Every map piece worth making, and how it's built.
Ornaments for December, lake maps for July, love stories for February. Each page covers the layers, the materials, the sizes and who buys it.
Pieces to make
Map ornamentsA 4 in layered hometown ornament with a name and a year. The map most customers buy first.
Love story mapsWhere they met, got engaged and said I do. Several map windows on one board, each with its own caption.
Map giftsWhich map to make for which occasion, who buys it, and when demand peaks.
Wedding mapsVenue maps, love story boards, table maps and wood anniversary pieces for the wedding season.
Stacked multi-material mapsMix woods and acrylics in one layered map: water through land holes, contrasting tops, planned thickness.Places to map
State mapsA US state outline as the shape of the piece, with highways, lakes and a heart on the home town.
City street mapsLayered city maps with real street hierarchy, water showing through and streets that never fall out.
Lake depth mapsBathymetric lake maps: real depth surveys split into bands, cut down layer by layer in shades of blue.
Golf course mapsRaised or carved golf course maps with fairways, greens, bunkers, water, trees and hole numbers.
Topographic mapsReal elevation data split into levels, so mountains build up in stacked layers you cut and glue.
GPX route mapsTurn a GPX file from a marathon, trail, ride or road trip into a line you engrave, score or cut on the map.Selling maps
Realtor closing giftsA neighborhood map with the house marked and the agent’s name on the back. A B2B program for laser shops.
Map making for laser engraversHow makers build map files by hand today, where it hurts, and the shorter route.
Adding laser maps to your offeringsWhere to sell laser maps, a starter product ladder, pricing, turnaround and upsells.Your machine
Maps for LightBurnNative .lbrn2 files with cut, score and engrave on separate layers, plus a layered SVG for every sheet.
Maps for xToolNative .xs files for xTool Creative Space, one per layer, with cut, score and engrave already separated.
Maps for GlowforgeLayered SVGs that load in the Glowforge app as separate steps, sized and tiled for the bed.
Maps for xToolNative .xs files for xTool Creative Space, one per layer, with cut, score and engrave already separated.Maps for GlowforgeLayered SVGs that load in the Glowforge app as separate steps, sized and tiled for the bed.Pick one and make the file.
Every piece on this page starts the same way: search the place, pick the product, check it in 3D.
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