[Swansea Hackspace] Laser Cutter - initial testing

[Emyr Morris]

Great news. Good work everybody

Thank you

On Monday, 13 April 2015, Tom Lake <tswsl1989 at sucs.org> wrote:

> It works! It is not, however, safe to be used yet.
>
> Two quick pulses with the test button and some post it notes have
> confirmed that the laser is operational, and earlier testing with the
> Windows software confirmed that the head moves in appropriate directions.
>
> Before the cutter can be used we will need to light proof a few sections
> of the enclosure and fit some proper interlocking to the panels and cooling
> arrangements.
>
> Until then, see the attached photo of slightly scorched/perforated post-it
> notes. For reference, these were produced with the shortest pulses possible
> given the current trigger arrangement at ~1/4 power.
>
> - Tom
>


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