User:Tankzter/Fablab Card

Fablab Card

1.st project was the Fablab card, it was a combination of working with Inkscape, laser-cutting and press-fitting. to be able to work with the Inkscape program is very useful when creating two dimensional objects. The main purpose of this project was to getting back to working with the program Inkscape and using the laser-cutter, and acknowledging that the laser-cutter cuts away approx 0.2 mm of the material. that´s how the press fitting works by cutting away an precise amount of material.

The making... using Inkscape

The laser-cutter reads pdf format and detects lines that it cuts, in Inkscape you can define the cutting lines by setting them to 0,02 mm in thickness. you can also convert pixel images to bitmap images that the laser-cutter can read. finally you can save your file to the pdf format for the laser-cutter to read.

Press fitting into the final thing

For the press fitting you need to acknowledge that the laser-cutter takes approx 0.2 mm from the material. You can make use of the tool stroke to path that creates lines that are within the original one, and then using break apart to make those two lines to two individual lines in the program, then using them you have now offset the lines creating the space you need to counteract the burning width of the laser.