Originally Posted by
Rodne Gold
If you want to do industrial engraving , you have to have some real knowledge of materials and how they react to the various lasers and you have to be willing to undertake some difficult challenges in terms of marking or cutting objects .. industrial is NOT just running off 100's of tabs .. anyone can do that and its cut throat out there with those type of jobs
Forget the promotional industry .. they are whores for a penny .. they will leave you for the cheapest guy around
We service our industrial clients with multiple machines , cnc for metal cutting , deep engravingand panels , c02 lasers for acrylics and other items and fibre for marking , we also do digital printing and doming and so on
For under $15k , you can get a decent 80w co2 , a 30w fibre and a fairly large overhead cnc router/engraver and service your clients
however it still boils down to the original "why me"
Well in my case we are a one stop shop .. we can do anything from huge billboars to marking titanium hip joints .. we never say No .. always find a way , we deliver excellent quality and most importantly we deliver on time..
We also advise on the best and least expensive way to achieve what the client wants in terms of materials and suitability
You have to think and promote a "big business " mentailty , choose corportate colours , a decent website , professional quoting and invoicing , customer follow up and so on .. if you think big , you can get there.
If you the only game in town , its not too difficult to get ahead , if you face competition in your locale , the other guys , unless they giving poor service , will beat you on price and experience.
You HAVE to have a hook .. something that differentiates you from whatever else is out there.