Well, if you've stumbled on in you should know what the Schorched Tavern is!
Long ago, this village was attacked by a dragon whose breath turned every home and shop into ash. All but my grandaddy's Tavern that is.
The first thing I had to do in order to start my adventure into engraving was to purchase an engraving machine. Of course. Truth is, I had no interest in engraving. It was my wife who had recently learned that a local library had one and you could use it as much as you wanted, albeit after you watched a ten minute video on how to use it. That fell through when we went to use it and learned it was down for the foreseeable future. Oh Well. Then I looked it up online and found one pretty cheap. By cheap, I'm talking sub $130 cheap. Around that price range. From personal experience, I've learned the hard way that it's worth investing into a better product than the one that's the most affordable. I learned that with a 3d printer. It's done everything I've want, just not at the quality I'm happy with, and for just a bit more money, I could have had a much better one, I learned later on. I've no real regrets about this as the experience I've gained was...