[Swansea Hackspace] Laser Cutter - initial testing

[Emyr Morris]

Paul, it will be a very specialist RA, the lads are in the process of
drawing it up :-)

rgds

E

On 14 April 2015 at 11:46, Paul Harwood <paul at harwood-leon.com> wrote:

> 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> 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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