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I have sold pool cues on consignment worth up to $8000 when I had less than $100 in the bank. While it was nice to have 8k in my hands I immediately sent the money less commission to the person who...

This was posted on my facebook wall ( I make pool cue cases) Anyone who can help please point me in the right direction so I can help this person. For those who aren't familiar with cues you would...

I have had a similar issue before. Converting outline to object and copying that object into a new file and saving did the trick. Drove me absolutely crazy trying to figure it out. Also you might...

Until 11:30pm two days ago the laser was working fine. We had replaced the water in the chiller at 9am and the laser ran fine until 11:30. After that it would not fire at all, either when trying to...

Running a generic laser - Reci 100w tube. Now getting no power to the tube when the laser is test fired. Tube appears to be fine. All the spots in the electrical appear to be getting juice using a...

This happened to us once. A fly flew through the beam and died on the track and the laser head ran over it and gummed it up. So then the laser was skipping and making wiggly lines. We cleaned up...

Thanks Rodne,

Found it http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?91076-Converting-programs-for-Engraving-Manual-Method-and-Adobe-Photoshop

This is one time I REALLY miss the Universal and the driver that came with it. I just can't figure out the best way to laser a jpg. I have an image that should be easy but it comes out completely...

Thanks guys, I appreciate it!

I have a suggestion. Would it be of any use to start a donation fund to allow someone a few week's worth of time to have them work on finding the best DIY color solution for us? It seems as if the...

Adrian,

You and I are almost exactly alike in our approach to our businesses. I make pool cue cases and if you substitute cue cases for model trains in your paragraph then it would be exactly...

It's all well and good to say "sell on reputation" but what happens when both shops are vying for the same customer?

So Shop A is super creative and has a LOT of awesome ideas and makes plenty of...

You are a braver man than me. No way is my Ipad going under the beam.

I have seen some super impressive stuff done to Macbooks though.

LOL. That sounds just like what a patent attorney would say as he is waiting for you to write him a check. In fact people copy all sorts of ideas good and bad if they think that they can make money...

Thank you to you and Vincent for your excellent research and follow-up. I live in China and IN CHINA it's next to impossible to find out the wealth of information contained on this forum about...

Ok, so I have learned all about alignment and wish to thank everyone for their advice.

Now, let's talk about the mirrors and lenses.

I currently have a no-name (it has a name I just don't...

Those are amazing. Properly finished I think that they could become sellable. One famous cue maker who gets thousands per cue uses paper for his veneers. He is able to get razor thin veneers and...

Here it is Frank,

http://www.rt9ny.com/gallery.htm

None of her glass is on the site as far as I can see.

I guess I am in the "ignorance is bliss" camp when it comes to laser engraving on glass. The few pieces I have done came out looking pretty awesome to me. I have a friend who is an artist and she...

I have found that the fastest way to do this type of work is to set up the first one the way I want it and then simply adjust my duplicate distances to make the duplicates appear where they should...

That's pretty cool. I should post my picture of my desktop that I did on the laser. I took a big piece of plywood and made myself a larger top for my desk with grooves cut out to hold the cue cases...

Yes I know, I do a lot of business with Kinkos. They make you sign a form where you state that you have permission to reproduce the work you are asking them to copy. That absolves them of liability...

Well, I will take my chances. I don't have a lot of faith in the law, it's not there to protect everyone equally. I am not going to advertise that I do "Disney" plaques but I am not going to refuse...

These letters were cut by laser. We have a friend who has a laser the size of a small apartment. He cut the three letters for me and welded tabs on the back. I deburred and cleaned them up with a...

We use wet paper sometimes to mask with. It wipes away easily and really stops the residue and smoke buildup.