Sterno. That stuff saved my life when I was homeless.

Oh yeah that’s a pretty solid benefit right there. I swear the oddest things will block them from cutting. I didn’t even consider the smoke diffusing the beam.

Like the most powerful laser I’ve used won’t cut through a paper sticker or even the residue but it’ll cut through .75" steel like it’s nothing.

The optics is a big deal too. On the big ones everything is pretty reasonably sized and they’re still a pain to clean. I can’t imagine what it’s like with those tiny ones. Also, those larger lasers lenses are really commonly coated in thorium and a speck gets on there it’s going to superheat and vaporize a lot of the lense. Pretty damn dangerous to be around lol!

CNC laser operator here.

I don’t know about these lower power lasers so I may be wrong. With the lasers I’ve used (200-2000W), the air/oxygen is used to create a superheated jacket of gas around the laser which allows it to cut a nice smooth edge. It also has the added benefit of blowing away the slag/dross that’s created.

When we cut more temperature sensitive materials like aluminum and stainless we use nitrogen, which cools the material. This creates a pretty jagged deal with the dross that you gotta sand off but it prevents blowouts and really creates a nice edge if you get the pressure dialed in just right.

Z.

He literally tried to get his followers to overthrow the government, sold US secrets to our enemies, stole uncountable top secret documents presumably to sell to other countries, lately he’s been saying that his second presidency is going to be a literal dictatorship…

IDK who’s flavor-aid you’ve been drinking but you really should like… IDK… Look into a different flavor or something.

I love how the title implies that Republicans aren’t adults.

Who’s ready for the next Excision camp-in festival!?

Does… Did… I think she thinks transhumanism is the same thing as trans? Either that or she might have tried searching up “trans humans” but boomered the keyboard up and missed the spacebar?

I know transhumanism is definitely a part of the puzzle here.

Oh you know I be getting all Little Shop of Horrors with it.

But the Dolphins!

You really shouldn’t rebreathe it like that. I’ve been told that’s how you get the brain damage.

Your name isn’t Santa…

WHAT?! If Santa isn’t real then how do those presents get there?? And the cookies! Where do they go??

It’s probably because of all the solar farms sucking the energy from the sun.

/s just in case…

I once did that on St. Patrick’s Day but with $20 worth of Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies. Except for I hit every bar in town.

Get there, get a pitcher of beer with green food coloring, order up $20 worth of Drunken Lullabies, then go on to the next bar once it starts playing. I think most of them were like 2-3 plays per dollar so 40-60 times…

By the time I had gotten to the last bar, there were a couple people crying. Like EVERY single bar in town was only playing Drunken Lullabies all day.

My God it was glorious.

Oooh I gotta try that then!

I always used India?

My brother has this completely redpilled friend. He’s taken college level classes on aerodynamics and aerospace manufacturing (so have I). He’s always pointing out the contrails and saying something about mind control or Bill Gates…

I always sarcastically ask him about what other medium would he expect them to be projecting the sky on. Gets him to shut up real quick. For an hour or so… They really aren’t that bright.

Personally I’m waiting to see if it’ll run on the Deck as my excuse to buy one lol