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Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:09 pm
by OldCannon
I decided to do something a little different. I made a special laser etch for a lower that has a touch of Brit and Texas in it
The postage cardboard is my low-budget jig that keeps the lower correctly leveled/aligned for the etching.
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:35 pm
by Pecos
OldCannon ---- You have too mush time on you hands!!!!
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:48 pm
by OldCannon
Pecos wrote:OldCannon ---- You have too mush time on you hands!!!!
Sadly, that's true! My wife says I need to get a day job again. I love what I'm able to do at the TechShop (
http://techshop.ws/austin_round_rock.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;), but I need to pay bills, and I'm not making enough $$ as a firearms dealer to keep paying the bills
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:03 pm
by Pecos
That may change soon. Wish you were in SA I would do business with you. Anyway I always say do what you like doing. You need to get some guns sale tekneques from Obama. Gun Salesman of the year!!!
Anyway I was just kidding!
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:25 pm
by Dirthawking
Very nice work!
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:46 pm
by PBratton
Heck I'll send you a lower or two to run for me.
How much would you charge?
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:25 pm
by C-dub
That does look like some nice work. Nothing too fancy yet, but real solid clean work.
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:41 pm
by schufflerbot
oh wow! great work, that looks really clean!
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:05 pm
by OldCannon
schufflerbot wrote:oh wow! great work, that looks really clean!
Thanks, I'm going to have to put some popular designs together (American Flag, Gonzales Flag, Gasden, etc.) and start offering it as a service.
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:14 pm
by EdWeird
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:39 pm
by eureka40
OldCannon wrote:schufflerbot wrote:oh wow! great work, that looks really clean!
Thanks, I'm going to have to put some popular designs together (American Flag, Gonzales Flag, Gasden, etc.) and start offering it as a service.
I'll be patiently waiting for a Pflugerville Panther!!!
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:56 am
by RogueUSMC
OldCannon wrote:schufflerbot wrote:oh wow! great work, that looks really clean!
Thanks, I'm going to have to put some popular designs together (American Flag, Gonzales Flag, Gasden, etc.) and start offering it as a service.
What form does the art need to be in to etch it?
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:44 am
by OldCannon
RogueUSMC wrote:OldCannon wrote:schufflerbot wrote:oh wow! great work, that looks really clean!
Thanks, I'm going to have to put some popular designs together (American Flag, Gonzales Flag, Gasden, etc.) and start offering it as a service.
What form does the art need to be in to etch it?
They have to be in vector formats to work best. I use Adobe Illustrator to do the preprocessing. The Gonzales Flag cannon and star were used from a public domain SVG file.
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:00 am
by Pecos
OldCannon- Seriously I think your etching is a real work of art. I love it!!!
Re: Keep Calm...harmless laser etching :)
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:15 am
by TheCytochromeC
Yeah that's pretty awesome. You should definitely put that service together. I'd like "DON'T PANIC" in big yellow letters!
