Laser Cutter (axCut) Workshop - swindonmakers/wiki GitHub Wiki

Introduction

  • Duration - 30 min

Walk-through the design of the axCut laser cutter, usage and lessons learnt from production operation (on laser cut foam aircraft kits).

Outline

  1. How it all began
  2. Design requirements
  3. Prior art (BuildLog, LaserSaur, etc)
  4. Part selection (laser + optics, linear rails, cooling system, etc)
  5. Mechanical design (layout, extreme OpenSCAD)
  6. Development process (rapid prototyping, lessons)
  7. Toolchain choices and development
  8. Setup and run a job (using the toolchain)
  9. Operational lessons learnt
  10. Q&A

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