areas:lasercutters
Laser Cutter Lab
Trainers (Sporadically as requested on MMS email list - while space is open to the general membership)
Ellen Fulton (co-champion)
Sarah Davitt (co-champion)
Marcus Schneider
* (helps with training)
looking for other trainers!
Rules and Etiquette
If your project is going to take more than 1 1/2 hours, you need to reserve the laser cutter. Simply post on the members only board with the date and time as far in advance as you can. If you post less than 24 hours in advance, not everyone may have seen your request, so you might not get the exact time you want. Deal with it.
Check your optics before you start! If the optics are dirty, you will get a bad cut, but more importantly, dirty optics can cause damage to the machine, and decrease the lifespan of the laser tube.
If we find that someone hasn't used the air assist on the 60 watt, we will initiate a camera review and consider banning that person for an unspecified length of time…probably measured in months. There have been several situations where we have found the 60 watt unusable until the lens was extensively cleaned. These are expensive and there's no reason we should have to replace them quite so often.
If you are making a profit from something at the space (laser cutter or otherwise) the guidelines are that you should be contributing 5% of your profit towards the machines you are using, in order to pay for their upkeep, and wear and tear. This is only fair, you are making a profit, using someone else's machine. If you are not making a profit, but still using the machines to create a product, you should similarly be contributing towards the area funds. Please remember that even if you are running your business on these machines, you have no more right to use the machines than any other member, with the possible exception of the actual owner of the machine.
Authorized / Signed Off Users
Machines
FAQs / Howtos / Materials settings
Design & Software
Maintenance/Service
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