[Swansea Hackspace] Laser Cutter - initial testing

[Paul Harwood]

Very cool. 

Quick request though, can someone from the Hackspace contact Alayne with the Risk Assessment - if you don’t have one, we can run through one with you.

Cheers

— Paul


> On 13 Apr 2015, at 22:35, Emyr Morris <em at preseli.com> wrote:
> 
> Great news. Good work everybody
> 
> Thank you
> 
> On Monday, 13 April 2015, Tom Lake <tswsl1989 at sucs.org <mailto: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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