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7. Extinguish fire as an operator

Before we make our first cut as an operator, we need to be able to extinguish a fire when it occurs.

Exercise

On your own, do all the steps until (i.e. without) 'Start laser':

  • For material, use a match
  • For the design, use a very small circle
  • The laser is set up to cut the head of the match, using the settings in this guide
  • Test that the head of the match will indeed be hit by the laser, using the 'Frame' functionality

Find a controller. You will be responsible for extinguishing the fire!

Exercise 1: dry run

The first exercise is a dry run of what needs to be done:

  • Do the regular safety procedure
  • You say: 'laser started'
  • You say: 'fire'
  • You pretend to click 'Stop' in LightBurn
  • You open the enclosure
  • You pretend to extinguish the fire

Exercise 2: for real

In the second exercise, you will extinguish the fire

  • Do the regular safety procedure
  • Start the laser and say: 'laser started'
  • When the first starts, you say: 'fire'
  • In LightBurn, you click on 'Stop'
  • You open the procedure
  • You extinguish the fire

Exam

Do exercise 2 without errors.