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Billy's Family Crest Business
Engaving a Cigarette Case


Here we are about to engrave a cigarette case...


Here is Billy getting the computer graphics out from his vast store that he has built up over many years. The computer interfaces with the laser to produce the engraving. On the right you can see the case already in the laser compartment with it's special glass mixture already spead on.  This glass will be melted into the steel to produce the crest and even a grinder has a hard job of removing it so it will last for ever.


And it is very important that the laser height is exact as too high and it won't make a permanent engraving and too low and it will melt the steel. On the right you can see the completed laser cut


You should note the tape over the edge.  Billy told me that due to the heat the case can spring open during the laser process so he just takes the precaution of using holding tape just in case. The cigarette case is then put to the wash and polished and the completed product is as you see it above..

I'm told that this item is now very popular since various countries took to insisting large health warnings should go onto cigarette packets.


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