Create a laser-cut shadow-casting lantern out of plywood with Our 100-watt Thunder LASER cutter & engraver! Or create a spooky metal silhouette (stake in your lawn or simply hang on your wall at your home or apartment) with our CNC Plasma cutter! CARVE PUMPKINS WITH POWER TOOLS! (Wood and metal supplied for the laser and CNC projects - but please BYOP - bring your own pumpkin :-)
Choose from customizable templates on the night of the class, or submit your own designs in advance and go home with your own customized project. Music, snacks and beverages available. COSTUMES ENCOURAGED! Couples and friend groups are welcome to come with a single registration, but only one project (a shadow-cut lantern or a CNC plasma cut silhouette) is provided per registration.
Instructors Alex Bandar, Todd Perkins
Great For
Ages 16+,
Beginner friendly, no laser, plasma, or design experience required
Skills Toolbox
How to take your ideas and customize them into vectors (with help from instructors)
Learn how a CNC plasma works; how a laser cutter works;
Some hands-on assembly for your lantern box or plasma-cut silhouette
Tool Clearance
Pairs Well With
Enjoy digital design and fabrication? You should take our ShopBot CNC Orientation class or Thunder Laser Cutter/Engraver Orientation class or CNC Plasma Cutter Orientation class.
Plan Your Visit All materials and safety equipment supplied EXCEPT PUMPKINS (byop :-) . Closed-toed shoes, non-flammable fibers (cotton, denim, linen), with long hair pulled back. Plan to arrive for class about 10-15 min early and check in at the front desk. Parking is available in the Gravity garage, the entrance is at State & Lucas. Take a ticket to enter the garage and bring it to class for validation.
Tickets
Current Idea Foundry Member ($65.00)
Current Gravity Community Member ($65.00)
Non-Member ($75.00)
421 W State St , Columbus , OH
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