I moved here 5 years ago due to other life factors conspiring to bring me here. I had no idea Launceston is a little manufacturing powerhouse. The city is growing and there appears to be a lot of opportunities in the arts, manufacturing, technology, there’s even a bit of software development fling on here. Plus a bit of skiing an hour away. I’ve met a lot of great people here an occasionally get to laser cut art.

Without going in to too much detail, yes there’s a lot of demand for machine time.

I haven’t really looked at smaller machines, ours was in the vicinity of 1MM.

I would have thought a lower power laser diode module, and associated optics would be available at a reasonable price by now.

Predominantly structural steel, marine (we also build boats), agricultural, architectural, and art.

I’m a huge proponent of working with local artists, we’ve helped with some pretty cool metal sculpture and installation art.

Ping me if you’d like to see some photos / video, contact details in my profile :)