Laser engravng one of Ed's cat blanks

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Jim Smith

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I had a few moments in the shop today and finished up a pen for my 18 year old niece who was in a very serious auto accident a few months back. I used one of Ed and Dawn's cat blanks and it came out beautiful. I'd like to have her initials engraved into the blank but I am a bit concerned that the heat from the laser could melt/damage the blank. Has anyone out there had one of these blanks laser engraved and if so, did you encounter any problems?

Thanks in advance for your input on this.

Jim Smith
 
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Jim,

I don't THINK it will be a problem. But, I can't say I have ever had it done. I have had Ken Nelson do several alt ivory, beautifully. I think the makeup of the material is similar.

Maybe someone else HAS had cats engraved and will say so, here!!
 
If you have an unused cat blank, and you'd like me to try a test engraving (on a section you'll turn off anyway), let me know. I expect it would work just fine - most plastics (PVC excepted) laser engrave very well.

Regards,
Eric
 
Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer my question. As Jeff said, what do you expect, this is IAP.

Thanks again and I'm sure that my niece will enjoy the pen even more with her initials engraved in it.

Jim Smith
 
Did some shipping and thought about this answer.

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