Kev Williams
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Depends on the laser-- Polycarb under C02 laser will resemble plex engraving, mostly clear, but polycarb gives off a thick yellow smoke that...

Just had to laugh at 'it's missing that sleek European design'... I've been involved in the engraving business since 1966, full-time since 1976;...

In typical use "qu" is nearly always used to make the 'kwa' sound. And "bu" usually makes the 'buh' sound. But (<see? ;) ) in typical english...

as to the reason tires are date coded: Because time and the elements also wear tires out-- This tire, a Goodyear Marathon trailer tire, is one of...

Just for reference- NOAA Weather Radio Frequencies: WX1 -- 162.550 WX2 -- 162.400 WX3 -- 162.475 ...

Ever since I decided to pay for Adobe and got zero use out of it because not once did it NOT crash my computer when attempting to load, I've been...

My first laser I got in 2001, a 1997 New Hermes Optima (re-badged Universal), 25w Synrad, it was my New Hermes/Gravograph rep's demo machine. My BIL...

Also from Amazon, bit cheaper but should work--

so I totally missed the 'passenger side' part ;) So since I have no idea how the linkage is setup, I found some good pics- From the looks...

google: Anchor Stencil Products I know not much about it other than it comes in various thicknesses, some of it on 15" rolls like sign vinyl, I...

What Terenfenko said, or possible bad motor... and based on this statement- My bet is a bad motor. Wiper motors have a RUN function and a PARK...

That conjured up a few memories-- some of my own pics :) Actual muscle car without the mussels- -just across the driveway from the Mustang--...

Thermark and Cermark are both Ferro companies so... As to Cermark (never used Thermark as I assume they're the same) with the exception of a trial of...

in 20 years of lasering I've only had to do a major adjustment once ever, and that was only 3 months ago, so I'm not a pro at this, but-- In...

you contradicted yourself (my opinion :) ) Engraving glass with a C02 laser fractures the surface of the glass, which by definition (my...

For one thing, a real person has to open and examine my returns, which I prefer to a computer doing it. For another, if your tax return gets lost in...

I love TurboTax. I've used it since, about its 2nd year of existence. I file my taxes on the absolute last day possible. 3 reasons for this: ...

So John, how did you "actually" pay? As in, does Paypal source money from your bank account, debit card, credit card-? If credit card, you still may...

Diehard Firefox user. And how does anyone with 10 use Chrome? My stupid (as in, you can't fix stupid) win10 laptop wouldn't even load Chrome last...

Recreation via things with internal combustion engines for as long as I can remember :) -Boating & RV'ing in particular, and whenever possible. Not...

We own 2 mobile homes, bought the first in '09, we're renting it to some friends. The second we bought last October. But we almost didn't get it due...

When it comes to rock, it seems anything's possible! There's a skywalk about a block from our house, goes over a 4 lane highway to access the middle...

ummm... I've never been able to "engrave" glass. And I've tried. Some of the glass I've ETCHED, I've gone over as many as a dozen times just to see...

Winco sells 'Red Brick' coffee, lots of flavors-- one of them they call "Rocket Java". The first word they use to describe it is "intense"... That's...

In your first post, you state: The pump was functioning (I removed the access cover and disconnected the lift pipe from the pipe connected to the...

+1 for spotlights :) I have (what it says is) a 20 million candlepower spotlight. Looks a lot like this one, only black (this one states 18...

Seems to me getting an XP computer, which someone would likely gladly GIVE you to get it out of their hair, would be much easier than trying to...

The new lithium rechargeables put out a solid 1.5v - and they work well. I bought 3 battery powered snow globes for Xmas, they have a single LED...

A customer brought me a bunch of these Duracell 2500's to laser etch his logo on for promo xmas gifts. Never seen a flashlight put out so much light!...