[Swansea Hackspace] Laser cutter induction

[Emyr Morris]

In many respects it is a lot easier than milling on the CNC, but like the
CNC a lot of care is required to make sure that the settings are correct to
avoid spoiling your work.

I put some photos on Facebook late last night and tagged in the Hackspace
page, they should be visible if you go to the page.

73 de Emyr

On Thursday, 2 July 2015, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
wrote:

> Thanks for the synopsis Emyr (very helpful for us that couldn't make it),
> great to hear it went well and looking forward to getting to have a go
> myself.
>
> On 2 July 2015 at 01:44, Emyr Morris <em at preseli.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','em at preseli.com');>> wrote:
>
>> tonight's laser induction went very smoothly - the guys have put in an
>> awful lot of time into getting the machine working and also in getting to
>> grips with the nuances of making my it work.
>> The end result tonight was a very slick and straight forward introduction
>> to machine safety and on how to use it safely and effectively.
>> The write up on the website helps a lot and is a valuable resource for us
>> all.
>> Everybody had a go with card and acrylic, and after most people left I
>> had two more goes on laminated MDF - I left my attempts at the space in
>> case anybody wants to look at them. A very enjoyable evening. I learnt a
>> lot again tonight.
>> A huge thank you to Justin, Tim and Tom.
>> I did my initial designs in Adobe Illustrator then used Inkscape to
>> convert to .emf for the laser software. Even though I prepared cuts and
>> holes in AI, I ended up using only the etch .emf opting to quickly
>> redrawing the cuts and holes in laser draw. This turned out to be a
>> quicker, easier and probably more reliable way of doing it.
>> Can't wait to get back into the space for another go!
>> Emyr
>>
>>
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> Richard
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