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

[Rick Nelson]

I'm not a part of the Makers group, but I have followed since you guys
were meeting in each other's residences.  I'm curious about the laser
cutter.  Will it cut fiberglass, carbon fiber, and/or kevlar cloth?
Not cloth with resin, just the raw cloth.
Now that the shop is so close to my house, I have been seriously
considering joining your band of Makers in hopes of learning more ways
to create/destroy stuff.

Rick Nelson


On 1/25/12, 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)
>