Laser Cutter/Instructions: Difference between revisions
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| ===Checking cutting boundaries=== | | ===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'''.
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| * Click the 'Run box' button in the laser cutter application
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| *: [[File:Laser-Cutter-Screen-Run-box.png|center|'Run box' button ]]
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| * Observe the path of the red-dot pointer
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| The red-dot pointer beam does not follow the same path as the cutting laser, and only gives a rough idea of position of the laser beam, varying accuracy dependant upon Z height.
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| Leaving a 10mm border is recommended. Cutting too close to the edge of materials also increases the chance of risk of fires.
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| For engraving onto and existing object, test positioning by placing a piece of paper on top, and running the design on very high speed, and low power.
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| ==Cutting== | | ==Cutting== |
