My concern is about the laser power. I would not have imagined that 1.6 watts would be enough to cut anything other than paper. I am only looking to cut light duty plastics. I see that the specs say it can cut 3mm of acrylic, which surprises me. I thought you need a high power CO2 laser. In any cas…

I have cut 3mm plywood, but don’t intend to use the laser on acrylic because of the fumes. I’d rather use the CNC head for that task. The advantage of the SM2 is not its excellence as a laser, printer, or mill, it is the ability to fit all those capabilities in one platform. You could find a better …

Acrylic isn’t a problem because of fumes. Nothing dangerous like cutting pvc. Maybe mildly irritating. I’m sure everything that you use a laser on is probably carcinogenic (or at least in California where everything has that label.) I wouldn’t laser anything wood, leather, paper without ventilatio…

Should I get SM2?

Snapmaker 2.0 (3-in-1)

buzzplop September 11, 2020, 6:14pm 4

There is an 8W laser head in development

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Should I get SM2?

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