Bob Hagel

Bob Hagel and his wife Dana offered a full line of personalized products using laser engraving, sandcarving, and full-color UV direct print on products for nearly 20 years. The pair sold their 17-year-business Eagle’s Mark Awards & Signs in September 2020. Bob remains an expert in the awards, recognition, and signage industries while he enjoys retirement.

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Bob HagelMarch 30, 2023

Lasering Logos: What You Need to Know

Working with customers’ graphics can often be a major challenge and, in some cases, the biggest hurdle to completing a…
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Bob HagelMarch 7, 2022

Helpful Tools to Fix Contrast Issues When Lasering Graphics

The larger and more prominent the lasered graphic, the more likely you will want to fix the contrast challenges. A…
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Bob HagelJanuary 28, 2022

Creating a Logo Design Tip Sheet for Engraving Customers

When considering a production project for a customer, you will want to have a discussion regarding the graphics to be…
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Bob HagelNovember 30, 2021

Extruded vs. Cast: Lasering Acrylic Products

Acrylics are a type of plastic. Acrylic is typically very hard and durable. For our industry, acrylic is either manufactured…
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Bob HagelOctober 12, 2021

Settings for Lasering vs. Cutting Jobs

There are three primary settings for lasering (rastering) and three for cutting (vectoring) materials. Raster settings include speed of the…
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Bob HagelJuly 25, 2021

Ways to Price Custom Lasered Products

Years ago, our industry priced our services mostly by the letter. With production equipment having increased in speed many times…
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Bob HagelJuly 20, 2021

What Laser Specifications Do You Need?

Before you begin shopping for a laser, consider your business plan. If you have been in business for a while…
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Bob HagelJuly 1, 2021

Your Laser at Work: Making a Home Hobby into a Business

This article appeared in the July 2021 issue of GRAPHICS PRO. To make sure you don’t miss out on other…
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Bob HagelJune 25, 2021

Pricing Your Laser Services and Paying Yourself Fairly

Determining a fair salary to use in calculating pricing when you start a business is challenging. You may be able…
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Bob HagelJanuary 13, 2021

Laser Services and Products: Pricing Complexities

Let’s consider all the things you may need to price. You have the products you purchase from your suppliers and…
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Bob HagelJanuary 11, 2021

Award Products for the Academic World

The pandemic has turned the world upside down, including the academic world. Schools and college campuses were closed all last…
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Bob HagelDecember 21, 2020

Software to Complement Your Laser

Besides vector art and bitmap editors like CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, PaintShop Pro, and Adobe Photoshop, other software can…
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Bob HagelDecember 14, 2020

Tools to Complement Your Laser Engraving Machine

If your laser engraving machine is your primary tool, you will add to the types of projects you take on…
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Bob HagelNovember 30, 2020

Computer and Software Needed for Laser Engraving

Most any modern-day PC will operate your laser. What you choose is based on the graphics software (and perhaps other…
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Bob HagelOctober 14, 2020

Handling Customer and Third-Party Products

Valuing your time is especially true when personalizing a customer’s product and working with a third-party firm such as another…
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Bob HagelSeptember 29, 2020

7 Laser Engraving Production Tips

Shop layout Every once in a while, during low volume times, it’s good to look at your production shop layout.…
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