[antt]

That seems like a very small town, is there enough demand for the machine?

Are there any good resources on how fiber lasers work? I have a co2 laser 200W that's pretty good for all things non-metal and would be interested in getting a fiber one, alignment seems like a breeze, but the prices for the fiber lasers start at $100k or so.

[TheSpiceIsLife]

I moved here 5 years ago due to other life factors conspiring to bring me here. I had no idea Launceston is a little manufacturing powerhouse. The city is growing and there appears to be a lot of opportunities in the arts, manufacturing, technology, there’s even a bit of software development fling on here. Plus a bit of skiing an hour away. I’ve met a lot of great people here an occasionally get to laser cut art.

Without going in to too much detail, yes there’s a lot of demand for machine time.

I haven’t really looked at smaller machines, ours was in the vicinity of 1MM.

I would have thought a lower power laser diode module, and associated optics would be available at a reasonable price by now.