How To Build With Delrin and a Laser Cutter

szczys writes: Laser cutters are awesome, but you have to bring your mechanical engineering A-game if you want to build resilient stuff using laser-cut parts. Joshua Vasquez has been building up his bag of tricks using Delrin and a laser cutter to build with techniques like press-fitting, threading, snap-fits, etc. that aren't possible or are non-ideal with the laser-cutting steadfasts of plywood and acrylic. Delrin (PDF) won't shatter like acrylic, and it has more give to it, so even the less precise entry-level lasers can cut joints that will have a snug fit.

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And your favorite, hobby laser cutter is...

[Overzeetop]

Is this a topic for those with access to the university's shop with the $100,000 laser all the students get to use for free, or is there an actual CO2 laser that can cut 1/4 or 3/8" delrin and plywood that's affordable for occasional home use?