Laser Cutter

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.