Instructor: Henry Lefkowicz

Summary: Students will be introduced to digital fabrication using a CNC Router, the basics of CNC software, and creating their own custom sign.

Description: Each student will create a design or use a template provided within specified peraeters. They will use the CAM Functions to export codes and cut out their design. Instructions on how to do an inlays and offsets will be covered as well as the following concepts:

• Navigating Fusion360 Modeling & CAM Features
• Using a Shapeoko CNC Router 
• Parts and machine set-up
• Router Bits
• Modeling, sketching and creating  to extrude/cut

Students will need to bring their own laptop. If a student is unavailable to bring a laptop, please let us know in advance so we can make the appropriate arrangements.

This course has no prerequisites

Ticket Sales end two days before the event begins.

Please be prepared to supply an contact phone number in case of last minute scheduling changes.

About the instructor: 

A principal Fabricator for Mass, Henry specializes in fine woodworking, 3D modeling and CNC Development, and graphic design, but is well versed in many areas. He was apprenticed to a master woodworker for a year and a half and has been working with MASS since nearly its inception. When not working for MASS, he enjoys Red Bull, bikes with no brakes, and getting into arguments over Latvian nationalism and the yield curve. 

FAQs 

What sort of safety equipment is required?

Ear and Eye protection are supplied if necessary. Please bring your laptop. 

Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?

If you have any questions or concerns, email us at education@masscollective.org 

Is my registration/ticket transferrable?

Yes, please notify us before ticket sales end about any transfer of puchase.

What is the refund policy?

We will refund any ticket requested for any reason up to a week before the course runs, after that point we can only give credit to a future course. If the class cannot run as scheduled, for whatever reason, purchaser will have the option of a full refund or credit towards the makeup course.

Courses must sell a minimum of three tickets to run. If a course cannot sell three tickets, the students who have signed up will have the option to (a) reschedule or (b) recieve a full refund. This notification will be issued when ticket sales end, approximately 48 hours before the course.