This is not as common in the hackerspace tool room, but laser cutters may be a suitable stand-in. Getting the machine into a production mode of simply cranking out clothes took some work.

While he was initially planning on using a diode laser, doing anything more than engraving is tricky. He purchased a cheap 40 W CO2 laser tube ... perhaps a laser cutter-specific driver board ...

The Epilog Laser Cutters use a high power CO2 laser for accurately engraving and cutting various materials. In the Maker Lab we have an Epilog Zing24 60 Watt laser cutter and an Epilog Zing24 40 Watt ...

AP Lazer®, a leader in laser engraving innovation, announces the launch of its patent-pending SN6240DLR dual-laser machine.

the cutting-edge machine left the company’s factory in Shandong province on November 24. On December 1, China introduced new control measures on laser exports. In its social media post on ...