Laser Cutter

This was now my 5th session on the laser cutter and the 60 invitations are finally complete. I had trouble saving the image to be cut so this meant that I had to redirect the machine every time I came to use it. I had to keep asking the technician to show me how to do this until I could finally do it on my own.

When setting the machine to cut out all of the cards at the beginning I struggled to get it to be cut out in the same place each time. This meant that some were wonky and others were further to one side. I have to do those invites again. To solve the problem I used tape to outline the shape of the invite on the bed so that each card was placed in exactly the same place each time.

I want to use the laser cutter in future. I now understand how to use the cut-through, Kiss-cut and engrave settings however I have only use cut-through so far. I would like to try using the laser on other materials like wood for example. In order to remember the skills I have learned I need to continue to use the laser-cutter often. I am worried if I don't I will forget what I have learned.