China’s hi-tech manufacturing sector has made progress in expanding into international markets, with a Zhejiang-based company exporting an ultra-high-powered laser cutting system to the US.

the familiar bluish-purple plasma made an appearance. Further fiddling with the mirrors revealed the least little bit of laser output — nowhere near enough to start cutting, but certainly on the ...

Plasma cutters are ridiculously cheap these days, just cruise by the usual online sources or your local Harbor Freight if you’ve got any doubt about that. But “cheap” and “good” don’t ...