[sdiy] panel engraving - shopping mall style

[David Halliday]

Cool idea - maybe see if the owner is into electronic music and bribe them
with a small synth for use of their laser between other jobs.

The laser does have a finite cost to run ( amortization of equipment costs
plus the tube is only rated for x-thousands of hours lifespan ) but maybe
offer to pay this and see what kind of deal you could work out.



-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
-> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl]On Behalf Of
-> CHoaglin at aol.com
-> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 4:49 PM
-> To: dh at synthstuff.com; Paul.Maddox at wavesynth.com;
-> synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
-> Subject: Re: [sdiy] panel engraving - shopping mall style
->
->
-> In a message dated 4/18/01 4:19:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
-> dh at synthstuff.com writes:
->
-> << Check a local vocational school or public high-school print shop.
->
->  They are always looking for "real-world" jobs to do and the
-> more interesting
->  the better.  Talk with the teacher and offer to buy some
-> needed supplies or
->  do some electronics work - maybe repair or build something. >>
->
-> Might also be a good idea to look at laser marking job
-> shops. No real tooling
-> setup involved, and some of the laser marking software
-> packages accept some
-> standard file types (I forget which ones), so you might be
-> able to create
-> your own file and just give it to them on a floppy along
-> with the panel to be
-> done. alt.lasers might be a good place to ask about this.
-> Details are no
-> problem at all with modern systems..I've seen greyscale
-> photopgraphs done on
-> anodized Al with a Nd:YAG setup.
->
-> Chris
->