To cut down on those planks with precision

Are you in need of a nice wooden box for your newest project? Or maybe a nice engraving for a birthday present?
It is definitely possible with our available laser cutter.

If you wish to use the laser cutter, please use the form below:

Laser Cutting request form
Submit request

Laser cutter details

The smartXP has a Trotec Speedy 400, that is available for your use. Whether you need that one replacement part or you want to make a cool name tag, we should be able to help. The laser cutter is there for CreaTe and Itech students and costs will be deducted from your Proto account, but feel free to reach out if you are from a different study as we are more than welcome to help you out. Using the laser cutter is free but you have to pay for materials.

The available laser cutter

list of suitable materials


Acrylic

max 6 mm

PETG (copolyester)

max 1 MM

Birch Plywood

max 6 MM

Poplar Plywood

max 10 MM

Cardboard

max 4 MM

WOOD BOARD / paper

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pricing

plates for laser cutting at the SmartXp that can be bought here at the SmartXp

Poplarplate           4x300x600mm                    €2.00
Poplarplate           4x600x1000mm                  €6.50
Poplarplate           6x300x600mm                    €3.50
Poplarplate           6x600x600mm                    €5.00
Poplarplate           6x600x1000mm                  €12.00
Poplarplate           8x600x600mm                    €6.50
Poplarplate           8x600x1000mm                  €13.00
Poplarplate           10x600x600mm                  €7.00
Poplarplate           10x600x1000mm                €14.00

Gray cardboard    1,2x700x1000mm               €1.03
Gray cardboard    1.75x700x1000mm             €1.59
Gray cardboard    3x700x1000mm                  €3.05
Pelkarton              1.25x700x1000mm             €1.66
Ivoorkarton           700x1000x200gram           €0.32

PETG plates 1mm €0.0175/gram
e.g: PETG plate 620x200x1mm weighs 160gram

Acrylic plates €0.015 /gram
e.g: Acryl plate 300x100x5mm weighs 190gram

Acrylic plates can also be bought at the TCO selfservice workshop
or at several places on the internet like perlaplast-kunststofshop

Not allowed materials:

Polystyrene,
Polycarbonate,
Delrin,
PVC,
MDF and
Hardwood plywood
Be careful when buying Acrylic plates in shops. Sometimes they sell you Polystyrene or Polycarbonate plates instead of Acrylic.

If you are ever in doubt about whether you can use a certain material or not, feel free to email us!

Design rules

Helpful links

A comprehensive guide for the laser cutting novice, written by Philippe Tuinman

Want to make a box? You can use Boxdesigner. It will give you a pdf file that can be loaded in Coreldraw where you can add holes and engravings. Other options:
MakerCase
http://www.fablabamersfoort.nl/svg/
https://www.instructables.com/id/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Laser-cut-Box-Generators/
Creates boxes and more

Want to make a cardboard folding box? have a look at this site: https://www.templatemaker.nl/en/

You could use Coreldraw on one of the SmartXp desktop systems or ask Alfred. See the inventory for more details.

Ideas on connecting plates can be found at cnc-panel-joinery-notebook


Laser Cutting Request form
Submit request