[Lab] Laser Laser

Tue Jul 5 16:28:10 EDT 2011

One question, what are the plans for exhaust from the system? And is the lab
planning on getting a compressor to use with air assist?

- Paul

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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