I am working on a bid to do some engraving that would finally let me get a fiber laser for my shop (been using CO2 only for a long time).
On the one end you have Ebay lasers with all of their risks and issues for around $3k, and on the other you have Lightobject and similar for around $5k-6k. Lightobject's laser looks to be basically the same unit as the Ebay ones but of course including actual support
Is there anywhere else I should be looking?
Also, some of these lasers look to be "head on a cord" style units with a main "power box" and a separate engraving head. Other units are more like a single box with an attached head. Some of my potential work would have me moving the laser around some so it looks like the second style would be more portable, but I know if I tried that with a CO2 laser I'd be realigning heads every time I took it for a car ride. Is that the case with fiber?