<div dir="ltr">One of the schools I work for has a Glowforge, which range between $2.5-6k, and it seems to be pretty user-friendly. They say they can cut most materials, but all the CO2 lasers I've looked at in this power range only promise the ability to engrave but not cut metals, and a specific few at that.<div><br></div><div>That sounds like a reasonable set of characteristics. Not sure I'm up to learning to read Chinese, though.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 3:27 PM Robert Nickerson <<a href="mailto:rob@omsoft.com">rob@omsoft.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>perhaps ryan mckay can offer up what they were looking at. <br>
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<p>a 60W or better laser perhaps that we know can cut at least .5 in
wood plastic, tile etc, and engrave/mark on stone, metal etc .
With as big a bed as we can get right? <br>
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<p>I did a bit of looking from your list from a couple weeks ago and
came up with a $6k estimate. The nice thing is there is a wide
variety of kit at a variety of prices so we can go lower if needed</p>
<p>Boss Laser, Universal laser, Trotec, brands seem optimal.<br>
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<p>Morphon has a 130W for around $5k, but the manuals are in chinese<br>
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<p>Thanks</p>
<p>RAN<br>
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<div>I'm not sure how much money we will be able to raise to buy
a laser cutter, but I googled 'laser cutter under $3000' and
found this machine, which looks alright to me:</div>
<div><a href="https://www.smartdiys.cc/products/fabool-laser-co2" target="_blank">https://www.smartdiys.cc/products/fabool-laser-co2</a></div>
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<div>Any thoughts about preferred materials to cut with lasers?
(Glass? Plastic? Metal? My preferred material is metal, but
that might be a step up.)<br>
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<div>(An aside) I need to offer everyone an apology for
referring to Steve Inness when I meant Steve Edburg in a
previous email, especially Steve. I'm sure reading that was
a moment of surprise and upset for everyone who knew Steve
Innes too. I'm sorry about that.</div>
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<div>Sending my best,</div>
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<div>Emily</div>
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<div>Woo hoo!<br>
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<div>Our Laser Cutter Fundraiser is on Friday June 14
(during Art About).</div>
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<div><b>Big question:</b></div>
<div>What laser cutter do we want to buy? Here's one
random article to get the conversation started:</div>
<div><a href="https://all3dp.com/1/best-home-desktop-laser-cutter-engraver-aio-machine/" target="_blank">https://all3dp.com/1/best-home-desktop-laser-cutter-engraver-aio-machine/</a><br>
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<div><b>Schedule:</b></div>
<div>6pm Pizza (Rob)</div>
<div> Roland's jam band</div>
<div>7pm Steve Innes's friends' band</div>
<div> Raffle [ask local businesses - theater
(Ryan), bookstore, hardware (Emily), Roland's
fitbit ]</div>
<div>8pm Rob's friend's jam</div>
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<div><b>Questions:</b></div>
<div>Can we have alcohol during the event? (Rob to find
out)</div>
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<div><b>Projects:</b></div>
<div>Lighted sign (Rob and Emily),</div>
<div>Poster (Emily),</div>
<div>Make Thermometer Thing to Show Progress (Volunteer
needed)</div>
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<div><b>Publicize ASAP:</b></div>
<div>Communicate with Downtown Davis Association (Roland)</div>
<div>Write to Davis Enterprise (Rob)</div>
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<div>Please write back with ideas for LASER CUTTER
preferences ASAP!</div>
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<div>Cheers, </div>
<div>Emily</div>
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<div style="line-height:13px;font-size:8pt;color:rgb(51,51,50)">Web
Designer & Developer<br>
Davis, California 95616<br>
Tel: (530) 505-1187 <br>
Moniker: <a href="https://cordial-emily.com/" target="_blank"><strong style="color:rgb(0,154,157)">Cordial-Emily.com</strong></a> <br>
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