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Originally Posted by artdutra04
Plastic and aluminum? That will be very expensive to buy one which does both.
My college recently bought a 60 Watt laser cutter for upwards of $15k, and it could barely cut .250 Delrin or .375 acrylic. Don't even think of being able to cut aluminum, it has a hard enough time just engraving color anodized aluminum. Unless you want to shell out massive amounts of money, most institutional-grade laser cutters are designed for large amounts of prototyping, primarily with acrylic.
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Clearly I have no clue about how expensive lasers are. Art, we have a router that can currently cut plastic very easily. I really just wanna cut aluminum. What is the price to thickness ratio for laser's that can cut aluminum?
Any recommended models or manufacturers to look at?
Thanks,
-RC