Dave Hutton
10-02-2015, 5:54 AM
Hi All
Still in the research stages as to what I could make (and more importantly sell) with a laser.
I've had enquiries about pens and understand that they could be laser engraved, given the right material (wood, anodised aluminium - maybe plastics of some sort) Whilst having a look at various videos and suppliers websites I see them being engraved flat (not being turned) so my question is really is there a way or working out the actual area than can be engraved around the pen without loosing focus of the graphic/text?
I appreciate that a rotary attachment would allow a lot more area to be engraved but thats probably not practical for a big batch. I also note that pens are various thicknesses and some suppliers make a note of the 'engravable area' which would be a good guide, but I'm thinking more of a 'if it gets beyond X mm of the ideal focus it goes wrong' type of answers.
Looking at suppliers pricing it does though seem that I'd be just as well off getting bigger batches done by the supplier, but I have a couple of scenarios in mind where a customer might say "can you add some names to a dozen of so of those pens you usually supply with just our logo on?" so it would be nice to be able to offer that service, along with maybe a small range of pens that I easily personalise as one-offs.
I did have a look at the search results but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for , so apologies in advance if its been asked before.
DJ
Still in the research stages as to what I could make (and more importantly sell) with a laser.
I've had enquiries about pens and understand that they could be laser engraved, given the right material (wood, anodised aluminium - maybe plastics of some sort) Whilst having a look at various videos and suppliers websites I see them being engraved flat (not being turned) so my question is really is there a way or working out the actual area than can be engraved around the pen without loosing focus of the graphic/text?
I appreciate that a rotary attachment would allow a lot more area to be engraved but thats probably not practical for a big batch. I also note that pens are various thicknesses and some suppliers make a note of the 'engravable area' which would be a good guide, but I'm thinking more of a 'if it gets beyond X mm of the ideal focus it goes wrong' type of answers.
Looking at suppliers pricing it does though seem that I'd be just as well off getting bigger batches done by the supplier, but I have a couple of scenarios in mind where a customer might say "can you add some names to a dozen of so of those pens you usually supply with just our logo on?" so it would be nice to be able to offer that service, along with maybe a small range of pens that I easily personalise as one-offs.
I did have a look at the search results but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for , so apologies in advance if its been asked before.
DJ