I suspect that I am one of the first to plunk money down for this brand of laser cutter/engraver. Consider this a review of sorts.
When my wife asked me why I wanted a laser, I told her "It's a toy." I got the usual threat that I'd better use it if I bought it.
The laser is made in China and resold here with Newlydraw and the associated controller. Full Spectrum Engineering's value added is their two control boards, which are best used together and completely replace the Newlydraw control board. The combination has its own software, and once those boards are installed, Newlydraw is no longer used to control the computer.
Replacing Newlydraw are two programs. One is a cutter and the other is an engraver. I only used the engraving program a couple of times, just to test it. FSE provides the Aztec calendar file with their boards/software. They have put up a youtube video showing the engraver engraving that file. They claim that their engraver has a 1000 by 1000 dpi resolution, and I suspect they are right. My results were as good as their video.
I bought it as a cutter. I have been working on a model of a victorian house in HO scale. I probably won't start a business selling them, but the proprietor of the local train shop who is quite picky has seen my work and paid me a complement. The laser cutter may and probably does cut with a 1/1000 inch accuracy. There is no stair stepping in angled cuts.
The really neat thing about the FSE system is that I don't have to use dxf files to cut. I am using an open source program called Inkscape to create files. The FSE software and hardware appear to my XP as a printer and I just tell Inkscape to print to that "printer." FSE's software then comes up if it was running in background with the cut files and waits for the instruction to begin cutting.
Inkscape has a few quirks but once you learn them, you can draw to 1/1000 dpi. According to the FSE youtube videos, the same system can be used with Coreldraw, Illustrator, and Word.
While the system works fine on XP, FSE's software likes Windows 7 better. I have a MacBook Pro running Parallels (which I wouldn't recommend) and XP. It wouldn't work with the system. We did get another Windows notebook to work.
I did have a few problems setting up the system but found the folks at FSE amazingly willing to respond to my emails, even on the weekends. The problems had nothing to do with their two cards, which worked perfectly. Let's just say that the treatment of the laser during shipping shook loose a few parts and misaligned the laser beam, all fixable.
I even got an email today asking how I liked my laser and if I had any problems with it.
i bought the thing as a toy, but I think that it would stand up to production work.
The folks at FSE don't know I am writing this and certainly didn't ask me to. I am completely clueless as to their ability to respond to an influx of orders, but I suspect it is limited.
Anyone buying a laser cutter, from what ever source, should budget for safety glasses of the correct wavelength ($50 each), a fire extinguisher, and a solid table or bench. Read up on what you can safely cut without producing really unhealthful gas byproducts. I bought it as a toy, but it can be a dangerous toy.
Thanks to the members of this board for suggesting Taskboard as a cuttable material in my other thread. It is great stuff for model making if you have a laser to cut it. It was hard to find, though.
Yes, if I had it to do over again, I would buy a Full Spectrum Laser.