How to use 3d printers and lasercutter in the Barber Shop

 3d printing on a Prusa

1. Click on PrusaSlicer

2. Pull out the SD card, plug it into the Vanja “Thumb Drive” and plug that into the computer.

3. Click on Add.

4. Find your .STL file in the 00001BARBERTECHNOLOGYFOLDER without typing (the list SHOULD be in ABC order … double-click or click and open.

5. Click Slice Now in the Bottom Right corner.

6. Click Export GCODE in the Bottom Right corner.

7. Find “USB Drive” on the left side to save it in. (Save)

8. Click the Eject Button (NOT THE X).

9. Remove the Vanja and SD Card and put them back where you got them (Vanja Thumb Drive goes back in the Orange Tray & SD Card goes back in the Prusa- MAKE SURE THE METAL IS FACING YOU.

10. Turn the knob clockwise until it points > to your file and then poke it in quickly like a button. DO NOT HOLD IT IN TOO LONG.

Lasercutting on a Universal Systems Laser

PROTOTYPES ON CARDBOARD MUST BE APPROVED BEFORE YOU CAN LASERCUT FINAL PRODUCTS ON BIRCH

1. Open your Adobe Illustrator Project. After the previous lasercut is done, click File & Print.

2. On the Print Window, click Print.

3. Click on the red lasercutter icon (next to Adobe Illustrator on the taskbar).

4. If all your lines are bright red and blue, you are ready to move your design. If it is light & gray, STOP & get Mr. Barber! Click on the button with 4 arrows. Some whitesquares will appear. Drag the squares to move your design around. Take care not to miss and accidentally ZOOM in.

5. The “Focus View” button to the left of the “arrows button” will put a red laser pointer dot on the material. Click on all the edges and corners to make sure your design will fit on your material (the top has to be open for the red dot to appear).

6. Once you are sure it will fit, click on the magnifying glass button to change the red “Go” button to “Settings”.

Cardboard Click on the Manual Control Tab: MAKE SURE TO CLICK “APPLY” AFTER EACH ROW	BIRCH, go to Materials Database, then click on + next to Natural + next to Wood + next to Hard Wood Then click on the actual words General Hard Woods Set the thickness to ____ (Calipers???) AFTER YOU HAVE RUN IT ONCE, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE CUT THROUGH!! You might need to run red only again!
Color Mode Power Speed PPI Black Skip Doesn’t matter, just click Apply Blue Rast/Vect 100% 60% 500 Red Rast/Vect 100% 12% 300	7. BASSWOOD, go to Materials Database, then click on + next to Natural + next to Wood + next to Soft Wood Then click on the actual words General Soft Woods Set the thickness to ____ (Calipers???) AFTER YOU HAVE RUN IT ONCE, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE CUT THROUGH!! You might need to run red only again!

You’re ready to lasercut!

8. Shut the lasercutter, and DON’T LET IT SLAM!! 

9. Turn on the fan, by flipping the light switch on the outlet behind the lasercutter. 

10. Click the big, green play button to start it. 

11. Monitor it closely to make sure it doesn’t catch on fire. If it DOES catch on fire … yell, scream, and freak out until Mr. B comes running over. 

12. After the duh-duh noise from previous cuts, the next person can click File >> Print as you can cut off the fan and retrieve your lasercut!!

FIRE??? If it DOES catch on fire … yell, scream, and freak out until Mr. B comes running over. Post-fire, we open the garage door and point every fan OUT. Leave the exhaust fan on, even though we won’t lasercut for a bit!

 3d printing on a Bambu

	On the computer, double-click on “Bambu Studio”		6. Click “Eject”
	On the computer, left-click on “Create New Project.”		7. Click “Eject” again
	On the computer, left-click on the cube/plus button and select your .STL file without typing!!		8. Remove the USB drive and insert it below the screen on the left side
	On the 3d printer, click the 4th button down (that looks like a nut/bolt head)		9. Now you are ready to slice. Use the pull-down menu to change the button to “Slice all,” & then click “Slice all.”
	On the 3d printer, click “USB Storage”		10. Use the pull-down menu to change the button to “Export all sliced file,” & then click “Export all sliced file.”
	11. Export it to the USB drive. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR .gcode FILE’S NAME!		16. Choose your .gcode file.
	12. Click the “Eject” button before removing the USB & reinserting it into the 3d printer.		17. Click “Next” button.
	13. Click the “Home” button.		18. This is how you switch the colors.
	14. Click “Files.”		19. Click the color that you want (Look at the actual spools … they might not match the pics on the screen!)
	15. Click “External.”		20. Then click “Print.” It will take a second before guessing how long the print will take

