Wilton Alderman
06-05-2018, 12:30 PM
I am looking to start making custom rings to start but will later expand to engraving timing covers, horn covers, etc for a Harley.
I have done a lot of research on what I need to make the rings and engrave or etch the timing covers etc. but still not very clear on what would get the job done and done very well.
My guess is that for rings like this I would need some sort of Fiber laser? The second one would be a CO2 laser, and the 3rd is just some sort of etching. This is just my best guess with what I have been reading though it seems a CO2 laser may do the rings as well. I am not sure any 1 machine can do more than 1 of these jobs so ultimately i am interested in the rings (Note that all of these pictures are borrowed from the net and I am not looking to copy any images other than ones people give me that they own the rights to, so their own designs or my own designs). I really cannot seem to get good, clear direction on this. I tried searching the forums here and found little info as well.
Any tips, advice, machine recommendations, etc would be especially helpful. I just don't want to order the wrong machine for what I want to do and end up with a several thousand dollar paperweight. I am brand new to this but very interested.
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I have done a lot of research on what I need to make the rings and engrave or etch the timing covers etc. but still not very clear on what would get the job done and done very well.
My guess is that for rings like this I would need some sort of Fiber laser? The second one would be a CO2 laser, and the 3rd is just some sort of etching. This is just my best guess with what I have been reading though it seems a CO2 laser may do the rings as well. I am not sure any 1 machine can do more than 1 of these jobs so ultimately i am interested in the rings (Note that all of these pictures are borrowed from the net and I am not looking to copy any images other than ones people give me that they own the rights to, so their own designs or my own designs). I really cannot seem to get good, clear direction on this. I tried searching the forums here and found little info as well.
Any tips, advice, machine recommendations, etc would be especially helpful. I just don't want to order the wrong machine for what I want to do and end up with a several thousand dollar paperweight. I am brand new to this but very interested.
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