Guides

Guide to materials

• If you are bringing in paint to use in the area it must be water-based, please check before you buy!

• You cannot use pressure treated timber in the workshop due to the hazardous chemicals impregnated into them

• The MDF we supply is specifically formulated for safe laser cutting, this means the fumes emitted when cutting are not toxic, you also get a cleaner cut. 

  • If you wish to supply your own materials for laser cutting please speak to workshop staff first to ensure suitability, and check here to see if it is possible.

Guides to cutting and modelling 

• Guide to laser cutting (Trotec)

• Guide to laser cutting (epilog)

• Simple contour modelling (read this first!)

• Complex contour modelling

• Impact vs Drill

• 3Doodler video

• 3Doodler PLA vs ABS