How to Use StudentSquare (and Lasercut before School)

How to Use StudentSquare (and Lasercut before School)

1. Use Classlinks or this link or this second link:

2. Sign in using Microsoft

3. Choose Messages on the left-side toolbar (is yours army green?)

4. New Message should be a choice up at the top (also army green?) 

5. From the pulldown, choose Group Conversation, not Direct Message. It will autocomplete your grown-up’s name and Jon Barber.

6. Send the message or something that looks like our message below, THE EARLIER THE BETTER (AT LEAST 12 hours before, if not days before).

7. IF ALL OF US (you, me, your grownup at home) HAVE SENT A MESSAGE, come early on an agreed-upon day (usually NOT Thursday)

8. DO NOT COME IN IF WE HAVEN’T MESSAGED WITH YOUR GROWNUP AND YOU BEFORE THE DAY.

9. Ask the adult in the cafeteria to come in (bring all your stuff).

10. Experience Lasercutter Bliss (not having to wait in a crazy-long line!)

Sample Group Conversation

 PowerSchool Check / Pop Tabs / Lasercutter Challenge

 

First Few Days in the Barber Shop 💈

Important Links are all on Schoology, like the Daily Slide and our class-shared Google Doc, called "Cool Beans." During the first few days, we go over procedures, readying our laptops and our minds for a safe, fun building environment: 

• First Day Google Form (1 pt)
• Intro to the Barber Shop Slideshow
• Laptop Check '26-'27 (15 pts)
• How to Adobe Illustrator for a lasercutter (This is MY basic video how-to for a scribble. Mech XT students will use these skills to make much more advanced lasercuts after you make a BETTER how-to, for sharing with Mr. B on Google Drive and this website, ScreenPal.
• How to CAD a nametag on TinkerCad ... older version, but it leads you to making a small nametag. I suggest making SURE that your letters intersect and are BIG, BLOCK, AND CHONKIER.
• How to CAD for a Wood Shop Project

Click below to access a copy on Google Drive for printing: 

• Henley Shop/Technology/Education Class Competencies/Syllabi/Pacing Guides 2026-2027 (in English)
• Henley Media Permission/Safe Shop Rules/TinkerCad Permission Form 2026-2027 (in English) (En Español). <= I WILL NEED 3 SIGNED SHEETS AND ONE COMMUNICATION FROM YOUR GROWNUPS AT HOME.

What you need for a laptop check

Laptop Check 2026-2027

 Students must bookmark these 11 sites in a "Barber Folder" on their toolbar. (Here's how):

1. Barber Shop Website 
2. Barber of Cville Blog 
3. Henley Homepage 
4. Google Drive 
5. Schoology
6. PowerSchool 
7. TinkerCad (Please don't log in yet ... we will log in as a class)
8. maker:bit / Microsoft Make Code (Please don't log in yet ... we will log in as a class)
9. Scratch 
10. Cool Beans (students must find this in Schoology and break it out of Schoology before bookmarking!)
11. Daily Slideshow (students must find the link in Schoology that says "BOOKMARK THIS LINK" and break it out of Schoology before bookmarking!)
12. We will be adding other bookmarks as the year goes on ...

II. Your charger has 2 pieces, and, therefore, needs 2 labels, one on each part. You need a flag on your removable cord affixed with clear packing tape (your first and last name!), and you need to tape over your label with clear packing tape:

New Way (this year)- notice the shininess of the packing tape!

Old Way (past years when your charger didn't have a label)

III. You also need to pin shortcuts on your taskbar to the 2 apps we download:

• Arduino IDE- We download this from Software Center (quick download)
• Adobe Illustrator- We download Adobe Creative Cloud from Software Center, THEN we install Adobe Illustrator from CC. These will both take a LONG TIME! Close as many apps and tabs as you can!

Arduino

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Illustrator

IV. Come show Mr. Barber when you're pretty sure you're going to get a good grade (not when you've done only a little of the Laptop Check ... I don't want to enter in a 4/15 F!!)