Afternoon Project

[Chris DeGerolamo]

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All of us going back and forth on firearm engraving, I figured I'd post these.

Please note there is no money in engraving firearms. Please explore other more productive uses on your engraving equipment. :cool:

[Robert Walters]

Please note there is no money in engraving firearms. Please explore other more productive uses on your engraving equipment.

You keep saying that, I might have to ask gun owners to hand me chunks of wood that are sorta shaped like a grip, or a chunk of metal sorta shaped like a slide for me to engrave instead =)


I am curious though, what does the artwork of the checking look like?
Is it a bunch of /// and \\\ vectored lines layered on top of each other?
If so, does it get deeper where they intersect?

[Chris DeGerolamo]

http://www.epiloglaser [dot] com/assets/downloads/sample-club/sc_gun_stock.cdr

You can download it there and see, but it's diamond shapes with several gradients of gray objects. Engraved in 3D mode, the varying power results in a 3D step. This is the only application I've [personally] found that makes money.

[Robert Walters]

http://www.epiloglaser [dot] com/assets/downloads/sample-club/sc_gun_stock.cdr

You can download it there and see, but it's diamond shapes with several gradients of gray objects. Engraved in 3D mode, the varying power results in a 3D step. This is the only application I've [personally] found that makes money.


That's interesting...
Somehow I didn't expect it to be a 3D/raster gradient (jpg),
but I suppose that makes sense if you want that taper to each point.

It definitely gives me some ideas to play with as I really haven't played with 3D (on the laser) very much.


Firearms engraving that profitable huh?
Like WHEN you get the jobs (high cost per engraving), or lots of engravings (popularity)?

[Konrad Birchfield]

Wow, those are great! Thanks for sharing this.
Konrad

[Chris DeGerolamo]

That's interesting...
Firearms engraving that profitable huh?
Like WHEN you get the jobs (high cost per engraving), or lots of engravings (popularity)?

Both hold true. One-offs are charged accordingly; production runs are burn and turn.