business idea?

[Swarfing]

look into 'Fab Lab', theve been around a while and work on the same principal plus more.

[homer93]

they don't do what I'm suggesting

[Robin Hewitt]

It's been tried, usually by people with plasma experience, fancy weather vanes seems to be the thing with popular appeal.

Plasma is low tolerance so you might target arty types and welders. Laser cutters usually quote 0.2mm tolerance on a good day, but they don't have the same problems with corners that the plasma tables do.

Expertise in marketing and slick web design is probably more important than plasma experience, but you will need to understand the machine limitations.

[homer93]

oh i know its low tolerance, its also much quicker so turnaround would be shorter.
my initial idea was welders, as I could have done with this sort of service when i was making something.
laser cutters can't go as thick as a plasma cutter either, i think

thats my main aim, to get a good looking website. i also need some system to calculate cutting line path, to be used in the pricing of designs.

[Robin Hewitt]

Laser cutters can blow oxygen into the cut and the beam has parallel sides so depth is less of a problem. A plasma "flame" holds reasonably square so you can go to some depth before the kerf starts to be a problem, but I don't think you'd have happy customers if you went to "severance cut". A selection of different power torch heads might be a good idea if you only had the one table.