That machine is a must-have in our business. The closest machine to that is $50 k. At least you have room. I will have to annex my building. Haha. @Richarddbeck83
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Couple of questions, will there be a slot in the top for loading sheets with a crane? Will there be an exhaust port for fume extraction? Really excited about adding this to our shop! Thankfully I already have an empty building just ready to add this.
A lot of these questions have been answered in the info Langmuir has provided. Please read through it!
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So I have a question for the Langmuir crew, how did you get a 1500 watt fiber laser to cut 1/2” carbon steel?
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I would assume that’s where the oxygen comes into play.
I’m curious what this table is going to cost fully outfitted to cut half inch carbon steel.
How many of the ancillary systems are included in the 20K?
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I will really have to step up my game to hang with that setup! I think if his rig looks like that, he will be looking at a little higher end table
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Even with oxygen 1500 wont make it, and you give up edge quality. Cant image how slow you would have to go to cut 1/2” with 1500.
I thought it over. I guess the melting point of the brass is in question and not the reflectivity.
Seth
Sorry, I missed this in my response. Yes we are planning on having a solution for micro tabbing.
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I find this to fall into a strange category, given that it only has 1.5kw.
For half the cost you can buy a XR and Hypertherm and be able to cut thicker material. Is the cut as good as a laser, no, but since people buying this will be cutting thin stuff anyway, plasma would be adequate for that and you can attach a hand torch to use off machine.
Most fab shops are going to want more then 1.5kw. This is a very large machine for a hobbyist in the garage. So what is the target audience? Its not me as I cut 1/4” and thicker AL all day so I need a machine with at least 3kw of laser power.
You can always turn the power down but you cant turn it up.
Tons of people can benefit from it.
There’s a lot of money to be had in just privacy panels, and being the go-to for outsourced work for signage and more, where turn-around is a lot quicker.
Laser cuts much faster, much cleaner, and seeing that the table is using servos, will mean everything is as precise as can be.
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time will tell how it all plays out
Wrote it before saw it sorry
Is there going to be a smaller one offered for a lower price for us hobby guys ???
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yeah, the hobby price max is about 10k to 12k. It will be interesting to see how this takes off. It’s a bit under powered for the professional world and a bit over priced for the hobby world. I can’t wait to learn more about this. If it has enough features it could still break into the entry level professional world. Xtool and Gweike set the bar pretty high when it comes to features and control software. I almost pulled the trigger on a Gweike M2 Ultra.
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A lot of these other brand laser tables use the same power source and laser heads.
$20k is still pretty cheap and still meets hobby territory in my opinion.
There are many CNC plasma tables that are in the $20k range and not considered industrial IE STV, Arc Light Dynamics, and several more.
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This will for sure smash the 20k to 30k plasma table market. I hadn’t thought of that. It would be super hard to spend that kind of money on a plasma table if you could get a laser.
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Yep!
Although power requirements and space could be a constraint for some that are willing to spend upwards of $15 - $20k on a table.
My friend had to pay a lot to upgrade power to his shop (on his property).
Went from 5’ x 10’ plasma to 5’ x 10’ fiber laser and 4’ x 8’ fiber laser. Says he doesn’t use his smaller table at all and will sell it to me but I can’t justify that right now 
He loves how fast and clean everything cuts, telling me he’s able to fulfill orders much faster. He’s also spending a lot less time in the shop making all the signage he does for his shows; huge bonus considering he was that guy running his plasma table 7-8 hours a day non-stop some 5-6 days a week.
Bad news is, he’s got a lot more business coming his way so he’s remaining just as busy.
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If for some reason Langmuir was crazy enough to release a 4’ x 4’ setup, I’d probably give up my plasma setup….
I know they won’t though so I’m glad I don’t have to go through that hassle