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[mman1506]

Originally Posted by EricH

In what way? I happen to be comparing WOOD and polycarb, thank you very much. The comment about the laser cutter was in a statement about WOOD.

I believe you are comparing wood and acrylic.

Originally Posted by EricH

In this case, plywood takes impacts at least as well as polycarb, and is faster by far to cut and install.

Polycarb is much more impact resistant than baltic birch.

Originally Posted by EricH

it's a lot easier to drill without cracking if you forgot to CAD the holes for the laser.

It's very difficult to crack both polycarbonate and baltic birch while drilling. Out of the two baltic birch is easier to crack.

Again you can not laser cut polycarb with a commercially available machine.