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A0 Laser Cutter
The Hackspace brought an A0 laser cutter from Just Add Sharks in early 2014, installed in May 2014. The project information related to that is available on the wiki.
Training
You need to have had an induction on the laser cutter to use it.
Usage
There will hopefully in the future a booking system for the laser cutter. At the moment until people from the pledge drive are trained training takes priority and without any easy way to share a calendar the laser may be used for training and interrupt your use - this is just common sense to get people trained in good time.
Costs
The A0 laser cutter costs £3 per hour; it will be charged per penny when hooked up to the RFID reader. For guidelines these are the costs over an hour, since larger jobs can take a long time especially if engraving.
| Time | Cost |
|---|---|
| 10 Minutes | £0.50 |
| 20 Minutes | £1.00 |
| 30 Minutes | £1.50 |
| 40 Minutes | £2.00 |
| 50 Minutes | £2.50 |
| 1 hour | £3.00 |
Software
The main software is Laser Cut 5.3 - this can be used on a local machine and items saved ready to send to the laser later.
For now see the Just Add Sharks page which details Laser Cut 5.3. These will be copied to the wiki sometime soon.
Hardware
There will be a PC setup to help use the laser, although you will be able to connect your own laptop if you want using the USB cable arrangement.
Laser Cutter Setup
Subpage for the setup to use the laser cutter here. Also helps identify if there are issues with the laser and what to do (ie; mainly stop using it).
Laser Cutter Cleaning
How to clean the bed on the laser cutter here.
Laser Cutter Materials
What works on the A0 laser cutter here.
Laser Cutter Maintenance
List of trained members who can maintain the machine such as mirror alignment and so forth.
Red Laser Cutter
There is still some information on Inductions to sign up for an induction and for information on inductions while it is in the space. These however have been put on hold with the new laser being available. The old Materials info on what can be cut and suggested settings for this machine and will be updated.
Flickr Gallery
(Note: This doesn't seem to work and may be removed)