Originally Posted by
Witsenburg
Hi,
having built a CNC router, I'm now looking to expand it's use. For wood working I will continue to rout, but I often cut (now by hand) Depron, a 3 or 6 mm sheet of some polysomething foam, from which one can build small RC planes (parkflyers). Now my idea is to start of using a laser from a DVD (200 mW, if my research is correct). But is there a theoretical way to guestimate the necessary power? If the prices of the necessary laser is beyond the budget, I might just forget about this for a while...
Thanks,
Hugo