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

[Joshua Carr]

Sounds awesome. Ill be there!

John Kelly <candleknight at gmail.com> wrote:

>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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