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How to handle batch processing tasks?

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10-26
After upgrading to an Xtool D1 Pro Ive been having a lot of success. As I move closer to launching some product lines with this I’m starting to see the issues with scaling my jobs into larger batches.
The problem: Etching more then one coaster at a time seems impossible if i want the design to be centered. They arent all the exact size or shape which makes created a jig or fixture for batch jobs not doable.
Not sure theres a good repeatable way to do batch work on a machine that doesnt have an auto orientation feature like xTool P2 or OMTech laser. Unless your stock material is relatively tight tolerance making fixturing possible.
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    • Christian

      10-28
      Not sure what coasters you’re using that aren’t the same size. I use slate coasters from Amazon and use a jig that I can load 20 at a time on my Omtech C02. By the nature of the slate coasters the edges are chipped away, so I don’t try to engrave all the way to the edge. The sizes of the coasters are consistent enough to work in my jig. On the slate coasters I use nobody would be able to tell by eye if the design was off center by a mm.
Perhaps you’re doing a different type of coaster and exact placement of the design to the tenth of a mm is necessary.
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      • Keegan

        10-29
        I’m guessing log splices (or more like tree branch slices)… if so, or similar, how about a template that has circles(?) that fit the largest expected workpiece. Then you only need to align your pieces inside a small shape, which would be easier to do by eye. You could even have crosshairs in the templates around the workpieces.
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        • Nugent

          10-30
          Circles like a target with numbers along the cross that’s what I usually do.
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