Notes from Orientation Class 6/1/17

Partial Notes by Matthew Hinton Edits by Josh Rhodes

This document is the inception of some simple Standard Operating Procedures

To be greatly expanded on in the future.

• Wood Band saw
  • check/review blade tension on every use

• Drill press
  • To get the right speed, move belt to correct pulley
  • tip: place tape on bit to indicate when to stop as to depth. Alternately, there are depth knobs to help w/ this.

• Angle Grinder
  • support material using a vise or clamps?
  • cutting: begins towards the middle of the material, not the edge.

• Table saw
  • always use push stick
  • when finished, always put blade down. Always put/move fence on top of blade slot.

• Belt sander
  • wear gloves

• Jointer
  • purpose: surfaces one side of wood to serve as a reference.
  • Check depth of on right side dial before using.
  • Keep hands clear and always use push blocks

• Planer
  • To square a piece use jointer first
  • Always connect the vacuum: the machine has a turbine that THROWS the dust everywhere
  • use knob on top to adjust height
  • place wood in gauge to view depth of cut
  • pull board back out of the gauge
  • then lock it
  • turn on planer. it'll pull board through

• Shapeoko
  • CNC machine. Computer Numerical Control
  • subtractive manufacturing
  • Easel software drives shapoko (alternative: BCnc)
  • inside software: set depth of material on right
  • uses PNG and JPG high quality for pictures

• Shapeoko steps:
  • measure material
  • carve material
  • confirm bit
  • zero at bottom left corner of work
  • while off, move the spindle manually, replug power
  • then click carve
  • it cuts each section individually
  • progress bar is in top right of easel
  • it returns to zero at the end of the cut

• 3D printing
  • Makerbot
    • A "xyz" gantry style 3d printer
  • Locate Thingiverse website to download a model
  • makerbot software for communication with printer
  • .stl files are what both reads in
  • use tinkercad to modify them

• SeeMeCNC Rostock Max v2
  • A "delta" style 3d printer
  • software used: "Matter Control"

• GCC Venus Laser Etcher
  • Vector - art made up of lines
  • Bitmap - art made up of pixels
  • Software: Inkscape
    • use this to create shapes
    • Inkscape convert file
    • make picture clean
    • new > import
    • pick JPG
    • make trace bitmap
    • copy > paste into corel draw

• • Corel Draw
    • use "new from template"
    • usable print area: 8.5x11
    • File > Print Properties
    • color: black 50% speed
    • lower power
    • to do a cut, make it a vector.