Laser engraving machine for lowers?

[Don Nguyen]

Does anyone here have a laser engraving machine and have engraved their own lowers?

I have been looking at various laser engraving machines for fun and wanted to see if anyone on here has done this on a "non-business" level, since most guys who are doing this professionally have machines that cost ~$30,000 or more probably.

[Iraqgunz]

We have one at the shop we use to engrave various items to include lowers for some agencies.

[Don Nguyen]

Awesome! What kind of machine do you guys have at your shop? Do you mainly use it to engrave lowers only or do you engrave other things with it as well?

[HelloLarry]

Do you have a trophy & awards shop in your town? Nearly all of them have laser engravers these days.

[Rayrevolver]

Do you have a trophy & awards shop in your town? Nearly all of them have laser engravers these days.

All my local places have lasers that do not engrave deep enough for NFA. I can't remember if they had CO2 machines and you need something with more firepower.

I wonder if a small CNC machine would be cheaper???

[BSmith]

All my local places have lasers that do not engrave deep enough for NFA. I can't remember if they had CO2 machines and you need something with more firepower.

I wonder if a small CNC machine would be cheaper???

Seems like the small CNC routers/engravers are cheaper than the lasers. At least you'll definitely get the depth with the router.

[Split66]

The trophy shop by my old house had a Tykma minilase. It's computer controlled and abated/engraved all sorts of metals with a high degree of detail and control. IIRC it's $900 a month to rent/lease it and sells for 26K new. They had a CO2 laser that would do the "white" markings as well, but that wasn't NFA compliant. As mentioned above you need a fiber laser like the Minilase.