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David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA
Wow that sounds great, i can't wait, I'm new to laser engraving but always wanting to learn more and more. Right now i do it as a side business. But love doing it and seeing what it has capabilities of doing.
I'm very excited about the direction we're heading and happy to know you'll be coming along.
We're not content to be known as "only" an online message board, although this near-live, collective, well spring of information, will always be our heartbeat.
David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA
Being in St. Joseph, I'm a short drive from you. Feel free to stop by my shop any time for a tour of what we do. Here is a Google Map to our place.
I love Weston, MO. We make it there 3 or 4 times a year. There is great potential for laser engraved gifts in the many gift boutiques in your town.
A great idea would be to create a collection of wooden ornaments incorporating the facades of the many historical Antebellum homes in Weston. You could introduce one collectible, historical home each year, tying the distribution in with a local charity some how.
Don't forget to engrave your name on the back or incorporate it into the front design.
Thanks, I'll have to take you up on that sometime, i'm always interested in seeing new things and other shops. This forum is a very great place to learn new things and the people here are a great source of information. And for the your ideas thats sounds good ill have to try them i'm making some of those turkeys on them templates for my daughters class at school. I'm sure their love them.
Thanks
You & your wife are officially invited to visit Joe & I in Southern Illinois. We are 500 ft above sea level here. No ocean view at our house just the soybeans. It can be a little hot & steamy in the middle of summer. Our neighbors love it when the neighboring fish hatchery/cricket & meal worm facility spreads its' fermenting debris on the farm fields before Mothers' Day, Memorial Day, & Fathers' Day. The scent does not go away for days & has cancelled more than one backyard BBQ in the neighborhood. Joe is great grilling bratwurst & marinates them in beer& soy sauce. I think that's what gets marinated in beer.
You and Joe are TOOOOOOO kind. We will make plans......I love nothing more than the scent of fish fertilizer in the summer...especially mixed with marinated brats, and beer.......
You guys are too funny. I am cracking up.
Toni, it sounds like a good ole place to visit, and whats a little stink when you are among friends and brat and beer. ha
PS, Norman Rockwell lived in my area!!!
Come up an see me sometime. Any of you are always welcome.
Hey, I even sent you a map showing where people from the forum are and how close we all are (Kansas and St Joe). I even told you about cheap flights from Vegas to Topeka. Rent a car and you can travel all around 'middle USA" and see lots of fellow members PLUS Steve and I won't make you haul 3 suitcases of coconuts to our house (devil) Now whats your excuse?????????? I might have to tag along though as Joe and Toni's is one place I haven't made it to yet (along with Harvey and Dee).
Dave you have a great shop and very impressive, most of the shops I have ben in in the past are silk screen shops and I can't say that I have ever seen a clean one yet. May its the nature of the beast. But anyway yours is very provisional and even the back room. It was great talking to you about different things and different ideas.
Thanks again
Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)