Here's the finished product... well I think.. haha!

I think I got it... couple more details needed on the hat, but we will see when the cutter spits it out..

See if this works....

I'm trying to design something for my brother.. a master sergeant in the air force.. and I'm stuck in one spot here.. He gave me an image to go off of, but I'm having a hard time getting the hat the way I want it. I'm very new at all of this, but I'm trying to make the path's cutter friendly. I will...

That was great advice! It worked! Now, I have a couple annoying lines that I can't get to, in order to remove them. They are in the backside of that box. You can't see them through the file, but my cutting software can.?? http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj303/G-Rafix/Zencut/th_timebomb.jpg Any id...

I think I might have found the answer... Select the "top" path. Duplicate it. Shift-Select the "bottom" path (you'll now have a copy of the top, and the original bottom selected). Do a path->difference. This is the auto-weeding operation - you now have two non-overlapping paths. ...

I'm trying to get this image ready for my cutter.. but only want to cut the paths that are visible with the eye or color differences.. I'm a total noob to Inkscape, and have no idea what I'm doing, so I apologize in advance. I would also like the "TNT" text to follow the axes with the thre...