8. Your first cut as an operator

Finally, we make our first cut!

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.

Find a controller to be responsible for starting the laser.

Exercise 1: dry run

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

• Do the safety procedure as usual
• You say: 'laser started'
• You say: 'all is well'
• You say: 'laser done'

Exercise 2: for real

In the second exercise, you make your first cut!

• Do the safety procedure as usual
• You say: 'laser started', 'all is well' and 'laser done'
• You turn off the laser and opens the enclosure
• You take out the material, see if it worked

Exam

Do exercise 2 without errors.