Equipment/Laser Cutter/Training

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Equipment / Laser Cutter / Training

Laser Cutter Training

This page documents the process for being trained on the Laser Cutter, and the list of members who have completed that training.

Summary

Training takes place in three main steps:

  • Group Training of 1-4 members, going through the equipment and how to use it (~1hr)
  • Individual Training Task, where an individual member is set a task to complete to prove and improve understanding (~30min each)

Training on the Laser Cutter is run by the Laser Cutter Owners. The Laser Cutter Owners are a group of people responsible for maintaining and training on the laser cutter, and hence have been trained to train, and trained to perform the weekly and monthly maintenance on the laser cutter.

Booking

Sessions are advertised on http://meetup.makespace.org

  • For discussing training, or requesting additional slots if needed, use the mailing list thread: Training : Laser Cutter

Notes:

  • You can only be trained if you have your name allocated to a slot (groups will be restricted to four at a time, so please don't make up additional spaces)
  • You must do the group and individual training on the same day

Trained Users

The following members of Makespace are owner/trainers of the laser cutter:

  • Simon Ford
  • David Barham
  • Nick Johnson
  • Toby Moncaster
  • Martin de Selincourt
  • Mat Cook
  • Stevan Wing

The following members of Makespace are trainers on the laser cutter:

  • Brian Starkey
  • Rob Voisey
  • Tom Parker
  • Steve Murphy
  • Katy Marshall

The following members of Makespace are owners on the laser cutter:

  • Diana Probst


The following members of Makespace are trained and qualified to use the Laser Cutter (note, they are not qualified to train others however):

More trained users

Fully trained:

Yet more trained users

  • Training 18 Nov 2015 (Mat Cook)
    • Jack Brewster
    • Mark Wainwright
    • Kate Aston (again)
    • Mayke Santos
    • Barry Plows
    • Victor Rybnok - no show, not trained, not a fully inducted member
  • Training 05 Dec 2015 (Mat Cook)
    • Leo Rines (needs keyfob fully activating)
    • Naomi Griffiths
    • Jose Chitty
    • David Haines
    • Simon Hartley
  • Bogdan Spiridon (17/9/15 Brian Starkey)
  • Stewart Barton (17/9/15 Brian Starkey)
  • Jonathan Hughes (17/9/15 Brian Starkey)
  • Anija Dokter (17/9/15 Brian Starkey)
  • Paul Bond (17/9/15 Brian Starkey)
  • Thomas Richardson (6/1/16 Brian Starkey)
  • William Deeks (6/1/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Jonathan Woolf (6/1/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Mark Radford (6/1/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Tom Kelly (6/1/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Giovanni Bisutti (6/1/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Victor Rybynok (2/2/16 David Barham)
  • Olivier Martin (2/2/16 David Barham)
  • Craig Easton (23/03/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Daniel Zerbino (23/03/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Jeremy Minton (23/03/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Shunsuke Fujibayashi (23/03/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Charna Hume (23/03/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Jamie Powell (23/03/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Thomas Gillepie (5/4/16 Tom Parker)
  • Mark Barnard (5/4/16 Tom Parker)
  • Francois Eve (18/04/16 Brian Starkey)
  • David Hurron (18/04/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Paul Routly (18/04/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Thomas Wagner (18/04/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Steve Carey (18/04/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Sophie Weeks (18/04/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Dan Evans (3/05/16 Tom Parker)
  • Thomas Grant (3/05/16 Tom Parker)
  • Thomas Arrow (3/05/16 Tom Parker)
  • David Marcus (3/05/16 Tom Parker)
  • Joe Halstead (3/05/16 Tom Parker)
  • Steve Murphy (3/05/16 Tom Parker)
  • Martin Hollis (3/05/16 Tom Parker)
  • Miguel Morin (21/06/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Cadu Miceli (21/06/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Joe Studwell (21/06/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Adrien Leger (21/06/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Mik Lamming (13/07/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Thomas Sanders (13/07/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Natalie Ward (13/07/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Ben Hurren (13/07/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Hsin-ling Liang (10/08/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Cat Fitzpatrick (10/08/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Michael Schmid (10/08/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Nadia Bassiri (10/08/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Htoo Wai Htet (10/08/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Spencer Wilson (10/08/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Thomas Ibbotson (01/08/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Ali King (01/08/16 Brian Starkey)
  • Mihai Truta (4/10/16 David Barham)
  • Simon Guest (4/10/16 David Barham)
  • Will Nock (4/10/16 David Barham)
  • Dan Tidhar (4/10/16 David Barham)
  • Ziyi Yu (4/10/16 David Barham)
  • David Crawford (4/10/16 David Barham)
  • Rick Amos (20/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Joe Eadon (20/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Ziyi Yu (20/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Brendan Cawley (20/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Joachim De Jonghe (20/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Arthur Queval (27/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Andy Saul (27/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Thomas Meany (27/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Ronny Schluetter (27/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Ben Brebner (27/10/16 Steve Murphy)
  • Scott Cunliffe (4/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Tian Huang (4/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Steven Burgess (4/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • James Potter (15/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Ross Rounsevell (15/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Abigail Wills (15/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Lynne Horton (15/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Andrew Velle (15/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Thomas Kopsch (15/1/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Dario Bressan (12/2/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Lisa Smith (12/2/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Luke Heavens (12/2/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Lucy Copping (12/2/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Tobias Herold (02/03/2017 Tom Parker)
  • Chloe Thomas (02/03/2017 Tom Parker)
  • Hugh Craft (02/03/2017 Tom Parker)
  • Angela Birlea (02/03/2017 Tom Parker)
  • Gemma Goodfellow (28/03/2017 David Barham)
  • Mark Williamson (28/03/2017 David Barham)
  • Steven Penney (28/03/2017 David Barham)
  • Simon Marache-Francisco (28/03/2017 David Barham)
  • Tommaso Leonardi (15/04/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Rasko Leinonen (15/04/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Arnet Addis (15/04/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • James O'Sul­livan (15/04/2017 Miguel Morin)
  • Training 6 May 2017 (Miguel Morin)
    • Carlos Araque
    • Ian Guebert
    • Richard Dwan
  • Peter Murray-Rus­t (7/6/17 Tom Parker)
  • Hardie Pienaar (7/6/17 Tom Parker)
  • Rob Sandford (7/6/17 Tom Parker)
  • Despina Davoudani (7/6/17 Tom Parker)
  • Training 22 July 2017 (Miguel Morin)
    • Richard Blakesley
    • Doroteja Maklin
    • Daniel Attila Tovisi
    • Alex Johannsson
  • Trained 15 August 2017 (David Barham)
    • Andy Clark
    • Jenni Main
    • Angus Main
    • Richard Seymour
    • Becky Warren
    • Sean Sleator
    • Lucy Shipp
  • Geraint (+Tom) Davies(2017-09-07 Brian Starkey)
  • Ed Taylor (2017-09-07 Brian Starkey)
  • Juan Reyero (2017-09-07 Brian Starkey)
  • Roberto Canales (2017-09-07 Brian Starkey)
  • Jeanette Friggebo (2017-09-07 Brian Starkey)
  • Bryan Caroll (2017-09-07 Brian Starkey)
  • Trained 13 Sept 2017 (Katy Marshall / David Barham)
    • David Rodriguez
    • Matthew Timmons-Brown
    • Joanna Brunker
    • Marcel Gehrung
  • Trained 19 Sept 2017 (Katy Marshall)
    • Chammi Udalamatta
  • Trained 02 October 2017 (Katy Marshall)
    • Robert Lamont
    • Melanie T
    • Tom Le Cheminont
    • Tunde Szentes
  • Trained 31 October 2017 (Katy Marshall)
    • Dionysis Athinaios
    • Leonie Gärtner
    • Israel Garcia
    • Graeme Durant
    • David Hay
  • Trained 16 Nov 2017 (David Barham)
    • Aurelien Brocchi
  • Edward Colby (2018-03-13 Brian Starkey)
  • James Griffiths (2018-03-13 Brian Starkey)
  • Frances Brandon (2018-03-13 Brian Starkey)
  • Ian Galpin (2018-03-27 Brian Starkey)
  • Niamh Lenihan (2018-03-27 Brian Starkey)
  • Travis Butler (2018-03-27 Brian Starkey)
  • Andrew Kadis (2018-03-27 Brian Starkey)
  • Michal Lachowicz (2018-03-27 Brian Starkey)
  • Phil McArthur (2018-03-27 Brian Starkey)
  • Eleanor Davies (2018-04-14 Katy Marshall)
  • Ashkan Ahmadi (2018-04-14 Katy Marshall)

