6040 Laser Cutter

About

In December 2014 we purchased a new A2 laser cutter from China and a LAOS controller board to upgrade it. The laser was delivered in January 2015 and work is currently underway integrating it into the hackspace RFID system so usage can be tracked.

After the upgrade the laser is controlled with Visicut. The configuration for Visicut can be automatically installed (as of Mid Feb 2015) by simply selecting Leeds Hackspace from the list of laser cutters on first installation.

A laser induction is required before use.

Capabilities

The laser should cut:

• Acrylic sheet
• Plywood
• MDF
• Paper
• Card (with the exception of corrugated card)

You should NOT cut:

• Vinyl (toxic fumes)
• Lexan (different toxic fumes)
• Corrugated card (fire risk)