Cutting thin brass sheet metal?

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Acid cutting sheet metal

I’ve been thinking about cutting metals recently, stainless, aluminum etc. It’s long been established that it’s not possible to cut metal with a 45w laser cutter, but I’m not one to turn down a challenge! I’ve etched PCBs in the past and, while it’s not possible to etch the copper surface with a laser cutter, it’s possible to use a laser to selectively remove a resist coating and then etch the exposed metal away with an acid. It got me to thinking, would the same be possible …