{"id":56585,"key":"Laser_dot_welding_:_MOST","title":"Laser dot welding : MOST","latest":{"id":1205433,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T15:34:21Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{MOST}}\n\n== Method ==\n\nTo achieve dots in Inkscape:\n\n* Zoom into the grid so that you are pretty close, and the grid's squares are consistent.\n* draw a line that is eight squares long (about equal to 1 cm)\n* the laser welder's motors move it about this length before turning on the laser, and it turns it on for a very small length, yielding a dot.\n\n'''Warning:'''\n\n-Motors in laser welder are very inconsistent, and sometimes the Inkscape document does not look like the actual welded pattern.\n\n-Needs further investigation.\n\n'''Important Check List:'''\n\n* Do the patterns consistently work?\n* Do your patterns match up in welder?\n* Do your patterns line up consistently?\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:MOST methods]]"}