How to create a boundary/outline around a hand-drawn item for laser cutting

Hi!
I'm really new to Illustrator (having moved from CorelDRAW) last week and I'm really struggling!
I've got a laser cutter and the idea is to hand draw something, scan it in and then vectorise etc using Illustrator. However, I'm unable to create a boundary around my drawing once it's been 'expanded' so that the laser has a line to follow and cut.
I hope I'm explaining it so you can understand? I know that this is the 'boundary' tool in CorelDRAW...
Thanks in advance!
Sarah

AI has no boundary tool. You have to manually draw/ create an outline that encompasses the artwork so it can be cut. To that end you can use any means you deem suitable from combining duplicates of your existing artwork with Pathfinders to manualyl re-drawing sections...
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