Background: Its 2024 - this is another school year in New Zealand, in a junior classroom where the students are seven and eight years old. Again this year we are looking at producing projects and engaging the students with a range of activities. This year to create something different for 'the last stand' we are wanting to introduce the concept of Laser Cutting to the students.
This was a short project created by a senior student (twelve year old) at the school which is intended to excite the juniors into following the example. This project is intended as an introductory example so that the students can get the 'feel' for the laser cutter in a short space of time.
Level of Difficulty for the Project: Low. The student involved selected an image online with the intention of it being a silhouette. They then used GIMP to introduce a circle as the background, converting the file in the process making it suitable for laser cutting, in this case a background of a circle was chosen. It is going to be passed over to Y3 and Y4 students in the coming days.
Size: The design is currently 150mm across. The bamboo that is used for the wood (this is not MDF) was chosen as something durable that could be handled but there is not intended to be any sealing or painting of the wood, the idea is to complete the project as quickly as possible.
Timeframe: The speed of the laser cutter is one of the best things about it. Three of these were completed in under ten minutes - the intention is to push these out for a number of students (a class) in short order.
What we would do differently/next steps for students: The image shown above while striking has not worked perfectly, there was some loss inside the interior of the flowers. The purpose of the laser cut is another issue - at present the idea is to create a stencil - but this is not easily possible unless the wood is spray painted, which would affect its presentation. This will be developed further.
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