I will let you know in a week or so. One is on a truck headed to me.
I am also interested in this subject. I have limited knowledge, but recently have been doing research on it. It seems that I always end up at some form of fiber laser, and the cost gets bigger than my wallet....
30 watt fiber. My budget was 10x yours.
When I looked 2 years ago you couldn’t touch a good enough laser for under 4k, and the better units were 10k, so I went with a marking methods electronic etching machine that lets me make any pattern a dot matrix printer can put out.
I’ll get some blueing equipment before I setup up to a laser, but I still watch the unit cost as well.
If you're talking about engraving deep enough for BATFE required engravings- and large enough to hold a 2-1/2' barrel- my research a couple of years ago told me no way within what I was willing to spend. I'm sure that's moderated somewhat with tech advances, but I'm confident it's still largely the case
I looked for one where I might take barrels to have the work done- not a single one could I find within at least 100 miles. Small capacity- plaques, trophies, etc. was the rule.
For logos, etc. should be fine. I'm looking at acid etching for this as it's much more economical and still deep enough to not wash out with Cerakote.
Can you show us how all that works? That looks very goodI bought a cheap 450 nm blue laser for about $30 on ebay (it claims to be 3.5 watts) and attached it to my 3d printer to make vinyl stencils for electro etching.
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Please show more .I bought a cheap 450 nm blue laser for about $30 on ebay (it claims to be 3.5 watts) and attached it to my 3d printer to make vinyl stencils for electro etching.
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I bought a cheap 450 nm blue laser for about $30 on ebay (it claims to be 3.5 watts) and attached it to my 3d printer to make vinyl stencils for electro etching.
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