[Swansea Hackspace] Lasor cutter and bandsaw use this weekend

[Alex Duffield]

also is it possible to "engrave" as a "cut" path just on really low power?
im after simple single line engraving path rather than anything with
thickness


On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 3:35 PM Alex Duffield <alexmduffield at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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