Instructions

Initialise the laser

1. First close switches on the wall

2. Boot up the PC

3. Switch on the laser

   **To avoid tripping the circuit breaker leave a gap between closing each switch**  

4. Switch on the camera monitor

5. Insert Safety Key

6. Switch on laser

Load material

1. open lid

2. ensure no obstructions on edge of laser bed

3. place material on laser bed

4. use key pad to position laser on top of material

5. press home key to set laser zero position

Focus the laser

• place 8mm focus perspex under laser
• using two hands slacken laser focus ring and lower on top of perspex
• carefully tighten up
• remove 8mm focus perspex

download instructions to laser

   * open RDWorks software application

   * import image from USB stick

   * define order in which laser is to cut by selecting layers

   * set laser speed and strength

   * download instructions to laser

   * select file on laser keypad

   * position laser at start point and set home point

   * draw test frame (??) to ensure laser remains on material

   * close lid

   * start laser cutter

   * monitor progress on TV monitor

   * in the event of material catching fire, STOP laser and open lid.  Put fire out(??)

   * on completion of laser cutting , wait until al fumes have been extracted before opening lid.

Power down Procedure

   This is the reverse of the power up procedure after cleaning the bed as follows:

   Using the keypad position the laser to the top right hand corner of the bed.

   Remove the material from the bed.
   
   To remove the waste material from the bed remove the metal guides.

   It is important that these are replaced in their original position, so remember where they came from.

   Using a hand brush or vacuum cleaner remove all waste material.

   Occasionally the metal guides will need wiping to remove a build up of glue. This has its own procedure under routine maintenance.

  Replace the metal guides in their correct position.

  Switch everything off in the reverse order to the power up sequence, shut the PC down properly, do not just remove power.

  Pay for use of the laser either by leaving cash in the donations box or via a bank transfer to the Hackspace account, make the reference somthing like "laser"