 We just made these t-shirts with our laser with our dialed laser and our co2 laser and we'll show you how we did it right now What is up a welcome back do like to do it build it or make it so do we and we have a new video each week this week We're getting into textiles. That's right. We're making t-shirts again, but t-shirts with our laser Did you even know you can make t-shirts with a laser? We did not know until one of our patrons showed us that they were making t-shirts with their x-tool d1 So you know we had to try it out here. That's right And we want to show you how you can make a t-shirt with a laser I also want to know if you guys have tried making this on your own Did you already know you could do this? Have you tried it on other materials? So I've done a little research. I think you can do it on fleece. You can do it on a fleece pullover You can do it on a fleece blanket. Can you tell Kim really wants to do it on something, please? I do. I think they would make awesome Christmas gifts. So I want to try it Step one, we're gonna gather all of our supplies. We needed a laser because that's what we're doing But we're not only gonna make this on our diode laser, we're gonna try it on our co2 laser as well We needed some t-shirts 100% cotton. Now I've read you can do different blends, but we're trying it today with 100% cotton We needed a board to put inside our t-shirts So one it'll help stretch the shirt and two it won't laser all the way through the shirt And then some water. This will help smooth that shirt out So the laser tip won't catch the shirt if there's any wrinkles Step two, we're gonna make a material test card So you might be familiar with those speed and power test cards We've used them on wood, metals, acrylics, but we're also gonna try it on this t-shirt I'm gonna show you the easiest way to create your own engraved test card right now in Grave Space Are you ready for the easiest material test card ever? Don't blink because you're gonna miss it. I'm gonna draw a little rectangle Hold shift so it's square. Let's make this Quarter inch Now while it's still selected, I'm gonna go over here to engrave make sure it's on engraved Then back up top to material test array So it's got it all. It knows that my max is gonna be a hundred and eighty Millimeters per second my max power is a hundred percent. So we'll go minimum power Ten Minimum speed Yeah, we'll stick with ten columns Let's boost these columns Let's go ten and ten That will increment by tens And I'll be able to tell All right Okay, that's it start Let's go do our test Step three we're gonna run our test card We're gonna start with our diode laser because this one's a little less powerful We're thinking it's a little less likely to burn all the way through the t-shirts Just think it's gonna be a little bit easier plus our patron. He is the diode laser. So we know it works We're gonna use a test t-shirt. I found this one laying around the shop. That's the t-shirt I got a nice full design ready to go And he's already shown me this design so guess not starting with something small Hey, let's see if we could do like a little emblem on a t-shirt. This is a full-on Fall vibes. It's a whole thing. So go big or go home. Let's let's see it We're using a hundred percent cotton t-shirts here I happen to find these at Walmart on clearance So I grabbed a couple of packs of them when I found them And I think they're perfect for this job Well, they're definitely perfect for test jobs. Yeah So I'm just gonna roll it up and try to put this thing on like a sock I'm trying to get the board centered in the t-shirt inside the t-shirt Wherever I want my design and I'm using really precise instruments to get exact measurements Of where the board will be so I know my design would be perfect Good news is I think this was the most difficult part of this project You know if you've got this down and figured out you're good to go Then I'm gonna give it some spritz of water Just to dampen it to get rid of all the wrinkles I don't want any wrinkles and nothing sticking up that may catch that laser head I'm gonna fold this up so it'll stay where we want it and bring it over to the laser And the great thing about the d1 is we can lay it out nice and flat We really want to make sure there are no wrinkles in this shirt because you do not want that laser head To catch that shirt and drag it. We'll drag it and burn it at the same time lessons learned lessons learned We're gonna import our image This one and I think I'm gonna keep it big keep it huge at 13 inches wide 14 and a half inches tall almost I want 30 power And then I'm gonna go 180 millimeters per second as fast as this thing will engrave I'll keep it grayscale. Then we're gonna use 180 lines per centimeter. We'll keep it bi-directional Now let's frame it and engrave it Half hours later I have myself a laser-inched shirt this thing Yes, it took two and a half hours. It was a really long engrave But we didn't have to sit there watch it the entire time. I've watched it most of the time We kept an eye on it. I am so impressed with the precision Of this of this design like this buffalo plaid down here this tiny buffalo plaid it came out Yeah, I I just am really really impressed at what a laser can do I mean it did not a jeopardize the integrity of the t-shirt It's still it still looks great. I'll show you the back side. I want to see the back side Can you see from there inside out? Yeah, there you go. See that's the front of the shirt. You can't