{"id":364,"date":"2018-01-09T20:36:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T01:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rid.hamilton.edu\/campus-of-the-future\/?p=364"},"modified":"2019-05-14T17:13:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T21:13:46","slug":"laser-cutter-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rid.hamilton.edu\/campus-of-the-future\/laser-cutter-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Laser Cutter Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Universal Laser Cutter<\/a> is set up, and we\u2019re eager to start using it this semester. We just finished an in-depth training on its operation and maintenance from Product Development Inc.<\/a>, and would like to thank Educause<\/a> and HP<\/a> for helping make that possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature Andrew Rippeon has some exciting projects blending the 16th century technology of the letterpress with the cutting-edge technology of the laser cutter.<\/span>\u00a0The Resident Designer and Production Manager for Theatre\u00a0Jeff Larson also attended the training, with an eye on how laser cutting can invigorate the Theatre Department\u2019s creation of models, puppets, sets, props, and other design elements! Our laser cutter is currently housed in the Theatre Department\u2019s costume shop, pending a future space for 3D and digital fabrication technologies. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Andrew <\/a>
Andrew Rippeon (Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature) peers into the laser cutter while it engraves a woodblock. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Three <\/a>
Scott Paul (Help Desk and LITS Student Manager), Bret Olsen (Educational Technologist), and Jeff Larson (Resident Designer and Production Manager) set up a file to demo the laser cutter. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We\u2019ll be using Adobe Illustrator to design our files for laser cutting. We tested several materials, including paper, plastic, and wood. We experimented with differences between soft and hard wood; plywood proved to be difficult to cut through, since it is a composite of several wood types which would require different settings. As well as cutting into paper in individual sheets or small stacks, among our discoveries was the possibility of marking on and etching into paper with the laser cutter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Test <\/a>
Test of using the laser cutter to create an icon of a hand for use with the letterpress. The icon was created from a scan of a broadside. <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A test of the same icon on a different type of wood with less grain. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A test of laser cutting words into paper at various power levels, ranging from faintly etching the paper to cutting all the way through. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Watch our laser cutter in action, cutting letters into paper.<\/p>\n

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