How much time, cost does it add per set? Do you factor that in the price?

Thanks for the tip!

Thanks, I almost forgot about the slate coasters until I remembered your video!

@@makeorbreakshop Synergy. Love ❤️ it!

Oh local colleges are a great idea!

Glad it helped!

oh shoot, thanks I'll fix that!

Working on it now!

So far it seems to be pretty much the same machine as the Gweike Cloud (I think its coming from the same factory). And that's a good thing, both are a much cheaper and more capable version of a Glowforge!

@@makeorbreakshop I think you're right. It will be nice to have US support as opposed to literally no support from China.

Hola. Qué material usas para los imanes?

It should be linked at top when I mention it. If not just search for map on my channel

He always says the xTool D1 Pro is his favorite

Oh nice, had no clue!

I would honestly find someone with a laser and have them try stuff. Each material I've ever tried I end up having to try different settings and speeds. I'm fairly confident that a CO2 laser would work on gems considering they're similar to granite, marble, and concrete though they might be harder you could try going slower and at a higher power level. That's why I would say find someone who you can show some samples to and have them try stuff out for you. Who knows, some of those diode lasers might even be strong enough.

@@DanteNava you’re 100% right. This is what i did and co2 was working. Fiber didn’t work

I've made them with a 50W laser. You might have to do several passes with a 20W

Ha, ah man missed that! Maybe I should start sending lasers to the first person who catches my typos….

Pronounced …. Cha Ku trie or terie … boards… my friend. 🎉

@@makeorbreakshop I’ll take a Polar to ad to my DF0812-40BG K40 and Comgrow Z1 5W/10W. I’d even pay some for it. Just can’t afford the full price for my sprawling home-based small biz atm. If only… 👍 ce,😜😎🤓🧐😍🥳

Love this!

True, but you do what a lot of others may not, which is the active salesman role, going out and proactively seeking clientele. I have insane social anxiety and could never do that, so you def have that over many others, lol.

They do a good job in marketing, but we have specialized in making engraving machine products for nearly 10 years. Before XTOOL, Atom, and ORTUR, we were making such products. At the beginning, it was more to satisfy a small number of enthusiasts. Later, we found that our products can be improved more and get very good products according to the suggestions of enthusiasts, and gradually transformed into business cooperation, from liking to being more professional, more professional, and ultimately to have good products and customers. Good communication, but also to meet the different engraving and cutting needs and efficiency of more people.

"Why" is it no bueno though?

La cuerina sintética es mala para el láser? Saludos

It's the new OMTech Polar, it's on pre release right now and I'm shooting to have a review of it up next week!

@@makeorbreakshop I’m looking into the 80watt version of the OMTECH and MONPORT 24x36 models with the chiller specked out but my only concern is that they both don’t come with the camera and I would like to get into making signs and I’m afraid the machine in your review might be a lil bit small in terms of the area it can cut/engrave . Please advise accordingly! Would appreciate it

I need to do a big video on pricing your work since a lot can go into it. To start out I would just look around online to see the range of prices people are offering for something similar. But it's also why I like going really specific and custom as well as local. You can usually charge more since the item is going to be more unique. Also you can just price it on materials+your time+profit margin and see if you get any sales to start.

@Make or Break Shop that is what I did when I had a craft business years ago but the competition of just crafters sold items without any cost of time and effort nor of any other Costs like equipment depreciation, electricity, etc. They just did it for "fun". All my work was unique.

Yeh the rip off of common designs is why I always push for people to do stuff that is customized to a specific person/location. On the map side of things be sure and check out QGIS, you can make it super custom to whatever you want.

Yes, you have to buy a license. Or risk being sued.

True. You have to get natural veg-tan leather.

Yep missed that…

Can I ask ask what the majority of those first 3 years looked like for you with those 18 hour days?

@@shaloon64 Basic business "rules" apply - no matter what one ventures into. The engraving industry is extremely competitive (my initial research into the UK market revealed some 2000 competitive businesses in engraving and related services - from the guy operating out of his garden shed selling on eBay, to large companies involved in sign-making). Most highstreet jewellers, key-cutters and shoe-repairers do engraving of one kind or other. Realising that the biggest opportunities lay in online selling, I spent hundreds of hours building and tweaking my websites (there were initially 5 sites, all configured to attract specific market sectors). I spent just over £50,000 on Google advertising in my first year, weighted across the 5 sites depending on market sector and potential average sale values. Constant monitoring and analysis of sales across each site started to show which sectors offered the best potential and at end of year 2, I culled 3 of the 5 sites and built 2 more focusing on industrial projects. (Get one order for £5000 is far better than 1000 orders for £5 each). Total focus on customer service, quality, attention to detail and LEARNING how to advise customers on fit-for-purpose solutions. I spent hundreds of hours polishing up on materials knowledge (metallurgy and plastics), best-practice engraving, faster bulk-engraving and automated engraving (eg: engraving unique codes on hundreds of tags automatically, by building software to bulk-engrave 500 tags automatically in one session). Win the customer - not the sale... Many of my corporate clients have been with me for 10 years, coming back time and again for both new and repeat business. Many recommend me to their own clients. I make myself accessible to customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and if I hear the phone ring, I answer it - even at 3AM on a Sunday morning (which seldom happens, by the way). Over the years I have discovered what industries offer the best returns and have weeded out both products and customers that have low value and ROI. By year 4, through constant upgrading of web technologies, I featured more strongly on Google organic search, allowing me to cut back on adspend (now under £5,000 annually, from £50,000 at start). By focusing on high-value clients and industries and by offering knowledgeable solutions, customer trust is strong, and they come back to me time and time again - some orders are well into 5 figures...

People like spending their money on shit

Bookmark was the idea, I was just using the example of the Tolkien map since I had made that one for me. But you could totally use something like QGIS and create maps or real places into the bookmark form.

@@makeorbreakshop I understand. But what I am saying is the map is not a good example because it promotes the problem. Love your channel btw.

@@sinclairal to be fair, anyone that doesn't correlate "Lord of the Rings" and "Copyright Infringment" is probably too dumb to comprehend the final warning in the video and deserves whatever trouble they encounter lol

Make your own channel then.

He would clearly sell copyrighted material.