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3D wood trees walnut plywood

3D Trees

3D trees of all various colors - Made with Glowforge

These cute miniature 3D trees are made from 1/4″ plywood sheets. They can be made from the species of your choice, with your choice of color and finish.

Let’s Make These 3D Trees!

  1. Download the free 3D Trees design. Unzip the file.

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If you would like to paint and mask the wood prior to cutting (if not, skip to step 4):
  1. Paint the design as desired and allow the paint to dry fully.
  2. Apply masking to the plywood over the entire sheet.
  3. Place your material into the Glowforge.
1/4" Walnut plywood Columbia Forest Products
1/4″ Walnut Plywood, 12″ x 19″ 2-sided sheet Columbia Forest Products from Home Depot
  1. Upload the design to the Glowforge dashboard.
  2. Set your material to the appropriate setting. For 1/4″ Columbia Forest Products plywood from Home Depot, what works well for me is the Glowforge Proofgrade default settings. For example, pictured here is 1/4″ walnut plywood, and I used the default settings for Proofgrade Thick Walnut Plywood.
  3. Set the design to “Cut” and the settings appropriate to your material.

Materials and Supplies Needed:

  • 1/4″ plywood, approximately 12″ x 19″ sheet
  • Isopropyl alcohol
  • Clear spray sealant
  • Glue of your choice, that dries clear and is appropriate for wood
  • masking (optional)
  • Acrylic paint or wood dye, color of your choice (optional)

Tools:

  • Glowforge, laptop or other device compatible with Glowforge
  • weeding tool (optional)
  • Baby wipes, microfiber cloth or cotton balls, or other cloth
  • a couple of paint brushes of different sizes (optional)

Cut the design:

  1. Double check to the alignment of your design to be sure that none of the sections are grayed out.
  2. Press the “Print” button at the top right of the dashboard.
  3. The computer will take a minute and then when it’s ready, the
    Glowforge button will begin to flash.
  4. Press the flashing button! 

Finish the design:

  1. When the print is complete, remove from Glowforge (and remove masking if applicable).
  2. Clean the trees with a microfiber cloth (or other) and isopropyl alcohol.
  1. Group the trees by the pieces that match.
  2. Using a clear spray sealant of your choice, seal each piece on both sides. Allow to fully dry.
sealing trees with clear spray
  1. Assemble the trees by sliding the slots together to ensure they fit together. Then take apart and apply a small amount of glue and reassemble. Let glue dry fully.
  1. Decorate the trees with paint, dye, glitter or whatever you like to match your style and decor, or just keep it simple and natural!
Left to right: white spray paint, green acrylic craft paint, color shift craft paint, gold spray paint, turquoise spray paint, left natural with gold acrylic craft paint accents

I can’t wait to hear how you like your 3D trees! I’d love to see yours!

Ally

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