Difference between revisions of "Laser Cutter"

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Reserving the laser cutter gives you priority but it is frowned upon to reserve the laser cutter for more than 2 hours at a time.
 
Reserving the laser cutter gives you priority but it is frowned upon to reserve the laser cutter for more than 2 hours at a time.
  
1. Log on to my.wpi.edu
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1. Go to http://www.wpihtec.org.
  
2. Go to the Community tab
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2. Login using your WPI credentials.
  
3. Search "manufacturing" and select manufacturing-labs
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3. Click on "Machinetool Schedule".
  
4. Go to the content tab on the left.
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4. Then add a calendar event to the calendar and select "laser cutter" along with persons name and projects name.
 
 
5. Select the Manufacturing Sharepoint link
 
 
 
6. Then add a calendar event to the calendar and select "laser cutter" along with persons name and projects name.  
 
  
 
== Laser cutter manual==
 
== Laser cutter manual==

Revision as of 12:08, 20 August 2014

The Laser cutter located in Washburn manufacturing laboratory and is available for use whenever a lab monitor is on duty. Please read the lab policies and guidelines on the manufacturing labs my.wpi.edu site.

Approved Materials for laser cutter

Acrylic

Delrin (Acetal copolymer)

Wood and paper based materials such as birch, balsa, or vanilla folder. (not plywood)

Cloth

Reserving the laser cutter

Reserving the laser cutter gives you priority but it is frowned upon to reserve the laser cutter for more than 2 hours at a time.

1. Go to http://www.wpihtec.org.

2. Login using your WPI credentials.

3. Click on "Machinetool Schedule".

4. Then add a calendar event to the calendar and select "laser cutter" along with persons name and projects name.

Laser cutter manual

Complete instructions for using the laser cutter.

File:VLS460 Laser Cutter Manual.pdf