Maker Resources

Unlock your creative potential! Explore our growing library of Laser, UV, DTF, and business education — including settings guides, demos, tutorials, workshops, and more. Whether you're just starting or leveling up your skills, you’ll find the tools and knowledge to help you succeed.

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Software we build

Our apps

Browser tools we built for our own shop, then opened up. Two of them cost nothing to use. Nothing to install, and they work on whatever computer is nearest the machine.

Free

Maker Foundry Settings

Laser settings library

2,300+ dialled-in laser settings across 560+ materials and 53 machines, plus the tools to price the job and plan the run.

  • Search by your machine and the material on the bed
  • Export to LightBurn .clb and xTool material files
  • Supplier verified imports labelled next to maker tested entries
  • Quote builder, wattage converter and QR generator
Free. No card, no trial.Open the library
New

VectorForge

Image to laser ready

Instant laser-ready art. Turn a photo or a logo into clean, layered vectors for the machine you actually own.

  • Free plan to start. You only pay for AI usage
  • Material aware layer arbitration, so nothing double burns
  • Depth relief layers for 3D style engraving
  • Diode, CO2 and fiber profiles, not just one niche
Free plan · $9/mo · $79/yrOpen VectorForge

TumblerForge

Tumbler wraps, alive in 3D

Design on a true size wrap template, watch it engrave on a spinning cup, and export files that open at exact size.

  • Real blanks, measured: circumference, taper, safe zones
  • Live 3D proof the customer approves before you burn one
  • Native LightBurn .lbrn2 and xTool .xs, true size
  • 360° spin videos and photo mockups for your listings
$9/mo · $90/yr · $149 lifetimeOpen TumblerForge

PatchForge

Hat patches, art to cut file

Upload art, auto trace a clean cut line, pick the material, and put it on a real hat before anything gets printed.

  • Auto traced cut lines and one click contour offset
  • UV printed or laser engraved, 170+ two tone leatherettes
  • 800+ real hat colorways, front and back views
  • Exports PDF, SVG, xTool .xs and LightBurn print and cut
$12/mo · $120/yr · $199 lifetimeOpen PatchForge

ToneSmith

DTF and DTG separations

Drop the artwork, watch the halftone update as you move the sliders, and export print ready separations for DTF or DTG.

  • Live halftone preview, every slider, nothing to wait on
  • Auto Tone gets you a clean separation in one click
  • Mockup Studio and Effects Studio included
  • Photoshop plugin running the same engine
$7/mo · $47/yr · $149 lifetimeOpen ToneSmith

FoundryPass

The whole workshop, one key

One login that opens every app above. Trade a stack of small subscriptions for a single key.

  • Every app we make, one account, one bill
  • VectorForge included, 40 AI credits every month
  • 7 day trial, cancel any time
  • Master Key is lifetime, and includes every tool we build next
$24/mo · $240/yr · $419 Master KeySee the pass
Coming soon

MappSmith

Laser map designer

Design a map of any city, lake or route and get a layered SVG with cut, engrave, water and score already separated.

  • One piece maps, or a stacked multi material build
  • Live 3D assemble and exploded preview
  • Opens in LightBurn, xTool Creative Space or Glowforge
In build. Master Key holders get it at launch.

Free, no account needed

Free tools and guides

Open any of these in a browser and use it. No signup, no trial clock. Most of them live inside the Settings app, which is free forever.

Where makers actually hang out

Communities and groups

Ask the dumb question. Somebody in one of these has already solved it.

One to one

Work with us

Come see the machines run, or sit down with us about your business.

Partner brands

Machine links and discount codes

We are partnered with some good companies. These links and codes save you money, and they support the free tools above.

Still stuck?

Something we missed?

Tell us what you are trying to do and we will point you at the right thing, or go build it.