Lou. . We got the Express engraver. All in it was around 5 grand. We were spending over $ 1500 per year ar our local trophy engraving store plus coordinating and they would go on vacation right when we needed placards. For us it made sense to bring this process in house.
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 1:14 AM Lou Russo via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Aloha Wrenches, > > Kirpal, I was looking at the Vision product line. What model did you > purchase? > > We work out in the boonies and driving 35 minutes to town to pick up a $75 > directory from the trophy shop is getting old. > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 5:48 PM Kirpal Khalsa via RE-wrenches < > re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > >> Hi Lou and all. >> We dove all in and got a Vision Engraving machine. They offer several >> models and the most basic version works just fine. It was a big investment >> but we can make our own placatds in the same day. >> We have a dedicated cheap laptop and a vacuum attachment they sell which >> keeps the work area clean. There was a learning curve but we won after a >> bit. >> Its really nice to have and to have the flexibility makes that an aspect >> of job management much less complicated. My guess is that it will take 3-4 >> years to pay for itself. >> We like having it and my only regret us that we didnt get one sooner. >> >> On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 11:57 AM Lou Russo via RE-wrenches < >> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: >> >>> Aloha Wrenches, >>> >>> Anyone out there making their own engraved plaques and labels? >>> If so, is it worth it and what machine are you using? >>> Thanks for your time and insight, it is always appreciated. >>> >>> Aloha, >>> >>> Lou Russo >>> Owner >>> l...@spreesolarsystems.com >>> 808 345 6762 >>> Spree Solar Systems LLC >>> CT-34322 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >>> >>> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >>> >>> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> Change listserver email address & settings: >>> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >>> >>> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try >>> the other: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ >>> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >>> >>> List rules & etiquette: >>> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >>> >>> Check out or update participant bios: >>> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the >> other: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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