Glowforge Pro / Plus / Basic jig for metal business card blanks
With 0.2 mm clearance per side, 4 mm webs and a 8 mm margin, the Glowforge Pro / Plus / Basic's 495 × 279 mm work area fits 20 pockets for metal business card blanks, in 4 rows of 5. Staggering the rows does not help with this shape, so the grid is the best layout.
- Blanks per run
- 20
- Layout
- 4 rows of 5
- Blank
- 88.9 × 50.8 × 1.14 mm (3.5 × 2 in, 1/8 in corners)
- 89.3 × 51.2 mm
- Clearance
- 0.2 mm per side
- Jig
- Laser-cut 3 mm sheet, through-holes
- Plate
- 495 × 279 mm, 8 mm margin, 4 mm webs
- Tallest point
- 3 mm (limit 13 mm)
- Cut path
- 7.04 m
Cut file in millimetres: red = cut, blue = engraved labels and marks. Adjust anything below and download the 3MF, STL, DXF and alignment template.
What to know before you cut
The 0.2 mm starting clearance assumes a laser-cut acrylic, MDF or plywood jig. Cut the test-fit coupon (0.0 to 0.5 mm) in the generator before the full plate: blanks from different suppliers vary, and the laser's kerf makes cut holes slightly larger than drawn.
As a laser-cut 3 mm sheet with through-holes, the blanks rest on the bed or honeycomb and their surface sits 1.86 mm below the top of the jig, so focus on the blank, not the sheet.
Cut the jig and leave the sheet on the bed: the pockets are then exactly where the machine thinks they are. The cut file has 7.04 m of cut path on a 495 × 279 mm sheet, with row letters and column numbers engraved in the margin.
Blanks sit 1.9 mm below the jig top: focus the laser on the blank surface, not on the jig.
Adjust this jig
The generator below starts from this machine and blank. Change the clearance, layout or jig build, then download the files.
20 pockets, 4 rows of 5, on a 495 mm × 279 mm plate.
- Pockets
- 20
- Plate
- 495 mm × 279 mm
- Cut path
- 7.05 m
- Sheet used
- 1381 cm²
- Tallest point
- 3 mm of 13 mm
- Blanks sit 1.9 mm below the jig top: focus the laser on the blank surface, not on the jig.
Cut it
Red = cut, blue = engrave. Millimetre units.
Print it
Through-holes in a plate. Millimetres.
Line up the artwork
Template with pocket centres, blank edge, bleed and safe area, placed where the jig sits on the machine.
Other Glowforge Pro / Plus / Basic jigs
- Acrylic keychain, 2 in round: 40 per run
- Coaster, 4 in square: 8 per run
- Slate coaster, 100 mm square: 8 per run
- Military-style dog tag: 64 per run
Metal business card jigs for other machines
- eufyMake UV Printer E1: 21 per run
- xTool O1 Omni (UV printer): 21 per run
- xTool F2 Ultra UV (UV laser): 6 per run
Guides
Sources
- Glowforge performance tech specs (work area, checked 2026-10-17)
- Unisub 2-sided aluminum business card (JP Plus) (blank size)
Machine and product names are used only to describe compatibility. Pocketplate is not affiliated with Glowforge.
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