Hi,
I'm Building an OX CNC from openbuilds, when I finish to build i want extend this with a laser, I work with acrylic and wood material, like plywood or alder, 5-10mm of thickness I have researched a lot on the web and on forums, and I have understood that If i want cut these material with laser, I need a CO2 laser of more than 40W, and I see that this type of laser needs air filtering that at the moment I'm not going to add, so I moved only on the engraving part and not cutting part, my goal is to engrave something like this:
or this:
so I need something that can engrave with very precision, and with 1 mm or 2mm depth of engraving, what laser do you think i can buy?
I do not want to spend a lot of money, but don't want waste money in something that couldn't fit in what i need, so, can you recommend something?
I have looked at the 2W 445nm laser but I don't know if with that laser I achieve something similar, my goal is the dinosaur image
thanks in advance to all