Thursday, 20 December 2012
Friday, 14 December 2012
We had a blast!
What an amazing time we all had last week with Adrian and James from Atec Engineering!
Some technical issues on the computer-based drawings lead to a last minute decision being made to cut our projects on a laser cutter rather than the water-jet. It was a slower process but it got the job done.
Everyone was amazed that light — just light — could cut through wood and plastic! We found that we needed to make 2-3 passes to cut all the way through — it's only a 50W laser — but it certainly did the job. The cut is around a tenth of a millimeter across so incredibly accurate!
Most of the projects were cut in 3.6mm plywood. Two were cut in plastic — one in opaque black and one in clear. They'll look amazing when put together.
Some technical issues on the computer-based drawings lead to a last minute decision being made to cut our projects on a laser cutter rather than the water-jet. It was a slower process but it got the job done.
Everyone was amazed that light — just light — could cut through wood and plastic! We found that we needed to make 2-3 passes to cut all the way through — it's only a 50W laser — but it certainly did the job. The cut is around a tenth of a millimeter across so incredibly accurate!
Most of the projects were cut in 3.6mm plywood. Two were cut in plastic — one in opaque black and one in clear. They'll look amazing when put together.
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