Laser Cutting

BY PHINEAS ABBOTT AND JASON WEN

Using the laser Cutter is quite simple but we expected it to be difficult. The only really difficult thing that happened was using the computer to draw. On the computer, all you have to do is log on to an app called Figma, then you can draw a design by connecting dots, or you can use shapes to make a design. Then you send the document to an app called laser DRW. On laser DRW, it feeds the laser cutter all the data about the design to the laser cutter. It seems a lot harder than it really is. Once I got a design for the laser cutter, the only thing that was needed to do was to adjust the speed of the laser and adjust the size of the image. Once I got the hang of using the laser cutter, we actually enjoyed doing it. It was cool because anything we could draw the laser cutter would turn a piece of wood into my drawing.

Supplies

1. Thin piece of wood

2. paper

3. computer

4. Figma and Laser DRW apps

5. Laser cutter

6. Cooling water pump

7. Design

Step 1: Using a Laser Cutter I: on Paper Then Scanned

Step 1. Get a design

Step 2. Draw on paper

Step 3. Scan to make it a digital document.

Step 4. Upload to Laser DRW

Step 5. Make the image appropriate size

Step 6. Set the setting of the laser

Step 7. Put a piece of wood in the laser printer

Step 8. Turn on the laser cutter and cooling water pump

Step 9. Cut

Step10. Take out of laser cut

Step 2: How to Use the Laser Cutter 2: on Computer

Step 1. Get a design

Step 2. Draw on figma.com

Step 3. Upload to laser DRW

Step 4. Make the image appropriate size

Step 5. set the setting of the laser

Step 6. put a pea of wood in the laser printer

Step 7. turn on the laser cutter and cooling water pump

Step 8. Cut

9. Take out of laser cutter