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The machines
Dundee Makerspace has two laser cutters, one of which is operational. Laser cutting involves uploading a digital design to the laser cutter, which will then use a high powered UV laser to burn through the material of choice. The operational laser cutter is a ...
Health and Safety
As well as the standard health and safety procedures when using any machine, Laser cutting has specific risks. The laser. It uses a CO2 laser that can cause permanent damage even when not looking directly into the beam. It is after all designed to burn thro...
Preparing the design
The laser cutter can take two forms of input. It can take a raster image (pixel by pixel) for engraving, or a vector image for cutting and engraving. Typically you will prepare your input file offline using software such as Inkscape, Illustrator, Fusion 360 o...