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

[Rick Nelson]

If I bring over some samples, would anyone like to try cutting
fiberglass, kevlar, carbon fiber, basalt fiber, laminating nylon, and
some hybrids?  I'd like to see how it turns out.

RN



On 1/25/12, Enabrin Tain <enabrintain at yahoo.com> wrote:
> according to the fount of all human knowledge:
>
>
> Fiberglass:  yes, sans polymer
> (http://www.cnczone.com/forums/laser_engraving_cutting_machines/46407-can_laser_cutter_cut_fiberglass.html)
> Carbon fiber: No (http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/749)
> Kevlar: Requires 1,500watts?
> (http://www.ambox.com/laser-cutting/materials/kevlar.html)
>                 I
> dunno about this one, there was very little about Kevlar...
>
>
> [-CO-C6H4-CO-NH-C6H4-NH-]n doesn’t have any Cl in it, so experimenting
> with a piece  shouldn't be disastrous.
> ;-)
>
> All that said, ours is a 40W laser so there are things that could be cut by
> a more powerful laser, that ours can't.
>
> -Phil / EnabrinTain
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Rick Nelson <geezer.nelson at gmail.com>
> To: General discussion about makerslocal <general at lists.makerslocal.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [General] Laser Cutter Class Announcement: 1/31/12 @ 7:00pm
>
> 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)
>>
>