<div dir="ltr">PS: I don't know how local you're looking for, but Ace Monster Toys is a friendly hackerspace in north oakland with a large format laser cutter and CNC router. <a href="http://acemonstertoys.org/">http://acemonstertoys.org/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 7:37 PM, David Rorex <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drorex@gmail.com" target="_blank">drorex@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">I was the guy that organized getting the laser, and importing from china is a huge hassle. Also 99% of people don't need such a large laser bed, though they can use the 80w power. My current suggestion would probably be <a href="http://lightobject.com" target="_blank">lightobject.com</a>. They're similar cheap chinese laser cutters, but they're located in Sacramento, so they've already done the hassle of importing the devices.</p>

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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 27, 2013 5:12 PM, "Rachel McConnell" <<a href="mailto:rachel@xtreme.com" target="_blank">rachel@xtreme.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



If it helps, here's a bunch of info on Ace Monster Toys' laser cutter and how we went about obtaining it:<br>
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<a href="http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter" target="_blank">http://wiki.acemonstertoys.<u></u>org/Laser_Cutter</a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter/Exlas1280" target="_blank">http://wiki.acemonstertoys.<u></u>org/Laser_Cutter/Exlas1280</a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter/Purchase" target="_blank">http://wiki.acemonstertoys.<u></u>org/Laser_Cutter/Purchase</a><br>
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It's used often and is an amazing resource.<br>
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Rachel1.0<br>
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On 5/27/13 10:32 AM, Dana wrote:<br>
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Hey Mitch,<br>
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Awesome! I created a wiki page for sharing research, ideas and pledges:<br>
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<a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/New_laser_cutter" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/<u></u>wiki/New_laser_cutter</a><br>
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- Dana<br>
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