Dial in your laser in 10 minutes. Have a priced batch ready by Sunday.
One test on a scrap finds the right setting for your machine and your board. Then 50 ready-to-run projects and a pricing sheet turn it into pieces for your craft-fair table or your Etsy shop.
- The 10-Minute Test Grid: your setting, any material, one scrap
- 50 original SVG projects in 6 categories that sell, sized in mm
- A 4-line pricing formula, so you know what to charge
You bought a laser to sell what you make. Right now it mostly makes scrap.
- ✕You copied the settings from a video.The coaster came out with a brown halo around every line.
- ✕You asked a group "what settings for 3 mm birch?"Six answers, all different. All right, for their machine.
- ✕Your cut won't drop out.So you run another pass, and the edge turns to charcoal.
- ✕You don't know what to make.So the machine sits there from one weekend to the next.
- ✕Someone asks "how much for the set?"And you say a number you made up on the spot.
Every guess costs you a board, an evening, and a piece you could have sold.
Boards you can't sell
A wrong guess shows up when the job ends, on the board you meant to sell. The grid uses one scrap instead.
Weekends without stock
Re-guessing every new material eats the hours you had for making. And ornament season only runs October to December.
Prices that pay you nothing
In the Pricing Sheet's worked example, the wood for 4 coasters is $3.20. The real cost is $18.00. Price on the wood and you work for free.
Before and after you find your own setting
Before
- Settings copied from someone else's machine
- Tests on the board you wanted to sell
- Extra passes until it drops, and chars
- Scrolling for ideas every weekend
- Price = wood + a guess
After
- One grid per material, the winner written on page 18
- One scrap, 6–10 minutes
- The Cut Ladder: first clean drop wins
- Open one of 50 files, swap the name, burn
- Cost × 2 for markets, × 2.5–3 for personalised
Picture your first craft-fair table on Saturday: four matching coaster sets, a row of name keychains, ornaments with names on them, and a price card you can explain to anyone who asks.
The Grid-First Method: stop looking for the setting. Learn to find it.
Five things decide how a burn looks: power, speed, focus, air assist and the board itself. Change one and someone else's "perfect" setting stops working. So you stop copying numbers and run four steps instead.
- Grid25 squares on a scrap: 5 powers across, 5 speeds down. Keep the fastest clean one.
- LadderSix circles, each a bit slower. The first that drops out on its own is your cut. Then 10% slower.
- BatchPick from 50 files sorted by what sells. Swap the name, burn.
- PriceFour lines of cost, then a multiplier. No more made-up numbers.
Try it: tap a square to see what it's telling you.
Four modules. One download.
The First-Burn Playbook
19 pages: why settings don't transfer, the 6-point setup check, focus in one minute, the Test Grid, the Cut Ladder, starting ranges for diode and CO2, the 7 problems that ruin pieces and their fixes, Yes / Test first / Never materials, box fit, your first-weekend plan.
50 Ready-to-Run Projects
10 coasters, 10 ornaments, 10 keychains & tags, 8 pairs of earrings, 6 finger-joint boxes, 6 signs. Colour-coded SVG plus a catalog with size, material and where each one sells.
Material Test Grids
The 100 mm engrave grid and the 130 mm Cut Ladder. The two files you burn before anything else.
The Pricing Sheet
The 4-line cost formula, a worked example, market vs online, and a blank worksheet.
50 projects, sorted by what people buy
Who it's for, and who it isn't
For you if you…
- own a diode or CO2 laser (or one is on the way)
- want to sell at craft fairs, markets or on Etsy
- keep wasting material on test burns
- don't know what to make or what to charge
- want files that work without design software
Not for you if you…
- already have dialled-in settings for every material
- only use a fiber laser on metal
- want 3D depth maps or photo engraving
- want a done-for-you business or guaranteed sales
Why not YouTube, a Facebook group, or a few files from Etsy?
YouTube tutorials
Settings for the creator's machine and board. You still guess for yours, and there are no files to sell.
Facebook groups
Fast answers, but six people give six settings, and nobody knows your lens, focus or wood.
Buying random files
A design, but no settings and no pricing, and the selling terms change from seller to seller.
The First-Profit Laser Kit
A method that finds your setting on any material, 50 original files you can sell pieces from, and a pricing sheet.
The First-Profit Laser Kit
- First-Burn Playbook · the method, 19 pages
- 50 Ready-to-Run Projects · SVG + catalog
- Material Test Grids · engrave grid + cut ladder
- Pricing Sheet · formula + worksheet
- No subscription. The files are yours to keep.
Secure checkout · Files by email right after purchase
Questions makers ask
Will it work with my laser?
Yes, if it's a diode or CO2 laser that engraves and cuts wood: xTool, Creality Falcon, Ortur, Atomstack, Sculpfun, Glowforge, OMTech and others. The method finds settings for your machine, so the brand doesn't matter.
Which software do I need?
Whatever you use now. The files are standard SVG for LightBurn, xTool Creative Space, Glowforge, LaserGRBL and most others, sized in mm.
Is this a list of settings to copy?
No, that's the point. You get starting ranges plus the method to find the right setting for your own machine and board in about 10 minutes.
I'm a total beginner. Is it too advanced?
It's written for beginners. If you can import a file and press start, you can do this.
Can I sell what I make?
Yes, the physical pieces. The designs are original: no brand logos, no characters. Sharing or reselling the digital files isn't allowed.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay $37 once and keep the files.
How do I get the files?
Right after checkout you get an email with the download link: 3 PDFs and the SVG folders in one zip.
I commented GRID on a video. Is anything free?
Yes, the free 10-Minute Test Grid. The kit adds the Cut Ladder, the fixes, the 50 projects and the pricing sheet.
What if it's not for me?
Email us within 14 days and we'll refund your purchase in full.
Your next board can be the first one you sell.
Tonight, read pages 3 to 7. Tomorrow, burn the grid. By Sunday night you have your settings written down, a small batch finished, and a price on every piece.
Get the kit · $37Read this grid. Answer it, unlock $5 off.
Right or wrong, the $5 is yours. You'll also see how the method reads it.
Which square would you use on this birch board?