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How to Make Personalized Trinket Trays with xTool P2

Open Creative Space and select a new project.

Insert the trinket tray SVG file onto the canvas.

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Personalize the trinket tray as desired with text or images of your choosing.

Upload the flower design from the birth month you wish to use.

Reduce the size to approx.

Wooden trinket tray personalized with engraved names and birth month flowers sitting on a stack of books.

Ensure the letters are WELDED together before engraving.

Repeat for the other birth flowers you wish to use.

Group the name with the flower together and then space the others apart evenly.

Wooden trinket tray personalized with engraved names and birth month flowers sitting on a stack of books.

Highlight all and group together.

Set the material jot down to 6mm basswood and use your preferred cut and engrave configs.

Insert the material into the xTool P2 and refresh your screen.

Hand holding wooden trinket tray personalized with engraved names and birth month flowers.

Position the design onto the surface and proceed to cutting and follow the prompts on the screen.

Once cutting and engraving is complete, remove from the machine.

Use a damp paper towel to wipe away the excess dust and scorching marks.

Hand holding wooden trinket tray personalized with engraved names and birth month flowers.

With a soft paintbrush, apply a coat of wood stain or diluted brown acrylic paint.

Leave it to dry and repeat if darker stain is desired.

Once dry, apply a coat of Mod Podge to seal the surface.

Wooden trinket tray personalized with engraved names and birth month flowers holding a pair of earrings.

Glue the top layer to the base layer with wood glue.

Press together until glue is dry.

Personalized Trinket Trays with xTool P2

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Instructions

Wooden trinket tray personalized with engraved names and birth month flowers holding a pair of earrings.

Uploading month and flower to design space.

Uploading month and flower to design space.

Changing January to a name.

Changing January to a name.

Adding another name alongside a birth month flower.

Adding another name alongside a birth month flower.

Grouping names and flowers together.

Grouping names and flowers together.

Positioning names and flowers to fit xTool.

Positioning names and flowers to fit xTool.

Setting engraving type to basswood.

Setting engraving type to basswood.

Positioning the design to get ready for engraving.

Positioning the design to get ready for engraving.

Engraved names with birth month flowers.

Staining the basswood with brown paint.

Staining the basswood with brown paint.

Staining the basswood with paint.

Adding a layer of glue over the wood.

Adding glue to the edge of the tray.

Positioning the edge over the basswood.

Wooden trinket tray personalized with engraved names and birth month flowers holding a pair of earrings.

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