3. Computer controlled cutting¶

This week I worked on defining my final project idea and started to getting used to the documentation process.

Group assignment:

🐰 Characterize your lasercutter’s focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, joint clearance and types.

🐰 Document your work to the group work page and reflect on your individual page what you learned.

Individual assignments:

🐰 Design, lasercut, and document a parametric press-fit construction kit, which can be assembled in multiple ways. Account for the lasercutter kerf.

🐰 Cut something on the vinylcutter

Vinyl Cutter

To get to know how to use a vinyl cutter, I made stickers for my laptop and books.

WHAT IS A VINYL CUTTER¶

The Vinyl Cutter is a device that cuts material known as vinyl, useful for making things such as decals and stickers. It reads designs made in compatible software which then is sent to the cutter itself via either USB cable or by Bluetooth. The cutter itself is similar to a printer but with a blade instead of a pen.

Useful links¶

Jekyll

Code Example¶

Use the three backticks to separate code.

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
  // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
}

Gallery¶

Inkscape

Steps on the vinly cutter: 🐰 First make sure that the laptop is connected to the cutter with USB. 🐰 Press open for the vinyl cutter to open, then put the material to be cut on a sticking board. 🐰 Make sure to place the material in the same place the design was on the canvas in the Circut app. Press the two arrows to place the plate and install it in the cutter. 🐰 After making sure everything is in place, start the cutting process by pressing the button marked with the letter C.

🐰 I cut the yin-yang design and removed the extra parts to stick it on the laptop.