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Hi, My name is Lila Washington and I’m here to give you a step by step process to make a customizable photo stand/frame. Don’t know what you would customize yours as? What about the place you met your significant other? Or where you were married? Were you were born? The options are endless and it can be used as a great gift for anniversaries, weddings, Mothers and Fathers day, or just to serve as a reminder of great memories.

For this project you will need thin Bass wood and a laser cutter.

Import a picture of a Georgia highway map, as seen (or whatever map you want), into fusion 360 using the canvas feature.

Trace the outline of the state and highways. Or if you picked a closer view trace the streets or what ever you wnt to map.

If you want to add something else you your design you can import the picture into fusion using canvas and place the symbol or what you chose in the placement you want. I put a peach inside the state outline. Then trace the symbol.

Save your drawing on fusion as a DXF file. This is so that you can send it to a laser cutter, in my case a Boss Laser. After sent to the laser cut place you would in the correct placement so the design is in your desired placement on the wood.

After your piece has been laser engraved you can stop and leave the wood plain or decorate it usng stain, paint or anyth