One of our advisors, Cate, hosted an event tonight at GF HQ. Some odds and ends in our twitter feed:
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Thanks for the heads up
Okay. The violins are wood. Makes sense.
What metal are the other cut outs?(the bee and android guy?)
I think those are acrylic (plastic).
Yup, acrylic.
@dan So you finally get home to do some tinkering at 1AM? Here at 4am, I think I’m a bit overdue for bed.
Also…acrylic that looks metal-ish…is going to be awesome for face to face table top RPG prop making!!
Actually just today @bailey was experimenting with some acrylic that has embedded glitter flakes - very cool stuff. Perhaps she’ll post a picture.
How wide is the laser beam? Is it different for different materials? How small is the bee?Is it difficult to cut in small materials, I mean if the laser makes the material move?
Here’s one discussion about beam width. Perspective is hard to get without any experience.
@Evelina: The bee’s acrylic is 3"x3", if I recall. The laser doesn’t touch the material at all although there’s some airflow from the fans - you can hold down the material with tape or magnets if it’s something very light, like a piece of paper.