Quote Originally Posted by kecked View Post
I really fear your going to have a fire. Your likely to do best with CO2. Organics and polymers absorb much more strongly in that region. Plexi is a good example. That tape is likely black at 10000.

I think the knife is your best bet. Can you just buy your stuff in bigger packages? The laser your looking at and cnc and camera and fire system is north of 50k and more like 150k plus yearly costs and then you only have one. If you stay cutting heads you can likely have 5 for the same price. Or a crew of high school kids for next to nothing.
Thanks again for all the replies!

I am closing this thread with 2 thoughts:

1. It does not seem to be even remotely practical to open boxes with lasers as of today.
2. It seems to be theoretically possible to utilize 260nm laser (possibly, in a certain combination with some other wavelength), but that's not proven and it's extremely cost prohibitive.

It was fun to dive into.