[Lab] Laser Laser

Tue Jul 5 16:26:03 EDT 2011

Woohoo! I'm looking forward to getting a chance to try this out too. Reading
up on the tech info/specs now.

- Paul

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:

> According to Google, looks like lots of folks laser-cut Depron foam.
>
> Found
> http://building.dow.com/na/en/products/insulation/protectionboard.htm
>
> I'm not sure if any of those IBC/IRC/UL classifications might imply laser
> cutter safe usage.
>
> Andrew.
>
> On 2011-07-05, at 3:07 PM, jim kiskis wrote:
>
> > the material that i mainly work with is depron foam and dow protection
> > board foam also called fan fold foam or FFF i use it for model
> > building and most of the plans i work from are PDF's
> >
> > jim
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
> >> Hi Jim,
> >>
> >> Specs for the Zing 24 can be found here:
> >>
> >> http://www.epiloglaser.com/zing_techspecs.htm
> >>
> >> Manual is linked here:
> >>        http://www.epiloglaser.com/laser_manuals.htm
> >>        http://www.epiloglaser.com/downloads/pdf/zing_4.22.10.pdf
> >>
> >> Front-end printer driver is Windows based:
> >>
> >>        http://www.epiloglaser.com/downloads_zing.htm
> >>
> >> There isn't any gcode exposed to the user and CorelDraw seems to be the
> (documented) application of choice for interfacing with it.  That said, you
> can do interesting things by varying line width, colour and making multiple
> passes to control etch/cut depth vs resolution trade-offs.  Have a look
> through "Section 7: Using the Epilog Dashboard" of the manual.  That's where
> you'll find things like the "Color Mapping Tab" which could make it easy to
> match our local prototyping with services like the Ponoko color-coding of
> design submissions.
> >>
> >> With that in mind, use SVG and/or DXF as your source files.  I intend to
> use a combination of InkScape, QCad and OpenSCAD for my own designs.
> >>
> >> W.r.t bringing in your own material, be *very* careful to track down all
> the MSDS details and seek out existing "is this laser-friendly" comments
> from the extended community.  There are obvious Bad Choices such as PVC and
> many other synthetics, but you also need to avoid a lot of adhesive-backed,
> weather-coated and some dyed materials because it's the coating that'll kill
> the machine and/or you when it vaporizes or burns, not the base material.
> >>
> >> Andrew.
> >>
> >> On 2011-07-05, at 1:05 PM, jim kiskis wrote:
> >>
> >>> i am excited in seeing this beasty in action and is wondering what the
> >>> size of the bed is and i have my own material for being cut  bu the
> >>> machine, and what format the g code will have to be
> >>>
> >>> jim
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org>
> wrote:
> >>>> Woo hoo!  Very much looking forward to using it!
> >>>>
> >>>> Amdrew.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2011-07-05, at 12:42 PM, Ryan Stec wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Just a short note to everyone that the board of directors approved
> the purchase of an Epilogue Zing 24, 30 Watt Laser Cutter. We are talking
> timelines with the Ontario reseller, and will be looking at sometime in late
> August for arrival.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There is alot to be determined for training, access and cost and we
> look forward to getting peoples feedback on these issues.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We will be assembling a small team of members for training on the
> machine. We are still working on the details for this as well, but if you
> are interested please contact me directly so we can discuss further.
> >>>>>
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