4. Computer controlled cutting¶
Computer controlled cutting Individual Assignment¶
Computer Controlled Cutting, Assignment site
- Design, lasercut, and document a parametric construction kit, accounting for the lasercutter kerf, which can be assembled in multiple ways.
- Cut something on the vinyl cutter.
Computer controlled cutting Group Assignment¶
Computer Controlled Cutting, Group Assignment site
- Characterize your lasercutter’s focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, joint clearance and types.
- Document your work to the group work page and reflect on your individual page what you learned.
Epilog laser mini helix 24¶
Available features and key settings of our laser cutter:
Prior documentation:
- Settings and step by instructions and project ideas in Icelandic on our fablab.is website
- Settings and step by step instructions in Icelandic on our Fab Wiki
- Settings and step by step instructions in English on our Fab Wiki
- Laser cutter ideas on our Pinterest site
Roland GX-24 vinyl cutter¶
Available features and key settings of our laser cutter
Our YouTube tutorial on using Roland GX-24 (in Icelandic)¶
Other Roland vinyl cutter links.¶
- ROLAND DG CUTTER BLADE REFERENCE GUIDE
- Roland GS-24 Vinyl Cutter Quick Reference Guide .pdf
- Roland Guilde to vinyl cutters by Roland .pdf
- Roland GX-24 official user’s manual .pdf
Roland BN-20¶
Resources and some useful links¶
Here are some great resources that we used when creating this documentation.
- https://fabacademy.org/2019/docs/FabAcademy-Tutorials/week03_computer_controlled_cutting/laser.html
- https://gitlab.fabcloud.org/academany/fabacademy/2023/labs/aalto/group-assignments/laser-cutting
- https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/leon/students/pedro-candeias/week3.html#groups
- https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/dilijan/assignments/week03/
- https://fabacademy.org/2022/labs/esan/students/hugocesar-gomez/assignments/week04/
- https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/deusto/students/pablo-badiola/week3.html
- https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/leon/students/pedro-candeias/week3.html#groups