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 ==Positioning your material==
-* '''Caution:''' Know your material - be absolutely certain that your material is safe to use in the laser cutter. If in doubt - ask. For unidentified plastics try [http://www.nycresistor.com/2008/08/28/how-to-identify-polymers-with-burnination/ this test method].
+The origin in the cutter software corresponds with the top left corner (as seen if looking down while standing in front of it) of the cutting bed so your material should be butted up against that corner.
-* '''Caution:''' There are a number of electrically live areas inside the cabinet towards the back. Be very careful when reaching around at the back as you may get a shock.
 ===Knowing the correct Z-Axis position===
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 ===Checking cutting boundaries===
-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
-* 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
 ==Cutting==