New Addition to My Stable

October 1, 2026

The laser engraver has entered the building. I had a couple of these I got for my husband for Christmas last year and he was reluctant to set them up so I sold both of them. Regrets there...but there's a new one now...I wanted to venture out into making leather patches for hats. Add that to my repetoire

I have a WeCreat Vista. It went on crazy, insane sale and I decided to try it out. It's only 10w but it does a LOT and it's large! I can make large signs, and did a few flat things and, of course, leather. It's really fun! I chose this model because it came with an air exhaust system which is pretty critical for indoor use. I have 3" flex tubing going to a port sitting in a window, so it just goes right out. Still sort of smells like a campfire in here.

This is an awful lot of fun, and I quickly realized how they made the inserts in my hammered dulcimer. Easy to do with one of these! I am going to create more with it - this was the first multi layered, multi piece thing I have made. Being a serial crafter, I had all of the paints on hand to do my finishing work. More on this as it develops...