[Swansea Hackspace] Lasor cutter and bandsaw use this weekend

[Alex Duffield]

Yea I've seen that but planning a light etch rather than a full blown cut
do hopeful

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:13 PM Alice Mitchell <alice at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
wrote:

> 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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