Digital Fabrication Overview

Digital Fabrication covers the machines that turn a computer design into a physical part: 3D printers, the laser cutter and CNC. The 3D printers live in the print lab; the laser and CNC are in the laser/CNC shop.
3D printing and laser cutting are self-serve once you have been trained.
Equipment at a glance
The current list of equipment, with locations and which machines need training, is in Atlas: https://atlas.waukeshamakers.com.
The 3D printers with maintenance pages in this book are:
Original Prusa MK4
Original Prusa i3 MK3S+
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon with AMS 2 Pro and AMS
Anycubic Kobra 2 Max
Pages in this book
Digital Fabrication: Fusion 360 Cheat Sheet: the basics of designing parts in Fusion 360
Digital Fabrication: Laser Cutter
Digital Fabrication: Laser-Safe and Prohibited Materials
Maintenance checklists for each 3D printer in the Maintenance chapter
Before you work here
Get trained on each machine before you use it. See Training and Certification: How Certification Works, and check your certifications in Journeyman at https://journeyman.waukeshamakers.com.
Never leave the laser unattended while it is running.
Only cut approved materials on the laser. See Digital Fabrication: Laser-Safe and Prohibited Materials.
Fumes. See Shop Safety: Air Quality.
Inspect before use. See Training and Certification: Pre-Use Inspection. If a printer or the laser is not working right, tag it and report it: see Shop Safety: Tagging a Tool Out of Service and Reporting It.
To be confirmed: whether members supply their own filament and laser stock or the shop provides some, and how members send jobs to the printers. See also **Facility Operations: Consumables**.
Learning to design
New to 3D design? The Fusion 360 Basics class walks you through your first model. The class outline and handout are in Classes and Instructors: Fusion 360 Basics, and the cheat sheet is in this book.
Area Champion
To be confirmed: who the Digital Fabrication Area Champion is and how to reach them. See **Volunteer Runbooks: Area Champions** for what Area Champions do.