I'm a fan of https://sflaser.io/, which is run by a really upstanding guy who does high-quality work and can always use the business. On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Steve Berl <steveberl(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> wrote: There is some plywood at sudo room. I haven't tried cutting it, but I did cut a design recently so I could show you the process. There's an online guide for most of it (which assumes you have windows and illustrator) and then there are only two tricky bits: * Focusing the laser (which I'm still not sure how to do reliably, I just adjusted it while it was running until it looked ok) * Ensuring the pumps and end the external ventilation fan are running. The two pumps are hooked directly into the printer. Just double-check that the water is flowing through the water pump. The external ventilation fan is inside of the vent tube that goes to the ceiling and just needs to be plugged in before printing and unplugged when you're done. Other than that I managed to laser cut just using the guide that's linked from the sticker on the printer. One gotcha: The printer software will refuse to operate without internet for no good reason (FUCK that company). Oh and another thing: When importing stuff into illustrator some formats do not retain their size. You can double-check this (and fix it) by enabling rulers with ctrl+r then click and drag a ruler onto the work area to add guide lines (which won't be printed). These can help you rescale your work to the correct size, especially if you enable the "snap to guides" feature.