Changes

Sometimes you want to engrave something that isn't flat, and that's okay. The Epilog laser engraver has an attachment that can let you do such things. The tool is equipped of motorized rollers that rotate your part (i.e. a water bottle) to allow you to engrave all around it. The Makerspace of uOttawa is perfectly well equipped to do this type of engraving.

Sometimes you want to engrave something that isn't flat, and that's okay. The Epilog laser engraver has an attachment that can let you do such things. The tool is equipped of motorized rollers that rotate your part (i.e. a water bottle) to allow you to engrave all around it. The Makerspace of uOttawa is perfectly well equipped to do this type of engraving.

# The tool is now ready to be inserted into the machine. Simply line up the holes with the pins and connect the tool to the machine.  

# The tool is now ready to be inserted into the machine. Simply line up the holes with the pins and connect the tool to the machine.  

# Once the tool is set up, put down the rulers so there are no interferences with the laser head. Now turn on the Epilog laser and the machine will automatically position itself. If your machine was already turned on, turn it off and back on again. It can only recognize the rotary engraving tool on boot up.

# Once the tool is set up, put down the rulers so there are no interferences with the laser head. Now turn on the Epilog laser and the machine will automatically position itself. If your machine was already turned on, turn it off and back on again. It can only recognize the rotary engraving tool on boot up.

 

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=== Setting Home Point ===

=== Setting Home Point ===

=== Focusing ===

=== Focusing ===

Focusing the laser works the same as usual. <u>Do not use the Auto Focus feature</u> on the Epilog laser in the Makerspace. Doing so will cause the bed to crash into the laser head. Use the manual focus by pressing the ''Focus'' ^(7.) button on the control panel, then add the focus tool to the laser head and use the up and down arrows ^(8.) so that the tip of the focus tool barely touches your part.

Focusing the laser works the same as usual. <u>Do not use the Auto Focus feature</u> on the Epilog laser in the Makerspace. Doing so will cause the bed to crash into the laser head. Use the manual focus by pressing the ''Focus'' ^(7.) button on the control panel, then add the focus tool to the laser head and use the up and down arrows ^(8.) so that the tip of the focus tool barely touches your part.