Maker Skills Course: Lasercutter

Always wanted to learn how to use a lasercutter? After completing the Maker Skills Course, you're able to work with it in Waag's Fablab.

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### What are you going to learn?

In this course you will learn how to operate the laser cutter at the Fablab. After this course, you are allowed to use the laser cutter on Thursdays during the open days of the lab (10-17h, on appointment and depending on availability). The course consists of:

• How to prepare your file for laser cutting (vectors & images)
• How to use Lightburn (software used to operate the machine)
• What materials can you use
• Making something!

For this course you are expected to know how to create vector based files (DXF, SVG, etc.) in your preferred software (Inkscape, Illustrator or any other CAD software). Please bring a laptop with a trial version of Lightburn installed (can be downloaded). You don’t have to prepare a file to lasercut, but you can bring ideas.

### Where and when?

The course is given at the Fablab in the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt 4 in Amsterdam on Friday December 9, 2022 from 14-17 hrs. Future dates to be determined.


Example of making with lasercutter by Waag's Fablab

### For whom?

For makers who are looking for a place to experiment, create and meet like-minded people. Open source documentation is very important to us, so we expect you to write your own documentation on the use of the machine. If you can demonstrate that you know how to use the laser cutter safely, you are allowed to use it. This workshop is not aimed at people looking for commercial production; instead we want to enable local artists, designers and other creatives to develop open source projects.

### Costs

The course is €75,- including taxes per person. There’s a capacity of 4-7 people. Materials, coffee and tea are included.

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