19th–20th Aug, 10–4pm

Do you want to explore inventing and creating with lasers? Then this Introduction to Laser Cutting Course is for you and will cover everything you need to get started. Learn how to use the software, materials, and laser wood cutting and engraving equip-ment to create new designs and products under the guidance of the tutor Aidan Killeen.

On completion of the course, each Participant will get one free supervised laser pass where you will review all safety procedures, gain hands-on experience and demonstrate your safe handling of the machine through an induction (3 hours - valued at €70)*

Here's what you'll learn:

• How does a laser cutter work and what are the safety precautions that must be taken?

• What materials can you cut and what kind of results can you expect?

• File preparation. How do you create or obtain vector graphics to cut and how do you convert between different file formats?

• And what project you’d like to tackle from start to finish using the laser cutter as a tool.

• This course is a prerequisite for using the laser cutter independently in benchspace if you have no prior experience with Lasers.

• Basic computer literacy skills essential for a meaningful experience.

Students must bring their own laptop with a vector graphic package installed. We recommend InkScape which is free and open source but Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw will work as well.

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