I have had the Epilog 40watt for about 1 1/2 years now. works great, could not be happier with it. I am using it for Aluminum and Glass items. I have been sending the steel (parkerized or black oxide finish) and plastic parts out to a local laser shop for marking. They do a great job, but I think it is getting to a volume that I should start looking at getting a yag in house. The shop I use has the Galvo style, that would be fine for me. the parts that will be marked with it are going to be small. I have test marked the same parts with a Fiber laser and it just does not achieve the same brightness of mark as the YAG laser does. Budget is not set, and I know the units are not cheap. I figure $30K to $60K ish......I do like the idea of good customer service, so thinking a US laser.

I lurk more then I post, but have gotten good advice when I do post and seen a lot of useful advice given on here, so am coming to ya'll first.

Thanks,

Doug