I have now bought a Prusa Mk3 3d printer and very happy with it as enclosures etc were the main thing stopping me doing several projects. Having built this and got the bug I'm now looking at laser cutting.....
I'm looking at a system from bang good which seems pretty good but comes with a 2.5w "violet" laser which will do to get me started but I then plan to upgrade it bit by bit having seen the same machine upgraded by others. My question is what laser would I need to cut acrylic or non-transparent plastic plus softer sheet metals such as copper, silver, gold and maybe bronze?
Any alternative suggestions re the original kit? Is it worth foregoing the kit and just building it - I understand the frame X/Y parts etc
Anybody done this already?