Some cusotmers want to cut thick metal sheet , up to 10mm. but confused with the choice for plasma cutting machine and the laser machine . Plasma cutting machine has rough cutting and not clear , but price is cheap , fiber laser cutting machine has a good cutting performance , very clean and smoothly ,but price is hgh . Following is some some cusotmers experinece for answer this questions: Mick Botsios: My 1000w fiber can easily cut 10mm mild,Took a bit to get it dialed in but cuts nice and clean Kevin Allen : Nobody goes from laser to plasma. Just get a larger power source for laser table if possible. Derek Jones : I’d say yes unless you have a really big bank account. A decent plasma table capable of cutting up to 1″ could be had for under $100,000. A laser able to to cut 1″ would cost $500,000+. Kevin Allen: We are about to change our laser source from 1500 watt to 3300 watt and the quote was 49,000 with trade. Fiber laser prices are dropping drastica...