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Hello,
I was wondering if there are (or were) any laser vendors that offer laser engraving of personal names on their products. There are young colleagues among our local astronomical club and I wanted to buy them their own lasers when they come of age. (They are around 14-16 right now and has a knack for finding satellites and are pretty good about lasers). In the past I would share my loaner lasers with them and supervise the usage. Loaner lasers may be passed around within the group and they frequently end up in the wrong house (usually a colleague). So far the sure fire approach is to put an address label around a battery and check routinely. Several of our lasers look identical, so I figured a personalized stencil would be something special.
For astronomical purposes it's typically 532nm with a peak output of less than 35mW, anything higher wipes out the dark sky object I'm trying to point out and have to wind up pointing around it. I plan to procure lasers around 15mW as gifts, parts budget about $100 per laser, with the hope that they last as long as the gift bearers remain in amateur astronomy.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. If no laser vendors offer the service, does anyone know of a laser engraving store I can ship my lasers in to be engraved, I'm in the state of Florida. Shipping cost currently is not a grave concern. Thanks in advance!
I was wondering if there are (or were) any laser vendors that offer laser engraving of personal names on their products. There are young colleagues among our local astronomical club and I wanted to buy them their own lasers when they come of age. (They are around 14-16 right now and has a knack for finding satellites and are pretty good about lasers). In the past I would share my loaner lasers with them and supervise the usage. Loaner lasers may be passed around within the group and they frequently end up in the wrong house (usually a colleague). So far the sure fire approach is to put an address label around a battery and check routinely. Several of our lasers look identical, so I figured a personalized stencil would be something special.
For astronomical purposes it's typically 532nm with a peak output of less than 35mW, anything higher wipes out the dark sky object I'm trying to point out and have to wind up pointing around it. I plan to procure lasers around 15mW as gifts, parts budget about $100 per laser, with the hope that they last as long as the gift bearers remain in amateur astronomy.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. If no laser vendors offer the service, does anyone know of a laser engraving store I can ship my lasers in to be engraved, I'm in the state of Florida. Shipping cost currently is not a grave concern. Thanks in advance!
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