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====General Procedure====

====General Procedure====

[[File:trotec_laser_engraving.mp4|thumb|none|400px|This video shows the complete process of completing an engrave. See below for details on doing this. ]]Setting up a Cut:

[[File:trotec_laser_engraving.mp4|thumb|none|400px|This video shows the complete process of completing an engrave. See below for details on doing this. ]]

 

Setting up a Cut:

# First off, to get your design, just copy an image and paste it into CorelDraw or find a pdf version of the file and open it. If you are cutting a part from a Solidworks file it must be saved as a dxf before importing to CorelDraw.   

# First off, to get your design, just copy an image and paste it into CorelDraw or find a pdf version of the file and open it. If you are cutting a part from a Solidworks file it must be saved as a dxf before importing to CorelDraw.   

# To open a dxf file go to [File] > [Import]. If a dxf file is being used feel free to skip to step 7.   

# To open a dxf file go to [File] > [Import]. If a dxf file is being used feel free to skip to step 7.   

# Remove the focusing tool and return it to its home.  

# Remove the focusing tool and return it to its home.  

# Press the usb icon found in the bottom right corner of job control to connect to the laser cutter. The laser should beep a few times and then a the background of job control will change to a honeycomb pastern to represent the actual honeycomb table. Also, the usb icon will change to a play icon.  

# Press the usb icon found in the bottom right corner of job control to connect to the laser cutter. The laser should beep a few times and then a the background of job control will change to a honeycomb pastern to represent the actual honeycomb table. Also, the usb icon will change to a play icon.  

Cutting with Job Control :

Cutting with Job Control :

# After you send your design to Job Control it will let you name your design and it will store it in a window on the right. If you do not see your design, be sure to select [See All] at the bottom of that window. This lets you see files ALL dpi types, rather than just a specific dpi type.  

# After you send your design to Job Control it will let you name your design and it will store it in a window on the right. If you do not see your design, be sure to select [See All] at the bottom of that window. This lets you see files ALL dpi types, rather than just a specific dpi type.  

# Double click on your job name or drag and drop the job to bring it onto the work window.   

# Double click/drag your design into the middle area and lock the top left corner of the design into the bottom right of the cursor.   

# Then select your material at the top left.You can check the print preview by double clicking the box showing your preview in the bottom right.

# Then select your material at the top left.You can check the print preview by double clicking the box showing your preview in the bottom right.[[File:Mitch5.jpg|thumb|600x600px|none]]

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# If the cursor is not already visible, be sure that the laser cutter is connected to Job Control via the USB symbol in the bottom right. You can click the Update in the bottom left to see the duration of the job, and now you are ready to click the Play button in the bottom right. For bigger jobs, the Laser Cutter will take a little bit of time to read the design. If it does not start immediately, don’t be scared. Just be supportive and it will begin shortly. If it does not start at all, ask for help from a worker.

 

# Once the job starts, stay with it. Be sure it is actually engraving/cutting the material. If it is not doing what it should be, stop it by lifting the lid and consult the supervisor for assistance.[[File:Mitch6.jpg|thumb|600x600px|none]]

Double click/drag your design into the middle area and lock the top left corner of the design into the bottom right of the cursor. If the cursor is not already visible, be sure that the laser cutter is connected to Job Control via the USB symbol in the bottom right. You can click the Update in the bottom left to see the duration of the job, and now you are ready to click the Play button in the bottom right. For bigger jobs, the Laser Cutter will take a little bit of time to read the design. If it does not start immediately, don’t be scared. Just be supportive and it will begin shortly. If it does not start at all, ask for help from a worker.

 

Cutting with the Rotary Tool:

Once the job starts, stay with it. Be sure it is actually engraving/cutting the material. If it is not doing what it should be, stop it and consult the supervisor for assistance.

 

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The Rotary Tool lets you cut and engrave cylindrical objects, the most popular of these being Hydroflasks. This part applies after you have already sent the file from CoreLDRAW to the Laser Cutter.

The Rotary Tool lets you cut and engrave cylindrical objects, the most popular of these being Hydroflasks. This part applies after you have already sent the file from CoreLDRAW to the Laser Cutter.

 

To start off, go to Settings → Options → Hardware → Accessories. This is where you can switch from the HoneyComb Table to the Rotary Tool and vice versa. Enter the diameter of your thing (using the Calipers in the lab), as it tells the Rotary Tool how fast to turn as it engraves. Do not mess this up, or you will have a stretched/squeezed image.

# To start off, go to Settings → Options → Hardware → Accessories. This is where you can switch from the HoneyComb Table to the Rotary Tool and vice versa.

 

# Enter the diameter of your bottle (using the Calipers in the lab), as it tells the Rotary Tool how fast to turn as it engraves. Do not mess this up, or you will have a stretched/squeezed image.   [[File:Rotary 1.jpg|thumb|600x600px|none]]

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# Once you click OK/apply, the window background will look like the image below.  

# Double click/drag the job onto the window. It should automatically flip the image so that it will engrave in the proper orientation even though the bottle is held horizontally.  [[File:Rotary2.jpg|thumb|600x600px|none]]

So when you apply it, it will look like this below. The cursor will come up when it is connected, and then just slide your design to that cursor. It automatically flips the image for you so that it will look like the hydroflask in the examples (portrait), so don’t worry about rotating the image.  

# Next, pick the material Hydroflask → Black Mug for a Hydroflask, or one of the glass profiles if engraving glass, and now you are ready to engrave your thing!  

   

# When you are finished, RESET THE SPACE! Put the Rotary Tool away and replace it with the HoneyComb Table.

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Next, pick the material Hydroflask → Black Mug, and now you are ready to engrave your thing! When you are finished, RESET THE SPACE! Put the Rotary Tool away and replace it with the HoneyComb Table.

==Safety==

==Safety==

* Always make sure the material you are using is safe to use. There is an especially high risk when engraving plastics. Fumes from plastics can be toxic. Make sure you find the specific material you are using and check to see if it produces toxic fumes when burned. Never attempt to engrave PVC as it produces chlorine gas (the stuff they used in WWI).

* Always make sure the material you are using is safe to use. There is an especially high risk when engraving plastics. Fumes from plastics can be toxic. Make sure you find the specific material you are using and check to see if it produces toxic fumes when burned. Never attempt to engrave PVC as it produces chlorine gas (the stuff they used in WWI).

* Once the laser is focused do not touch the button that raises the bed or the laser will crash into the machine which causes damage to the machine.  

* Once the laser is focused do not touch the button that raises the bed or the laser will crash into the machine which causes damage to the machine.  

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* Be careful when moving the laser head when using the rotary tool because it has protruding parts that will harm the laser cutter if a crash occurs.

==Certification==

==Certification==

Foxtale Quiz

[https://foxtale.georgefox.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=31280 Foxtale Quiz]

==Troubleshooting==

==Troubleshooting==

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