As far as I know, yes this is !
I have a new tool. The computer business has been dying for some time and this year I think i can declare it properly dead.
Which is a bugger when it's how I've made my living for the last 25 years.
So my workshop - already home to 4 3d printers, now has a new denizen.
It's a 40 watt, water cooled co2 laser cutter/engraver.
It'll cut: acrylic, wood, leather and probably other stuff.
It'll engrave pretty much everything except direct metal.
And i do mean 'everything'.
I'm still in the testing and learning phase - but so far have engraved: slate, ceramics, glass, wood, leather and a stone I got from the garden !
It still needs some additional modifications - but on the whole, I'm seriously impressed.
I did try a diode laser setup - but in all honestly they're just very slow toys.
So far, leather wise I've been playing with some stuff from my mates old sofa.
done a bunch of different sized fingerloops. Cutting 5 in about 20 seconds, including the end holes - is pretty impressive.
You will notice that the logo on the pouch is not quite centred. That's down to me and inkscape still not being friends. We never will be, but I will beat it into submission !
I also used too much power on the engraving, so in parts it went all the way through lol
Won't effect pouch, but not what I was aiming at.
Just getting the cap paul jpg to the point where I could do anything with it was fairly time consuming.
Hoping that with custom slings, 3d printed bits and pieces and laser engraved goods - I can start a whole new revunue stream.
Between turning 50, a lack of work and the diabetes diagnosis earlier in the year, 2019 has truly sucked.
Here's hoping this is where it starts to improve