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I am looking to use it to cut 1/4 acrylic and possibly up to 1/2" wood. A laser is the wrong tool for 1/2 wood most of the time if you are using DC fired tubes, RF will do it at lower powers but even then it's not really pretty.
I have been looking at the following machine:
G. Weike LC6090 Not bad, based on the Leetro controls, a bit "mechanical" in build with pretty worthless aftersales and technical support
Full Spectrum Pro-series 24x16 (nervous due to all the bad reviews on the H series, curious to know peoples thoughts on their pro series) Just don't go there :)
Boss LS - 1620 It's a weike with a different paintjob and higher price
Morntech MT-l570 60w Variation of the above
Frontline Laser FL6040 Laser Another Leetro based machine in a different colour
My top choices so far are the LC6090 and the Full spectrum. See above
I really don't want to spend over 7,000 for the overall process of buying and getting the machine to A $7,000 laser while not pocket change isn't going to be anything but Chinese with a different colour scheme and name, it will be running one of 4 control cards and likely all the same steppers , driver cards, bearing, rails and optics.
Any inside would be greatly appreciated as I am new to the laser world and very excited but do not want to jump the gun and a poor made machine and software.