[MrBasse]

We use ours as a fundraiser too, so far just from staying in the school and selling engraved aluminum water bottles to school clubs, teams, and groups like the choir we have made over $500 and I just got the laser up and running in my classroom in August. We have been using bottles for Dollar Tree that were a buck a piece, but they are seasonal and won't be back until the summer rolls around again. At a cost of two or three dollars a bottle and a sale price of $6-10, it is a great way to make some quick funds happen.

We also got a ton of blue anodized aluminum donated from a sponsor and we make our sponsor gifts with those mounted on a piece of oak we get from the schools woodshop and route a nice edge on.

The laser will only engrave in aluminum that is coated because it doesn't have the power to do anything but burn off the coating. We have tried christmas ornaments, but without a jig to hold the ornament straight it gets real tough to hold onto them with the rotary table.