[General] Laser Cutter Class Announcement: 1/31/12 @ 7:00pm

[Will]

This sounds great!  Thank you so much for putting this together for
everyone.  I'll be sure to attend.

Kinsey

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Enabrin Tain <enabrintain at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Awesome sauce!
> Phil / EnabrinTain
>
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> *From:* John Kelly <candleknight at gmail.com>
> *To:* general at lists.makerslocal.org
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:50 PM
> *Subject:* [General] Laser Cutter Class Announcement: 1/31/12 @ 7:00pm
>
> Greeting fellow makers.
> I've been spending an obscene amount of time playing with the laser cutter
> lately, so I think it's high time I put together an official session to
> share what I've learned.
>
> This class will cover:
> ♦Startup, shutdown, and basic operation of the laser cutter.
> ♦In's and out's of using the Spectrum driver for the laser cutter.
>      ♦(Using speed/power/repetitions settings, navigation, vector layers,
> raster resolution, etc.)
> ♦Vector cutting
> ♦Raster engraving
> ♦The different secondary programs to use to set up images and vector cut
> patterns, and some basics on how to use them.
>      ♦(HYCAD, InkScape, paint.net, Pepakura, CorelDraw, etc.)
> ♦Properties of different materials and suggested power/speed/repeats
> settings.
>      ♦(Acrylic, paper, cardstock, wood, MDF, HDF, ?DF, cardboard, glass,
> M&Ms, etc.)
> ♦Tips and tricks for getting the best results when cutting or engraving.
> ♦And anything else I think of
>
> I've been thinking about holding it next *Tuesday, January 31, at ~7:00pm*since there will already be a decent crowd around for the open house.
> Session will probably last at least an hour.
> If you can't make the session Tuesday but still want to know about the
> laser cutter, feel free to ask me any time I'm in the shop and I'll show
> you. I don't mind repeating myself.
>
> Make on!
> -Candleknight
>
> (John Kelly)
>
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