokada9825]

I have to agree.....if a company sends you a $469.00 (reg $549.00) item I don't think you can say "I'm not being sponsored".

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

@@kolitiokada9825 i have to laugh at people on youtube when they say that they got the product free but its not sponsored…hello, you are being paid to make an advert (good review or bad, doesnt matter) for them “giving” you the product. even if you say the product is bad, you are still being “paid” for it by them giving you the product for free. i think they do that to seem like they still need you to give them your monthly money so they dont lose that monthly income.

[@craftylittlerthings]

If love one, but I could never afford one, I would have to think about spending out £4 for the roll of clear contact paper, the pound shop doesn't often have it, what they have isn't great anyway. So please, stop saying it isn't expensive! It wouldn't be if your gifted it or having other people paying for it, but most of us don't have that. So maybe you could change it to "it's a good/fair price" I can't work as I'm disabled so every penny counts. I will continue to enjoy watching you and seeing your makes, but just watch the "it's not expensive" but Hugs x Ann x