Pete
Ray's work on his building are fantastic. No question. But tube printers and even a resin printers are slow. Also, thin flats on an resin printer can warp and the strength in the z-direction of a tube print is weak. No so with a 45w laser cutter because the base material is either wood or acrylic ( or leather or metal (engraving only)). The laser cuts, scores and engraves (mine does 3D engraves) and is very fast.
A laser cutter is a subtraction process where a resin or tube printer is an additive one. Additive processes have to create the base material before they can print a design onto it. That makes them slower.