Computer-Controlled Cutting

Lasercutter

I followed this tutorial and designed an iPad stand for myself. Because I use extended screens a lot, I felt it really hurt my neck to put both screens on the table. By lifting the iPad, I can see it horizontally, achieving a better viewing posture.

The design was parametric

Then I loaded into the software for the laser cutter and cut it,

the pieces were great, but I realized because the back side is very narrow, it's not very stable

So I quickly came up with the 2nd version where the "tail" was a bit longer

This was perfect!

Vinylcutter

To prepare the cutter:
  1. Pull the trigger down
  2. Unload the material (waiting for the sign on the screen that says "waiting for uploading" or something like that)
  3. Load the material (the screen would say "...uploaded")
  4. Pull up the trigger to lock the material
  5. Click the "Origin"
To prepare for the job:
  1. Open that terminal thing, make sure it's connected to the cutter
  2. Open that workflow thing
  3. Drag & Import the PNG
  4. Make sure to click "calculate" so your images show up in all windows
  5. !!! to adjust the size by increasing the DPI (it's going to show the size of the image)
  6. Click "send to printer" a bit right to your png window

I didn't do step 5, so my file was too big. However, after I increased it to 600 DPI, it became 4in X 4in, which is good.

But another problem I didn't realize was that I needed to design the pattern so that it could be detached and doesn't destroy the others. Also, I might need to increase the power so it's easy to separate. Right now, it's like this...

I will try something new next time.

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