Patrick presents a start-to-finish jewelry-marking lesson for the xTool F1 Ultra, using stainless-steel test cards and a necklace blank. Rather than handing viewers one magic setting, he explains how to build a repeatable process that can adapt to silver, gold-plated, and rose-gold-plated blanks.
The fiber source is used because it is designed to mark metal. Patrick distinguishes annealing—which heats stainless steel to create a smooth dark mark—from deeper engraving that removes material and can leave an edge capable of catching delicate clothing.
In xTool Creative Space, he builds test grids, chooses a font, sizes and aligns the design, compares speed and power combinations, and uses framing and Smart Fill before touching the final necklace. Test cards provide dozens of trials for about the cost of a single blank, making them the safer place to find settings.
The selected settings are transferred to the real piece, the necklace is aligned, and the mark is completed in real time. Patrick also explains how the same testing method applies to the original F1 with different starting settings, reinforcing that understanding the material and test process matters more than copying a preset.