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Originally Posted by waialua359
Perhaps the cost is the main reason why. I would suspect it is possible to increase a laser cutter's popularity if there were an abundance of companies out there that sold an affordable one.
We have a 3D printer that cost us over $55,000. We still bought a Makerbot Replicator 2 afterwards because of the much lower cost. Our Makerbot wont make FRC structural parts for us, but there are a ton of things we can use it for, other than that.
You are referring to a laser engraver/cutter, right?
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Yes, I am. For some reason, I remembered the price being cheaper than it really is. The Zings start at $8,000 (and honestly the $8,000 is more than good enough for FRC purposes). It's still not that far out of the range of possibility for many FRC teams, although maybe not as widespread as I once thought.