 Have you tried engraving yet with your Cricut maker? We tried we tried it on acrylic Aluminum and leather, and we'll show you how we did it right now What is up a welcome back? 2020 ever 2020 you'll notice that we uh We kept the pegboard organizing wall unit thinger That's right. You guys voted and you voted for us to keep it so we did we listened to you We were shocked though because in second place was alternate sides, and uh, we didn't even give you guys that option But it's over there. It's just hard to move this desk. So yeah, we'll see how often we move it It's on wheels. It's just really heavy on carpet this week. We're doing some engraving, but uh, not with the laser We're going to use the Cricut because Kim says we don't need a laser engraver Yeah, well Garrett wants a really expensive laser engraver, and I said you know what we haven't even tried the engraving tool in our Cricut yet, so let's start with that first Dive off the deep end. So I agreed we'll try this out laser engravers not off the table yet So over the holiday break, I had a whole week of downtime and I got addicted to the show The Mandalorian and then I made Kim watch it and Kim got addicted to the Mandalorian So I decided I wanted to do some projects that included a baby Yoda because uh, he's baby Yoda Yeah, that's the cutest thing ever Yeah Him and that egg. Oh my god is adorable and something with the Mandalorian the whole clan of two thing it got me It got me So we're a clan of eight, but yeah, we're a clan of eight. You and I are clan too big We're the real clan. They're all just succubus This week we're actually doing three projects We're gonna try engraving on aluminum We're gonna try some engraving on leather and the one I'm most excited about the whole reason. I wanted a laser engraver is Acrylic ooh, and then we have a bonus project. I haven't even told Kim about yet. No, I wouldn't even let her see my notes I took notes So what do you need me to do to prepare for that? Nothing. Nothing. Go for it. We're doing it on the spot Pre-recorded live Project number one We're gonna try some aluminum. Yes, we're gonna use these aluminum sheets from Cricut. They're Infusible eight compatible. So we're going to engrave first and then try and sublimate over our engraving But I haven't tested that so we're winging this part. Yeah, well, we're winging the whole thing We're gonna test out engraving, but we can't just engrave we got taken to the other level Go big or mess your project up That's how we do it What do you want to do right here? Yeah, that's good. All right, we're going one inch down and one inch over Yeah, the worst thing about this Is it's hard to really know Where you're placing it on this thing you really have to use the grid on design space and Really have to trust that you're putting it in the correct place On the mat. Oh, and you really need that strong grip mat. I watched a lot of videos on the YouTube Where their projects would slip and stuff. So we're gonna try taping it. Yeah, good idea That's my heat press for sublimation. All right, so I already have baby Yoda Loaded into the design space Strangest that's all is that That is five by seven So he's six and a half wide four and a quarter tall He's wider man. Those are some big ears Those are big ears And he's got his wingspan as tall as bigger than he is tall So I'm just going to change my line type to engrave Hit make it Looking good So I'm going to move him down on my mat right here in the prepare page We're going to move him down one inch over one inch Remember to move your little wheels out of the way So the aluminum or the acrylic whatever you put in there doesn't mess up the wheels. Oh, he looks kind of creepy He looks adorable still There's no way you're really going to have to yeah, it's like an outline of the outline But here's where the tricky part comes in Now we're going to try to sublimate On top of it For that outline just bam. All right, we've got you baby Yoda all cut out on the infusible inks Do you do to flip it upside down and do it that way? Otherwise the paper gets all crazy on you So I have it all cut out on my infusible ink and now I'm going to weed it All right, there's the cut out of our baby Yoda and the infusible inks Now we're going to try to line it up over the engraving Yes That We'll see first try. All right. That's what we got. We got the baby Yoda cut out in infusible ink over top the engraving 385 for 40 seconds. Let's see what it see what it does It moved Should I take it off now? Don't we don't Oh my god, that is so bad. I can't wait to lift it up Pardon the language, but uh that does look good off the presses. Yes It looks it looks really cool But I don't know if you can really tell if it's engraved now that we put the sublimation on it Yeah, or the infusible inks kind of thought I would like yeah thought it would make pop pop