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Basics

2.5 W engraves well and cuts paper - and 4 mm plywood with multiple passes. . Uses Inkscape with engraving plugin -, [1]. 2.5W laser needs a 2A power supply. Needs a regulator to modulate power output.
2.5 W with RAMPS - [2]. 3 mm balsa at 10 mm/sec works with 3 passes. One model of CEB Press - could be done rapidly. Thus, modeling 1 mm cardboard would be 10 mm/sec one pass - probably. A 5 minute cut gets us 300 seconds of cut - 120" or 10 feet of cut. In one hour - say over lunch - we get up 3600 seconds - 120 feet of cut. Plenty for modeling.

Modular
Uses the Open Source Laser Construction Set
Scalable output power (from 1 Watt to 10 Kilowatts)
Collects the debris via suction from an Open Source Vacuum Cleaner for recycling

See Small Lasers for diode choices from 3 to 15 Watts. 3.5 watts appears ideal - it can do 3 mm plywood.

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 ==3D printer conversions:==
 *2.5 W engraves well and cuts paper - and 4 mm plywood with multiple passes. . Uses Inkscape with engraving plugin -, [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R2zufbNlJRQ]. 2.5W laser needs a 2A power supply. Needs a regulator to modulate power output.
-*2.5 W with RAMPS - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbDS_ba_6j0]
+*2.5 W with RAMPS - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbDS_ba_6j0]. 3 mm balsa at 10 mm/sec works with 3 passes. One model of CEB Press - could be done rapidly. Thus, modeling 1 mm cardboard would be 10 mm/sec one pass - probably. A 5 minute cut gets us 300 seconds of cut - 120" or 10 feet of cut. In one hour - say over lunch - we get up 3600 seconds - 120 feet of cut. Plenty for modeling.
 =Minimum Viable Product=