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Epilog Fusion M2

How to work with the machine

The Fablab owns a Epilog Fusion M2 40. A previous student described the steps for using this machine, as you can read below.

  1. Turn ON the machine. The cutting board lowers automatically.
  2. Position the material to be cut inside the machine, at the desired location, and place some weights to keep it flat and prevent it from moving. Note : The origin (0,0) of the machine is set on the top left hand corner by default.
  3. Adjust the height of the cutting board using the appropriate tool (height is not the same for CO2 and fiber lasers).
  4. Adjust the machine origin point by moving the optical laser above the material to be cut, according to the 2D drawing to be cut.
  5. Prepare your cutting job in CorelDRAW (paid SW):
  6. Position objects correctly, adjust size if needed, select “hairline” for the stroke line type when using vector image, etc.
  7. Click on Print (or shortcut CTRL+P), and select the printer preferences.
  8. Set the type of image to be printed : Raster or Vector (if raster, select the desired DPI resolution).
  9. Set the cut parameters (speed / power / frequency).
  10. Click “Apply” and “Print”. => At this stage, the job should be available for start on the laser cutter interface.
  11. Make sure that ventilation systems are ON.
  12. Make sure that the machine door is closed and start the job.
  13. Watch out for the whole cutting operation.

Tests

I want to do some tests before cutting my project

Warning

The first time I used the laser cutter, I had to clean the lense because it was unabled to cut clearly on straight lines. Circles were fine though.

CUT (VECTOR)
Speed Power Frequency Comments
CP Okoumé 3mm 40 100 50 2x circle, 4x square
30 100 50 1x circle, 4x square
20 100 100 2x OK
15 100 100 2x OK but too cramé
Cardboard 5,5mm 30 40 50 3x
ENGRAVE (RASTER)
CP Okoumé 3mm 100 100 1x, résultats très nets jusqu'à 12pt

Les tests en action:

Les détails sont vraiment précis, je pense que je pourrais pousser encore plus loin et produire du texte plus petit. La prochaine étape est de combiner vector + raster.


Last update: January 28, 2022
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