Roger

Low power desktop lasers cost around ~$10k.
To make a steel rule die with multiple curvatures would cost more.

Keith Walker

Roger Shoaf wrote:
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So would a steel rule die. Lasers are neat tools but each tool has its
drawbacks. Lasers are expensive. Not an issue if you are putting serial
numbers on fine diamonds, or making 100,000 high speed disk drives, but when
you are making airplane models cost becomes a real issue. Think about this,
if one set of plastic cutouts is cut to a precision of +-.001" and then a
master model maker glues it together by hand is the end result going to be a
whole lot different than the same person working with parts that are
+-.010"?

There are some places where .0001 matters, and there are places where it
does not. Keep that in mind and you will not go nuts.