They recently purchased a larger laser cutter to keep up with demand.

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Next door a laser cutter is zapping an etching into a glass bottle, and across the way someone is carving elegant curved strips of wood to make a wine carrier.

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Much of the billions in this statistic are made up of large systems for large manufacturers, but many maker companies know the value of a laser cutter or laser engraver.

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Plugging the proposals into a spreadsheet, he started listing the tools needed to produce each one: A CNC milling machine for an updated, open-source letterpress printer, a laser cutter for a sensor warning pilots of nearby planes.

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