#61: Halloween Candy Trays- 10/14/2021

2D Project

Oct 14

Written By Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC

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In this live group training, we learned how to design custom Halloween candy trays. We also looked at how to create toolpath templates with variables to easily make new tray designs without having to re-create the toolpaths. The techniques from this lesson can be used for many different project designs.

Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC

Kyle is the founder and instructor at Learn Your CNC and he is very passionate about designing and creating things from scratch. He has been woodworking since he was 12 years old and built his first homemade CNC router machine when he was just 16 years old. Now with over a decade of CNC experience, he loves to share his knowledge with others.

https://www.learnyourcnc.com

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