We’ve held 15 sessions of the Laser Basic Operations and Safety class over the last six months. These classes were announced only to people already on the waiting list, and they filled up rapidly. We will continue to hold classes at a similar accelerated pace as long as they continue to fill up.

Go to the class signup page on the Colab web site here and check for class availability. If you don’t see any classes available and want to attend a class anytime soon, I recommend you sign up for the waiting list. We will continue to notify people on the waiting list by email before we open the classes for everybody.

If you took the laser class before we moved to the current Colab location on Mission Gorge Place, you learned to use the Full Spectrum Laser with its original Retina Engrave 3D electronics and software. Since then, we have upgraded to a Ruida laser controller and LightBurn software, and operation of this new configuration is somewhat different. You’re free to sign up for the updated basic class, in which you will learn the differences and refresh your memory of everything else, including safety rules. Or, you can wait for us to put together a shorter refresher course that concentrates on just the differences.