The title of this post should actually read: How to fit a 31" gun stock in a 12"x18" laser...LOL :)
I had a man contact me on Etsy recently wanting a gun stock engraved. This is something I'd wanted to try for a while, but hadn't had a chance yet, so I was excited to give it a try. When he told me it was 31" long, I wasn't quite sure how that was going to work in my laser! But I told him to go ahead and send it and I'd work my magic :)
There is a front door the opens for cleaning. I found out how to bypass the latches so the machine would run with the door open. I made a stand with pieces of scrap wood to level out the stock. I manually focused the laser and viola!
The laser has a little red light pointer that you can turn off and on. I ran the machine with just the red light and the laser beam turned off to get an idea of my alignment. I wish the image would have been bigger, but I was worried about it being too big and not fitting inside the carved out area. So I'll take small over big :)
Not too bad for my first attempt! And the owner of this gun stock is part of a gun club! There might just be more gun stocks in my laser's future :)
Excellent! I love how you branch out into so many avenues with your engraving.
ReplyDeleteAmazing work, Edi!
ReplyDeleteRifles and weddings...Hmmm.
Guns & Roses?
LeAnn
Amazing work, Edi!
ReplyDeleteRifles and weddings...Hmmm.
Guns & Roses?
LeAnn
Okay, that's officially the coolest thing you've engraved. And I think the picture turned out to be a good size!
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative solution!
ReplyDeleteThe image turned out perfectly!
WOW! This turned out really cool. I like it a lot! Congrats on fearlessly trying something new with total success! I hope it turns into more business for you! :)
ReplyDeleteWow -- that is awesome! Just shows you what you can accomplish with just a little ingenuity!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's really neat! My husband would love it!
ReplyDeleteWell of course you could figure it out! You are Wonder Woman! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a random request! Haha. You are smart to figure out how to make it work though, and I think it looks nice! :)
ReplyDeleteYou get some of the best customer orders ever! I'm so glad that you were able to figure out a way to make this work. I love the image and hope that you get similar orders in the future.
ReplyDeleteWow- I admire your ingenuity Edi! You really just go for anything, even when you aren't quite sure about it and always find a great solution in the end. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteHow cool!
ReplyDeleteI love your last comment in the post! That was so brave of you - great news! Congrats! {:-D
ReplyDeleteYou certainly used creativity to solve this challenge! It turned out great.
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