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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Mel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I second Roland’s comments. We have an Emblaser 2 and a big Rayjet CO2 cutter. The Emblaser 2 is so much easier to use. We typically run adhoc jobs for VCD, Digital Technologies and Maths.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">It is a little limited in the materials it can cut through but we manage just fine. Most of our jobs are paper, card or ply. You might hit challenges with blue and clear plastics or thick wood products.
Also think about ventilation and whether you plan to run an extraction unit or house the laser cutter near a window.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I’m just down the road at Kew so feel free to contact me off-list if you want to come and try it out, assuming COVID restrictions allow. Domenic at Darkly labs is also really approachable.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bernie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">bernie.mcgrath@kew.vic.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> yr11it <yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Roland Gesthuizen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 11 November 2020 2:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Edulist 7-10IT <yr7-10it@edulists.com.au>; Edulist 11IT <yr11it@edulists.com.au><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] [Yr7-10it] Laser cutter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It's a wee ripper .. used it before with a year 9 project and saw it demonstrated at another school. We got one for the Makerspace we are setting up at Monash Uni in our new Education Building. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some positive reviews shared on the STEM Australia Facebook community. A Melbourne based company. Darkly labs did a top job designing this with schools in mind.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards Roland<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 11 Nov 2020, at 2:08 pm, Melissa Yuan <<a href="mailto:myuan@fintona.vic.edu.au">myuan@fintona.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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