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just got my hands on a fiber laser! with some tuning i think this thing could be an incredible tool for quickly prototyping pcbs.

Is this the F1 Ultra? I'm really interested in this type of machine! For making PCBs in a Makerspace, it seems much simpler than milling or chemical processes.

The thing is you are always going to need to drill (unless your laser is *really* powerful) which is why I always ended up with a CNC workflow. With the right CNC its actually very straight forward, the thing that sucks most is the software which only Bantam sorta solved with Makera catching up slow

this is exactly how i felt about milling, bantam did the best so far but they stopped making the small mill and IIRC gerber processing is gated behind a subscription. glad to hear makera is working towards it!