Print Your Own 8-Card Metal Business Card Alignment Template
The Wood Work Therapy Metal Business Card Alignment Template Version 2 is a complete digital package for makers who want to 3D print their own reusable laser-engraving fixture.
The template holds up to eight standard rounded-corner metal business cards in a repeatable 2 × 4 layout. It is designed to simplify batch engraving, improve card placement, and reduce repetitive alignment work.
Version 2 adds an outer-side finger-removal point for every card pocket and print-compensated pocket geometry while preserving the original overall template footprint.
This Is a Digital Product
No physical item will be shipped. You will receive downloadable files used to print the template and align it with your laser software.
Files Included
- 3MF print file: metal_business_card_alignment_template_v2.3mf
- LightBurn project: metal_business_card_alignment_template_v2.lbrn
- SVG alignment guide: metal_business_card_alignment_template_v2.svg
- Digital User Guide: Metal Business Card Alignment Template Version 2 PDF
- License and supporting product documentation
Version 2 Improvements
- One outer-side finger-removal opening for each card pocket
- Left-column removal points open toward the left outer edge
- Right-column removal points open toward the right outer edge
- Flat lower card-seating surfaces are preserved
- Raised positioning brim aligns each card left, right, top, and bottom
- Print-compensated pocket height
- Original overall template footprint retained
- Matching Version 2 LightBurn and SVG alignment guides
Product Specifications
| Overall Template Width | 180.108 mm / 7.091 in |
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| Overall Template Height | 238.088 mm / 9.374 in |
| Overall Thickness | 8.001 mm / 0.315 in |
| Modeled Pocket Guide | 86.70 mm × 54.74 mm |
| Finished Pocket-Height Target | Approximately 54.30 mm after cooling |
| Card Capacity | 8 cards |
| Layout | 2 columns × 4 rows |
| Finger-Removal Points | 8 outer-side openings |
| Compatible Card Style | Standard rounded-corner metal business cards |
Recommended Print Settings
- Material: PETG recommended
- Layer height: 0.20 mm
- Walls/perimeters: 3
- Top layers: 5
- Bottom layers: 5
- Infill: 15–20% Gyroid
- Supports: Not required
- Build-plate adhesion: 5 mm outer brim recommended for open-frame printers
- X-Y hole compensation: 0.00 mm
- X-Y contour compensation: 0.00 mm
- Elephant-foot compensation: 0.075 mm starting point
Printer calibration, filament behavior, flow, cooling, and slicer settings can affect final dimensions. Allow the completed print to cool fully before measuring or testing card fit.
Printer Requirements
The complete template measures approximately 180.108 mm × 238.088 mm and must fit within your printer’s usable build area. It is designed to fit within the 256 mm × 256 mm build plate of printers such as the Bambu Lab A1.
Confirm your printer’s usable build area before purchasing.
Using the Template
- Print the supplied 3MF file without scaling.
- Allow the print to cool completely before removing it from the build plate.
- Test-fit your specific metal business card blanks.
- Place the template squarely on the laser bed.
- Open the included Version 2 LightBurn file or import the SVG at full scale.
- Align and lock the guide layer.
- Place your artwork inside the desired card guides.
- Insert the cards fully against the positioning brim.
- Frame or preview the engraving job.
- Engrave and remove each card through its outer-side finger opening.
Important Compatibility Information
Metal business card dimensions and corner radii can vary between suppliers. Always test-fit the exact cards you intend to use before starting a production batch.
Do not scale the complete template to correct card fit. Scaling the 3MF independently from the LightBurn or SVG guide will break alignment between the printed fixture and the laser layout.
Software Compatibility
- The 3MF file is intended for compatible 3D-printing slicers.
- The included LightBurn project is intended for LightBurn-compatible workflows.
- The SVG can be used in other laser software that supports full-scale SVG import.
Digital Delivery
This is an instant digital-download product. No physical template, cards, filament, laser, or other equipment is included.
Download access will be provided through your order confirmation, account downloads, or order email, depending on the checkout method used.
License
Purchase grants one customer a non-transferable license to print and use the template for personal projects or commercial production of engraved physical items.
You may sell physical engraved products made with the template.
You may not redistribute, share, upload, resell, republish, or include the digital files in another product package. Modification of the files for resale or redistribution is prohibited without written permission from Wood Work Therapy LLC.
Digital Product Policy
Because this is a downloadable digital product, returns, exchanges, and cancellations are generally not available after the files have been accessed or downloaded, except where required by applicable law.
Please review the product dimensions, printer requirements, software compatibility, and included file formats before purchasing.

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