Attendees:
Notes:
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Big Red
- Start LaserCut on the computer and set up your job
- Turn laser power on
- Download your job to the laser
- Position your material on the bed
- Ensure that your material is lower than the z-probe (pink)
- Datum the z axis in the center of your material
- Test your job to ensure that it fits entirely within your material and has enough clearance for engraving
- Check temperature on cooler is below 20C
- Open air valve at the rear of the machine and check that air is blowing out the head
- Check that air is being extracted from the rear of the laser bed
- Begin cutting laser job by pressing Start/Pause
- Clean laser bed after any significant use (especially if cutting MDF) and remove all excess scraps of material from the laser area
- Close air valve at the rear of the machine and power down the laser
Little Red
- Start LaserCut on the computer and set up your job
- Turn laser power on
- Download your job to the laser
- Position your material on the bed
- Ensure that your material is lower than the z-probe
- Reset the z axis in the center of your material
- Test your job to ensure that it fits entirely within your material and has enough clearance for engraving
- Check temperature on cooler is below 20C
- Check that air is blowing out the head
- Check that air is being extracted from the rear of the laser bed
- Begin cutting laser job by pressing Start/Pause
- Clean laser bed after any significant use (especially if cutting MDF) and remove all excess scraps of material from the laser area
- Power down the laser
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Laser training
- big red vs little red
- process for becoming an operator
- laser costs
Software / design
- lasercut vs vcarve etc
- vector vs raster
- lasercut engrave/cut/speeds/colours
- cut vs engrave vs etch
- engrave safe zones
- immediate vs absolute
- cut order
Job setup
- checklist exists
- downloading job
- z probe (including emergency stop)
- laser button on the machine
- squaring material/what is actually square
- fine adjustments can be done by moving the material
- start/pause/stop/e-stop
Post job
- how to clean
- fire supprression (where and how)
- repeating jobs
- materials you can cut
- who to talk to about new materials
- who to contact when something is wrong