Tutorial: Engraving with the xTool F1 Ultra

Tutorial: Engraving with the xTool F1 Ultra

Create your design. You can create a design in xTool’s XCS (xTool Creative Studio), or your favorite design program and import it. Then, open it in XCS.

Turn on the xTool F1 Ultra and connect your machine to your computer.

Load your blank material. In this case, I’m using a premade wood keychain. You can use the 90 degree guide – or not, your choice. (Speaking of this guide, read my information on batch processing with the xTool F1 Ultra.)

Next, take a snapshot of your blank.

Drag to move your design into place.

Close the shield on the machine.

Enter the thickness of the material. You can either manually add the measurement, or use the auto measure function by clicking the ruler icon.

Click on your design to bring up the processing panel, then click the ‘EasySet Panel’. From here, you can choose a built in setting, or add your own.

These are the settings I used:

Turn on your smoke purifier, and click the ‘Process’ button.

The next screen shows you how the laser will move around. I haven’t found a reason to change it – yet. Now, click the ‘Start’ button.

Finally, click the green xTool button on the touchscreen controller.

It took 16 seconds to engrave these coordinates on my wood keychain. I’ve had a handful of lasers in my crafting career, but WOW(!) this is fast – and portable!