even tell it did not come through to the other side I do not think it damaged the fibers in any way. It's just amazing at how Cool it looks. I it's super crisp every pointy line on these leaves. You can't really you can't even really feel it No, you can't feel a change Like you would if there were ink Dtf htv Yeah, there's nothing there's no feel and it's for sublimation. You can't feel sublimation But you can do this on a dark t-shirt what you can't do with sublimation. That's true. Yeah. Oh, that's true So I got new ideas So if you guys, you know, if you're starting out with a laser You don't have a cricket or a dtf printer or a sublimation printer. It's awesome Now Let's try it on the co2 laser. Yeah Step five Let's run that test card on the co2 laser. Let's see what we get. I think it'll be a little faster Now we're gonna do the test card for the p2 or the co2 laser Let's change lasers switch devices Wi-Fi There's my d1 and my p2 We'll switch it Let's draw a rectangle Hold shift so it's square Make it quarter inch again two five Well, it's still selected selecting grave Array material array We'll increment by a minimum hundred speed rows six 10 to 100 sounds good But we'll go 10 columns Okay, I mean look how easy those test card are start and I'm gonna hit start again So my test card turned out to be more of a test scrap All but maybe six squares just burned right out Burned right out. So you were right. It's faster. It's definitely faster. I think our best bets are these two down here 10 percent tower 500 to 600 millimeters per second. Those are our best bets. So that's what we're gonna try next and funny Funny story as Garrett was doing our testing. Oh, yeah Tanner says Why don't you get that t-shirt? Time to run the shop. He's not found in the shipping room He's like, that's my t-shirt. I could just use it with like a open chest thing You should wear it with like a just a smoking vest just a dinner jacket Step what's up hangers this one is for you. I have a new design. Yeah, just as big Right, don't worry. It's going to be just as big But if you joined our patreon, you know that we call our folks hangers And so Garrett's created a new design just for the hangers out there And let's test it on the co2 laser With one of our little two test set test settings that worked. Yeah, one of the two We prepared the t-shirt the same way for the p2 their co2 laser We put the board inside it centered the board spritzed it with some water Now in here, I'm going to give it the old tuck and roll I'm going to tuck the t-shirt in the grates to get it out of the way I'm going to roll the top and bottom to keep them away from the laser head too So I'm just tucking and rolling everything out of the way So that laser head will not catch And start a fire again We got ourselves another big design Tip-to-tip Tip-to-tip. That's just as amazing. I mean they look the same. I would say they look the same They feel the same. You can't feel it. You can't feel it. Super crisp. Perfect lines Let's turn it inside out. Let's see if we can see it Can't see it. Can't see it. Can't see through it Yeah, I'm super impressed now. We've done this on two black t-shirts Can you do this on other colors? I want to try red. Yeah Garrett loves red So we're going to try it on a red t-shirt and see what we get We're going to keep it on the co2 laser Yeah, I'm going to do it on the co2 laser because I don't have another two and a half hours It's a little bit faster In 30 minutes And I got myself another t-shirt where I'm impressed with This this heart this heart has these little ridges in it. Yeah, it has tiny tiny little lines in it These little ridges came out I do notice that it does have some kind of ombre to it Yes, okay. So we figured that out. We saw it A little bit here a little bit more here. We weren't sure But by the time we got to this one, we figured it out Um when you spray well Garrett sprays it to make sure that it didn't have any wrinkles in it And it lays nice and flat But the section where it was wet doesn't has have as a vibrant of a color Um by the time you get down here where it's dry It looks a little more crisp the the lines are well, it's not that the lines aren't crisp It's just a little less faded, right? It's a little less faded. I guess there's a color change As the shirt dried as it went down. It just seems to have Lightened it more I guess. Yeah, so I don't I kind of like the effect. Yeah So either keep it wet or keep it dry Yes, keep it wet or keep it dry is what I would say or if you want the whole ombre effect You can just do what we did I kind of like it So what do you guys think again? If you've done this before let us know if you've done it on other materials like fleece or some other material Maybe it's any other material camera Or blend Let us know let us know maybe even share your settings Let us know how it worked what you used it for because I'm just blown away I didn't know that a laser could do t-shirts Well, we're about out of time I got to go make some more t-shirts. Yeah, thinking about making a couple of limited runs of some hanger shirts Do you want a hanger shirt? Let me know down below. Otherwise, thank you over here to all of our hangers We love you guys And we will see you next week. We'll do it building to make it again Oh, and don't forget about Tuesdays where we do test cut Tuesdays. We have a new design I test it out. We try to paint it and put it together on the spot. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't