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by coder543 798 days ago
Actually, wow... the plot thickens. I missed this in my initial read of the article:

> We even used it to cut through steel. As the bright, beautiful beam carved a disc out of a metal plate 100 μm thick, our entire lab huddled around, watching in amazement.

So... it can cut steel! As long as the steel is 100 μm thick. I think that is literally about the thickness of a piece of paper.

This newfound information does not weaken my skepticism about the hobbyist laser mill that can cut through (useful) pieces of steel coming to a garage near you any time soon, unfortunately.