<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 18, 2026, at 4:14 PM, Mike Gorman via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Acrylic can be cut on a laser cutter quite inexpensively, whereas polycarbonate has to be CNC milled or routed to get round corners. <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>And only a CO2 laser can cut clear material. Diode lasers are out.<br><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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