So I bought a laser cutter...

Something I have always pushed for is to make prototyping and small scale manufacturing easy and cheap for the developing inventor. It's from this strong belief that I've developed quite a fascination in rapid prototyping machines and cnc devices.

I finally decided to purchase a laser cutter, since I already had access to the hackerspace's 3d printer. Unfortunately it's not exactly as easy as jumping on Amazon and reading a few reviews. It took over a week of internet research to come to my decision.

What follows is the what I looked at, and what I eventually decided to buy. Hopefully this will become a multi-post tale of success and glee, and not one of woe. And of course I plan to include a full write-up on setting up, and review of the laser, once I get it.