Training Cheatsheet

The training structure and prompt sheet. Please note, this is used by the Laser Cutter Owners as a prompt to ensure training is executed in a consistent and complete fashion is included on this page; this does not constitute and is not a substitute for the training itself.

Group Training

The group training introduction structure, suitable for 1-4 members at a time in a 1 hr session.

Introduction of main components

  • Laser
  • Cutting Mechanics
  • Water Cooler System
  • Filter
  • PC
  • Materials (what it can cut, supply)

Checks for everyone to do

  • Check in use, looks ok
  • Check water bath, temperature

Powering Up

  • Turning on filter (Tick = ok, Warning = tell the owners, Cross = don't use it and tell the owners)
  • Turning on Laser and warmup, what to do if doesn't power up
  • Turning on PC and starting software

LaserCut Project walkthrough (using M+S+text keyring example)

  • Package function, drawing, import file types
  • Bed dimensions
  • Paths, yellow dots, 'united' shapes
  • Blue dot, Immediate mode
  • Layers and colours
  • Through cut, surface cut and engraving, speeds and strengths
  • Various steps to build keyring design (shapes, text, uniting, layers, alignment, scaling, layers)
  • Job ordering
  • Saving
  • Download as immediate, delete, download current

Laser Operation

  • Lid
  • Control panel, escape
  • Moving head XY, indicator laser, datum
  • Moving Z
  • Focus
  • Start position and test
  • Start, pause and emergency stop function
  • Do job, pause/open lid, restart

Laser Hazards

  • Process and progression for normal operation failure (fire) - pause, open, move, CO2
  • Process for abnormal operation failure (mechanical/jam) - emergency stop, open, move, CO2
  • Ensure confident of process

Power Down

  • Switch off laser
  • Switch off filtration
  • Clean any residue from the bed or bottom tray
  • Close lid

Individual Training Task

The individual task to get familiar, prompt questions and check understanding:

Task

  • Make a personalised focus tool
  • Square acrylic of appropriate size
  • Member's name, "Focus Tool", keychain hole
  • Should use full cut, surface cut, engrave
  • Should demonstrate all steps, size, appropriate ordering, positioning

Steps

  • Set individual to work, don't prompt but do answer questions (or pose if needed)
  • Talk through design once done, question/check things etc
  • Proceed to lasering (watch carefully all steps)
  • Ask to stop job/restart, question escalation process

Assuming all ok:

  • Get them to read the health and safety notes about operation and materials
  • Add to the trained member list!

Project Oversight

For next 2-3 projects, ensure member will find another more experienced trained user to support them (second pair of eyes)