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* Place the material on the cutter bed. | * Place the material on the cutter bed. | ||
* The bed height must be adjusted to the thickness of your material. Different materials should have the beam focussed in different places. Thicker materials should have the beam focussed in the middle of the material. You can adjust where the beam focuses by adjusting the bed height: | * The bed height must be adjusted to the thickness of your material. Different materials should have the beam focussed in different places. Thicker materials should have the beam focussed in the middle of the material. You can adjust where the beam focuses by adjusting the bed height: | ||
** Press the 'Z' button on the [[ | ** Press the 'Z' button on the control panel. | ||
[[File:Laser-Cutter-Screen-Z-Axis.jpg|center|control panel]] | |||
** The display will show 'Z-Axis operate' | ** The display will show 'Z-Axis operate' | ||
** Then press the 'Datum' button | ** Then press the 'Datum' button | ||
** The display should now show 'Z-Axis datum' and the bed will move to the 0 point. Now you use the up and down buttons to move the bed. | ** The display should now show 'Z-Axis datum' and the bed will move to the 0 point. Now you use the up and down buttons to move the bed. | ||
* To make sure that your design will be cut within the boundary of your material you can have the cutter mark out the bounding box with the red-dot pointer. Note that you must upload your design to the cutter before doing this. | * To make sure that your design will be cut within the boundary of your material you can have the cutter mark out the bounding box with the red-dot pointer. Note that you must upload your design to the cutter before doing this. | ||
** Click the [[ | ** Click the 'Run box' button in the laser cutter application | ||
[[File:Laser-Cutter-Screen-Run-box.png|center|'Run box' button ]] | |||
** Observe the path of the red-dot pointer | ** Observe the path of the red-dot pointer | ||
