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⚡🔌ℂlaire 𝔻anielle ℂassidy♾️

Genuine question: Could I get a job where I primarily design lasercutting vectors? A good job, decent pay, stable, maybe remote, all that.

I'm *wicked* good at it with almost a decade experience. I just hadn't considered it as a primary vocation somehow. Probably because I don't have and didn't intentionally pursue a graphic design degree.

More context is I'm a hardware hacker and electronics PM.

How and where do I even look for this kinda gig?

@LaserMistress I think it’s possible! I know of a few fabrication places that do design work, but haven’t used them myself. You might need to have other CAD skills or be independent…

@LaserMistress They’re a little specific to my zone, but NYC makerspace has design services, and the other was Canal Plastic center (also in NYC). On the entrepreneur side, I know a couple of folks who do laser and CNC as their main business.

@LaserMistress Also, small scale rapid prototyping places might be a good place to check out, like shapeways.com.

@scetron interesting. I know canal and shapeways well. Didn't think they hired for just design. I'll check it out.

@LaserMistress I worked for a manufacturer of laser cutting machines. They sold to sheet metal factories among others. Maybe have a look if you have something like that in your area.

@LaserMistress I used to do work with in-store display and trade show booth makers, tons of that kind of work going on there. Also LEDs, which is what I was primarily involved in. They do lots of work fast, because the clients save the actual fab for last and expect turnarounds in 24 hours.

@josh any business/job names or were you freelancing?

@LaserMistress I was subcontracting through an LED assembler, weird arrangement that I wouldn't recommend. I might have some contacts at a place in NC but it was at least 5 years ago. Food for thought though, it's sort of an invisible industry and I see similar companies all over the place.

@LaserMistress

As someone who's a very frequent customer of laser-cutting shops, it's my observation that the vast majority of the rest of the customers are commercial kitchens, getting stainless kitchen furniture made. So, for whatever it's worth, I suspect that one path to making a living doing that be a lot of fitting custom cooktops to commercial kitchen spaces. I'm afraid I don't have anything to offer in terms of connections to that business.

@woody custom engraving of kitchen supplies is something I've absolutely noticed as well. Cheers.