Intro To Laser Cutting Class in Portland, Maine

Length: 3 hours
Class Fee: $100

In this three-hour class, we’ll introduce you to laser cutting technology and teach you the proper steps to plan, prepare, and manufacture a design using a Glowforge CO2 laser cutter. We’ll cover crucial safety information and what kinds of materials are best suited for laser cutting. We’ll show how to use design software (Autodesk Fusion 360 and Adobe Illustrator) to prepare files for laser cutting, as well as proprietary software used by Glowforge laser cutters.

About the instructor:
Tomas Amadeo is a design engineer with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, where he studied medical robotics and soft robotic technologies. He has extensive teaching experience, both at BU and for robotics teams in New Hampshire.