I'm a mediocre woodworker, but it seems to me cutting the dominoes on a table saw would be faster than laser cutting. Setup a sled with a stop of the proper width to create strips. The strips could be run through using the sled with the stop set to a potentially different dimension. One can then use either a drill press or a hand drill with a template to guide hole placement. A drill press would be preferred, since getting exact placement and alignment is essential to getting the rods to work.