[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter Here

[Sean Cusack]

Awesome - thanks Mitch!

Sean

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  There is a really good Inkscape book published by No Starch Press.  I
> believe it is in the Noisebridge library.
>
> I like Inkscape a lot.  I had to learn it to do my first laser cutter
> project, and I learned all I needed to learn in less than an hour.
>
> Mitch.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: sean.p.cusack at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:50:11 -0800
> To: satiredun at gmail.com
>
> CC: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter Here
>
> Although I love the idea of Illustrator (*ducks*), and used to use it a lot
> myself, I started realizing that I have a problem paying $750 for a piece of
> software that doesn't feed me individually washed grapes while I'm working
> on it...or vibrate...or give me an individually shrink wrapped shot of
> whiskey inside the jewel case.
>
> I still fall on my Illustrator crutch every once and awhile, but I'm now
> doing my darndest to learn Inkscape, and it really is pretty decent for many
> non-pro artists just looking to do some basic vector work. Its free, and
> unlike 1 bum I encountered outside of Techshop this evening, it will not
> smack you upside the head with a bag full of shoes if you haven't donated to
> its cause yet.
>
> Felipe, do you know if any good demos that teach Inkscape to an Illustrator
> user to make things a little easier? I've been looking for one of these...
>
> Sean
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> I'd love it to use Illustrator. It's design standard and imports may other
> types of files well. I could install it on whatever computer.
> M
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>wrote:
>
> Inkscape will work.  Vector (cutting) operations on some machines are
> represented by 0.01" lines, everything else will be treated as raster
> operations.  This, is common and it would stand to reason that this machine
> will opperate the same way, but I don't know.
>
> The reason Corel Draw is recommended is because it has a "hair line" (or
> some such) description of 0.01" lines (vector/cutting) which makes the
> operation a bit more intuitive.  In Inkscape, if one scales an object after
> assigning a value to the line width, it may scale the line width as well.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:03 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <rachelyra at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> Super awesome! Any thoughts on software? My understanding is that corel
> draw is something of a standard, weird I know but I guess its printer
> handling dovetails well with the lasers. I'd throw down another $5 for
> purchasing a license if there aren't better options. Also I have fans we can
> use for exhaust! Someone bug me mercilessly till I find them & bring them
> in.
> mediumreality.com
>   On Feb 22, 2011 5:44 PM, "Shannon Lee" <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
> > That'd be awesome.
> >
> > --S
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Dr. Jesus <j at hug.gs> wrote:
> >
> >> Do you already have a machine to run it, or should I bring one of the
> >> low power machines from the noisecloud pile?
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Looks like we found a ride; I'll see you all at Noisebridge this
> evening.
> >> > Somebody who knows how these damn things work would be most welcome as
> >> we
> >> > set it up ;)
> >> > --S
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi All,
> >> >> The Laser Cutter has arrived! It's currently sitting in my office at
> >> 2nd
> >> >> and Howard, in downtown SF. I am working on getting it from here to
> >> >> Noisebridge this evening; if you can help out with such, please let
> me
> >> know!
> >> >> --S
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Shannon Lee
> >> >> (503) 539-3700
> >> >>
> >> >> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Shannon Lee
> >> > (503) 539-3700
> >> >
> >> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
> >> >
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> > (503) 539-3700
> >
> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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