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Posted: 11/14/2014 2:34:40 PM EDT
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Do you know of any farther north near Mt. Vernon?
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Posted: 11/14/2014 7:23:14 PM EDT
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I do this in Auburn. 253-293-2164
Trevor Kosterman |
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Posted: 11/15/2014 1:07:57 AM EDT
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Trevor, I need my iPhone case engraved. Aluminum. Kan do? 253-632-5643
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Posted: 11/15/2014 3:46:07 AM EDT
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Absolutely! Shoot me a text and let's talk
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Posted: 11/15/2014 2:41:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you know of any farther north near Mt. Vernon? |
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Posted: 11/15/2014 8:41:12 PM EDT
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Thanks for the info, looks like I'm going to auburn
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Posted: 11/16/2014 7:22:37 PM EDT
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OP, did you happen to ask the folks at this shop if the laser engraving process they use meets the ATF minimum depth requirement for engraving an SBR? I believe it's .003" and a lot of people say laser engravers won't do the trick.
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Posted: 11/16/2014 8:36:32 PM EDT
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OP, did you happen to ask the folks at this shop if the laser engraving process they use meets the ATF minimum depth requirement for engraving an SBR? I believe it's .003" and a lot of people say laser engravers won't do the trick. Laser is programmable in strength which controls the depth of the engraving. It can go all the way through the alum if you so wanted. The ATF depth is not an issue. |
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Posted: 11/16/2014 8:48:08 PM EDT
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Its not so much an issue of power as it is one of beam generation technology. Most shops that have lasers have Co2 machines. They will engrave anything but metal (leather, rubber, wood, composite, glass). On metal, they can peel coatings that's about it. YAG or Fiber YAG lasers are designed for engraving metal. I use all three. The alum and steel engraving I do is typically .008 thru .012 deep. I can also aloxide (alumablack) black alum lowers.
Trevor K 253-293-2164 |
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Posted: 11/16/2014 9:43:33 PM EDT
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Laser is programmable in strength which controls the depth of the engraving. It can go all the way through the alum if you so wanted. The ATF depth is not an issue. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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OP, did you happen to ask the folks at this shop if the laser engraving process they use meets the ATF minimum depth requirement for engraving an SBR? I believe it's .003" and a lot of people say laser engravers won't do the trick. Laser is programmable in strength which controls the depth of the engraving. It can go all the way through the alum if you so wanted. The ATF depth is not an issue. That depends on the specific engraver. Some will go deep enough but many won't be able to. |
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Posted: 11/17/2014 4:00:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Its not so much an issue of power as it is one of beam generation technology. Most shops that have lasers have Co2 machines. They will engrave anything but metal (leather, rubber, wood, composite, glass). On metal, they can peel coatings that's about it. YAG or Fiber YAG lasers are designed for engraving metal. I use all three. The alum and steel engraving I do is typically .008 thru .012 deep. I can also aloxide (alumablack) black alum lowers. Trevor K 253-293-2164 Trevor engraved a trigger pack and mp5 for me, he's who I'll use for all my customer conversions and post sample engraving. Marcus |
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Posted: 11/17/2014 3:32:53 PM EDT
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Thanks for the information! However, the question remains: is the engraving setup used by the shop in the OP's post capable of acheiving the depth of cut required? I live in Olympia, so a drive across town is preferable to a drive to points north.
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Posted: 11/17/2014 5:42:20 PM EDT
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Call and ask what kind of laser they use. That will tell you everything. If its a Co2, it WILL NOT engrave into metal. I use the term engrave to mean subsurface marking. It will do a surface "etching", basically peeling away the coating. If they say Yag or Fiber, you should be golden.
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Posted: 11/18/2014 7:54:31 PM EDT
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Well, the shop wrote me back today. They aren't able to do laser engraving that meets the minimum depth requirement. I guess they're working on getting the equipment to do the more substantial cuts. I suppose a trip north won't be so bad.
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Posted: 11/18/2014 11:42:00 PM EDT
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Trevor,
I'm going to give you a call tomorrow. |
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Posted: 11/19/2014 1:45:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Its not so much an issue of power as it is one of beam generation technology. Most shops that have lasers have Co2 machines. They will engrave anything but metal (leather, rubber, wood, composite, glass). On metal, they can peel coatings that's about it. YAG or Fiber YAG lasers are designed for engraving metal. I use all three. The alum and steel engraving I do is typically .008 thru .012 deep. I can also aloxide (alumablack) black alum lowers. Trevor K 253-293-2164 how close of a color match is your aloxide (black) to the black colt finish ? |
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Posted: 11/19/2014 11:05:44 AM EDT
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Fairly. I can engrave some scrap aluminum and aloxide it for you if you'd like, before you make the aloxide no aloxide call.
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Posted: 11/19/2014 3:00:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Absolutely! Shoot me a text and let's talk You're good on titanium, right? Looks like my F1 suppressor is going to be titanium instead of stainless.
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Posted: 11/19/2014 3:59:16 PM EDT
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Ok guys, as we all know advertising services in the forum is against the board rules. AR15.Com is friendly to new business, within reason, and we're really past the limit with all of the back and forth about what services are available, etc.; it needs to go offline please.
I've added an engraving category to the Welcome to the WA HTF resource that is the very top of the page, as we find more capable and GTG engravers let me know and I'll add them. |
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Posted: 11/19/2014 9:51:42 PM EDT
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Anyone know a decent place on the Eastside?
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