Yeah, but now it just looks like baby Yoda hidden on me. Yeah Yeah Hmm still cute project number two We're gonna try engraving on leather So I purchased this leather cuff cuff bracelet cuff cuff bracelet Cuff cuff cuff cuff. Is that German? Okay, so we purchased this leather cuff bracelet It's plain. So I think I'm going to engrave my daughter's name on it I asked her what she wanted on it and what's her name So that's what we're gonna do. The first thing we did was take off this little eyelet here So it will go through the Cricut Cricut and so that these little scoring wheels don't mar the leather. I'm gonna move it in one inch and down one inch Or maybe I'll leave it up at the top just in one inch So I have more room on The mat Should we tape it? Okay, let's tape it. Does it say leather? Yeah, I'd say it's that tooling leather Two millimeter. Do you think it's two millimeter? Probably 1.6. Probably two millimeter Two millimeter. So what is this? Is this like two millimeter? All right make it happen. Let's see Hope I haven't lined up already Oh, no, that's right. Okay Just want to make sure it's lined up right See how quickly it separates Yes, so I noticed that one layer the text is thin So what I did was copy the text Multiple times and stack them on top of each other so that it engraves Multiple times over the same letter. Did that make sense? Yeah You got it So it'll be deeper Right, that's the plan All right, that's what we got looks pretty good Looks sharp Looks very uh Let's get it closer. Yeah sharp looks good Project number three We're gonna try some acrylic. We're gonna engrave on the acrylic and then put it in one of these led bases Pretty cool But the base here's the problem I ordered the base on amazon and it suggested These to go with it. So I was like, oh those must obviously fit it Do not so we're gonna have to cut them down So I got this little scoring tool. It's supposed to be able to cut through this acrylic Score it a couple of times Snap it, you know the deal You know the drill So let me make sure I've got my sizing correct. That's three that's over three inches Three and just under a quarter. Oh, I should make it a little bit smaller. 3.1 Let's go three. Let's go three even three. Okay I'll keep this within the limits Thick acrylic two millimeter Done Simone acrylic I want this little brush. I won't brush it on the mat. So it doesn't have a little mat We're gonna do good thinking good thinking So I married you Hey, that's what we got. I can't tell you can't see anything yet. Let me uh, we got my base Grace oh, it's a little wide still a little wide Get in there base. I got trim it down again. Damn it here use uh like these little Do you have these little clippers here? No Oh, no, no, no, no, you're gonna cut a finger off Oh You got a good Oh It cracked the whole thing Damn it. It's darn it. Darn it. I mean, all right Well, that's what it's supposed to look like. I guess we'll be recutting Yeah, we'll be recutting that one Which kind of well, hey fits in there now. Look at that barely tell You can barely tell. Oh, all right. Well Oh That works that works. I really like how it came out on the acrylic It did pretty good. It did better than I thought it would do got a little crazy and cracked it, but We'll fix that we'll fix that All right. Are you guys ready for my bonus project? I don't know if this has ever been attempted before But I'm going to try to do the infusible inks On the acrylic and then engrave it In theory seems like it would work. Yeah, so I hear you. All right. Let's see if it works. All right I'm gonna try taping it to this board and tape it down 385 for 40 seconds I feel like it's gonna melt it three two One Go try to make sure it doesn't curl up. I know how that plastic lights to curl Looks good. Looks good. So the infusible inks Didn't really work didn't really work on the uh, but that's okay. I'm gonna go through a coat of Black spray paint on it real quick and we'll try it anyway Back with plan B. I threw some uh black spray paint on it. Now we're gonna try to engrave it So we'll find out going in tapeless Okay That's what we got so far, but check it out. Can you see it? I can't tell I think we gotta turn the lights off I can see it on this side. Mm-hmm. All right. Can you see it? You can't see it. We have too many lights on A BAM bonus project saved get in the engraving. Have you used the little tool? What have you made? Have you done anything different? We've only seen aluminum leather and acrylic I'd love to see some pictures of your projects because This is our first attempt. So I'd love to see something else cool done with it. Yeah, show me something cool If you're not yet subscribed hit that subscribe button and tick that bell because we do something build something or make something every week Every friday the video drops Hit that like button See you next week