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In the SmartXp we have a Lasercutter for cutting and engraving materials mainly for Creative Technology students but also for others
You have to buy materials yourself
suitable materials:
Acrylic - max 6mm
PETG (Copolyester) - max 1mm
Birch Plywood - max 6mm
Poplar Plywood - max 6mm
Cardboard- max 4mm
Woodboard
Paper
Poplar Plywood plates for lasercutting can be bought here at the SmartXp
Poplarplate 4x300x600mm €2.00
Poplarplate 4x600x1000mm €7.00
Poplarplate 6x300x600mm €3.00
Poplarplate 6x600x1000mm €10.00
Poplarplate 8x600x600mm €6.00
Poplarplate 8x600x1000mm €11.00
Poplarplate 10x300x600mm €7.00
PETG plates 1mm €0.0175/gram
example: PETG plate 620x200x1mm weighs 160gram
Acrylic plates €0.015 /gram
example: Acryl plate 300x100x5mm weighs 190gram
Acrylic plates can also be bought at the TCO selfservice workshop
or at several places on the internet like Bouwplastics.nl
Not allowed materials:
Polystyrene, Polycarbonate, Delrin, PVC, MDF and Hardwood plywood
Be carefull when buying Acrylic plates in shops. Sometimes they sell you Polystyrene plates instead off Acrylic.
Other materials: please ask before buying anything.
Design rules:
Want to make a box? You can use Boxmaker. It will give you a pdf file which can be loaded in Coreldraw where you can add holes and engravings. You could also use:
MakerCase or even better: this one
You could use Coreldraw on one of the SmartXp desktop systems or ask Alfred.
Ideas on connecting plates can be found at cnc-panel-joinery-notebook