[Swansea Hackspace] Laser Cutter - initial testing

[Ceri Clatworthy]

I found a pair of safety magnetic reed switches,
but only 500mA

RS 613-8195 & RS 613-8202

If you want then i will bring them in - if I am in work Friday.

Ceri

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Emyr Morris <em at preseli.com> wrote:

> 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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