I am a child with a toy… a class 4 marking laser

[KIBarrister]

Convinced my bride that metal business cards are a nice touch… She was cool with me acquiring a fiber laser. Of course I’ve got the business card templates mocked up - but I’m having way to much fun doing custom engraving for my favorite hobby! Just messed around with a couple of files but I’ve got Pmags and aluminum dialed in (need to clean up my templates to get a more wrap around approach on the Pmag camo files).

Anybody wants to make your mags have more “character”… if you find yourself on the shore hit me up. :p

I forgot to grab photos of the mythosaur skull I put on hard coat aluminum, but it came out deep and 4k UHD clear….

 

[Hibs]

that's freakin cool

 

[teratos]

Lol. Nice. You are still my hero.

 

[ToBeFree]

That shit is legit!

 

[sundaeman]

Very Cool.

 

[cantstop]

Very nice

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

Chalk up one more talent to your credit.

That’s pretty sweet. By that I mean I’m jealous…in a good way.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[River02]

Impressive...most impressive--

 

[4g64loser]

Not in your AO but that's wicked cool.

 

[ironpony]

Nice, I didn't know lasers spit out colors.

 

[wreckdiver]

Awesome

 

[outrider58]

Can you do stippling with it?

 

[Threeband]

I like that. What model laser did you get?

 

[KIBarrister]

Nice, I didn't know lasers spit out colors.

Yes and no. PMAG plastic reacts differently to different heat/speed so it will do gray, tan, and brown on plastic. The pricier models can do similar on metal.

Can you do stippling with it?

Absolutely - I’m getting ready to put some Austrian Tupperware under it

I like that. What model laser did you get?

Cloudray Raycus; only 20w (goes up to 100 for marking - but that is five digit territory) so it will do most everything but color annealing on steel (MOPA starts around $4k to do that), just a bit slower on some jobs then the higher wattage options

 

[Fitztar]

Very nice

 

[KIBarrister]

While I had Austrian Tupperware out…

Decided I’d see how it works out to make a BBQ gun (it’s on the cleanup pass) - used a random vector file. This slide is old enough it could be sacrificial if this one didn’t work out…

 

[Occam]

Fancy! My wife the jeweler is jealous.

 

[KIBarrister]

Fancy! My wife the jeweler is jealous.

I don’t have a rotary attachment yet, but I hear they make custom engraving rings stupid easy

 

[Overboost44]

That is so damn cool! If you can do some stippling on a Glock, I would come see you.

 

[outrider58]

Absolutely - I’m getting ready to put some Austrian Tupperware under it

Sweet. Can't wait to see what you come up with.