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
- Makerbot
- 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.
- Corel Draw