So a buddy and myself are planning on building our own laser cutter. The plan is to use an open source design for the mechanical aspects and design custom electronics and software. One thing we are kind of curious about is how do you know when the laser cutter has made it all the way through the material? Are there sensors that are used for this or is it just down based on thickness of the material and known cutting rates given a certain power for the laser?

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