[Swansea Hackspace] Lasor cutter and bandsaw use this weekend

Alice Mitchell alice at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
Thu Jul 11 15:13:05 BST 2019


On Thu, 2019-07-11 at 14:44 +0100, Alex Duffield wrote:
> Is anyone whoes versed in the lasor cutter and bandsaw able to help
> me out this weekend, I need to make some helmet visors for which I
> want to cut the general shape (cos a Dremel is slow af) and lasor
> etch a honeycomb structure onto the lense, the material is 1.5mm
> polycarbonate, I'd also ideally need to know what format and layout
> I'll need to be able to upload the file

>From what I have read polycarbonate doesnt tend to do great in the
cutter, it discolours and melts.  so try a scrap piece first.

guide to getting the artwork prepared is on the website:
http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Equipment/LaserPrep




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