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Full Spectrum Laser Pro 36x24 Laser Intro and Quick Start
Author: Santiago Ricoy
Email: [email protected]
Date: Last modified on 1/24/17
Keywords: laser cutter engraving etching burning cutting vector raster
Photo here!
The photo above depicts our lab's laser cutter engraving a logo in raster mode. This tutorial's main focus is to have a machine that has been sitting/neglected, up and running a raster engrave. Other items will be touched on, including vector cuts. The importance of this lies in having a quick-reference for lab members to quickly learn to use and innovate with the laser cutter.
Motivation and Audience
This tutorial's motivation is to teach a student new to the laser cutter how to prepare, check, and run the machine. The tutorial assumes the reader has the following background:
* Know how to manipulate bitmap images
* Perhaps also know how to work with vectorized images in Inkscape, Illustrator, or another related program
* Possible additional background needed in vectorizing and layering in image manipulation programs, and CAD software.
* This tutorial may also attract readers who intend to use the laser cutter to create layers for 3 dimensional projects.
The rest of this tutorial is presented as follows:
Parts List and Sources
US-based vendors to obtain material to complete this tutorial include <list relevant hyperlinks or phone numbers and addresses>.
To complete this tutorial, you'll need the following items
PART NAME/DESCRIPTION | VENDOR | VENDOR Number or URL | PRICE | QTY |
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Smooth-on Silicone Mold Rubber | Amazon.com | http://www.amazon.com/Smooth-Silicone-Making-Rubber-Inc/dp/B004BNF3TK | $23.86 | 1 |
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Here is the list as a Google XLS document
Here is the list as a PDF file
Machine Prep and Check
This section gives step-by-step instructions along with photos to <fill in the blank>. (If a circuit-building tutorial:) A schematic to construct <fill in the blank> is shown here <add image>. <Add hyperlink to PDF of schematic> is the Acrobat file of the same schematic.
Step 1
<Add photos to make step easier to understand>
Step 2
<Additional steps like Step 3, Step 4, etc>
Image Creation
Engraving and Cutting
A link to the source code can be found <provide URL to your code, probably saved in this DASL Wiki>.
The goal of the code is <brief explanation>. It works in the following way
<!- Insert a snippet of your code here. Try to keep to less than 0.5 page long –>
The snippet above serves to <fill in the blank>. It does this by <fill in the blank>.
<!- Insert another snippet of your code here. Try to keep to less than 0.5 page long –>
Next, the code does <fill in the blank>. It does this by <fill in the blank>.
Final Words
This tutorial's objective was to <fill in the blank>. Complete <choose: construction details, source code and program descriptions> for <fill in the blank>. Once the concepts were conveyed the reader could <fill in the blank>.
Speculating future work derived from this tutorial, includes <fill in the blank>. In the big picture, the problem of <fill in the blank> can be solved with this tutorial.
For questions, clarifications, etc, Email: paul.oh@unlv.edu