I got this handy gluing jig a few year ago from a place that sells all kinds of stuff for model making. Now and then it comes in handy when I need to glue tiny pieces together. It has strong magnets to help hold pieces together. This image shows a laser cut hand with pointing finger being held together after gluing it to a base plate.

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My Favourite Brushes, Tools & ...

Art Tools & How I Work: I got this heavy hunk of metal from my father in-law. It is great for keeping things flat after gluing.

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Discarded plastic cards make great paint spreaders and scrapers. I bought this brayer originally to use in printmaking but ended up using it to press some painted paper so not I don't even try and clean it off and use it to make paint transfers.

What are paint transfers? I brush acrylic paint on the printed side of a laser print that has been printed backwards and lay it wet side down on what I want to adhere it to. I use the brayer to help press it firmly down. After it has dried I dampen it with water and rub the paper off revealing the laser print underneath which is now right reading. I most use this technique to add titles to the front of my assemblages.

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For anyone using an xTool M1 Ultra, even though you may hear or read that drawing with pens is the only operation that allows the lid to remain open it's not true. This was confirmed by technical support when I contacted them about this. What if you want other color options such as what Cricut offers besides the eight official color pens xTool offers? Although some Cricut pens like the set of 30 I purchased fit into the pen holder unfortunately they are a bit too long to allow the lid to be closed. So here's how I modified them so they work with the lid closed.

1. I set up a marking jig with my Xacto saw miter box and lightly sawed a mark/guide around the circumference of the end of the pen barrel while rotating the pen as I sawed.
2. Then I used a utility knife to finish cutting through the barrel of the pen while pressing down on the blade while carefully rotating the barrel being careful not to cut through the plug.
3. I then cut a slit through the width of the piece that will be removed from the end of the barrel and peeled it off.
4. The only thing remaining to do was to push the end of the plug flush into the end of barrel.

I now have an assortment of 30 color pens to use with M1 Ultra. :-)

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I found instructions for making this handy clamp on Maker Design Lab and I thought it would make a good tool for gluing small pieces for my assemblage work. I used the M1 Ultra to laser cut the parts. My first attempt was rather rough and I had to make some adjustments to the original SVG file that was provided to download.

https://makerdesignlab.com/projects/how-to-make-wooden-clamps-from-scraps/

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The xTool LightGrip cutting mat is a bit too sticky for my liking so I got the xTool M1 Ultra Electrostatic Mat which arrived this afternoon. Works great so far and it was easy to install.

I'm working on a couple of revised art business card ideas that I hope to utilize the M1 Ultra to aid in producing them and will post results.

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I mostly use cheap brushes and discarded plastic cards to apply and spread paint and occasionally use one or two better quality brushes.

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