A Bit About Me
The Beginning
In the early days of my laser business journey, I didn't have the money or the space to buy my own laser engraver. So I spent nearly 3 years running my business out of a maker-space, renting laser time by the hour. Not the ideal, but I was determined to make the business work and would do whatever it took to get it off the ground. Here's a photo of me working on that rented laser in 2015.
Full-Time
After a few years of splitting my time between the maker-space and my bedroom “office”, I started making enough to rent my own workshop. I moved into my own 1000-square-foot space in a historic building in Philadelphia. Shortly after moving in, I finally bought my first laser, the Boss LS-1630, This photo is from the “early years” of that workshop. You can tell by how clean and empty it is!
Present Day
At the end of 2020, my wife and I decided to leave Philadelphia. With that, I traded in my big space for a much cozier garage workshop, where I operate today. Now, I split my work days between running my online laser business and creating both technical and business-related content around laser engraving and laser cutting. I have engraved, cut, and shipped THOUSANDS of orders via Shopify and Etsy and live the dream of working for myself without commuting far from my wife and daughter daily. I am most active on my YouTube channel, Justin Laser.
Proud Partner of xTool, Aeon Laser USA, and OMG Laser!
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