The wifey was wanting a Laser machine to do some craft and hobby and gift stuff for family and friends. While this does have a capability to do a lot of different projects it is extremely limited just by the fact that this is a Diode Laser system which essentially means that this is a low powered and slow system. For someone not wanting to wait an hour + between jobs/projects I would recommend looking into a CO2 based laser system but be careful of the Chinese imports as they have a multitude of variants that may not necessarily be what you are expecting to buy. For people looking to engrave on metal you need to be looking at a Solid State...view more