I Bought a Atomstack X7 Diode Laser | Was it a Mistake?

I bought a used 5 watt Atomstack diode laser off Market Place for $200, also bought a $60 rotary for the tumblers and running it all with Lightburn Software. The used Engraver was already assembled , the rotary needed put together and Lightburn needed configured ion the old HP Laptop. Very easy to set up and configure, I was engraving in about an hour start to finish. So I'm looking to get into getting a bigger C02 laser to make things faster and more efficient.
Please comment below your recommendations as to what to look and look out for.

[@nimbledecals]

If you're thinking of expanding to more laser products go with at least 60w for speed higher wattage faster cutting or engraving it will save you a ton of time. I have a modified 60w CO2 china laser machine that fits 12x19 pieces of birch ply that I cut for custom car pieces I upholster over. I use Corel to design and send the files to rdworks similar to lightobjects with a Corel plugin to convert the vector file to the laser machine-compatible format.

[@TheSignGuy]

Awesome, thanks for the info!

[@OuterSouth_]

Very cool. I run a 100w CO2 using lightburn I purchased back in 2019 and I love it.

[@TheSignGuy]

100w sounds like a lot of laser. Not sure if I need that much power but will be getting something bigger than the dinky 5w.

[@TXRED2000]

can't go wrong with thunder... I have a 51/100w

[@TheSignGuy]

They are Chinese as well?

[@TXRED2000]

yes, but they have an American distribution center in usa with awesome customer service.. it's on the higher amount I'm all in 14k but had it paid off in 9 months making just about everything out of acrylic.. comes with lightburn as well @@TheSignGuy

[@jamesnichols9592]

sublimation is cheap way to do awards. you use an epson printer with the refilable ink. put sublimation ink in it. let me know and I can tell you what you need. look it up on youtube. Also I sold my 100w laser and got a 50w I keep kicking myself in the ass for doing that. You don't need a lot of money. Plus I got a fiber laser for engraving metals.

[@TheSignGuy]

We did dye sub a LONG time ago with the old converted EPSON. That did not pan out, I knew nothing about color correction and never got it figured out that was my biggest hurdle. Might have to take another look at dye sub, and also a 50/60 CO2. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@Bokranya]

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[@AdventuresOutdoors]

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[@TheSignGuy]

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