Dec 05 2006 A few months into a leave of absence from his career helping people from Nanaimo recover from addiction, Sean Deakin’s life changed dramatically.
Hours after attending a seminar for a self-employment program at Community Futures (Central Island), Deakin risked his own life to try to save a drowning man in the icy waters of Cameron Lake.
In order to save his own life, Deakin had to let the unconscious man go.
“I knew I was lucky to be alive and still with my wife and children,” he recalled later in hospital.
A few weeks after the traumatic event, he became motivated to follow his passion for carving stone and wood, along with an interest in technology. Before long, with the support of family, friends and the non-profit Community Futures, he was able to start Precise LaserWorks Inc.
His firm marries a Canadian-built CAMTech CNC Laser machine and software with Deakin’s creativity, which allows him to engrave images onto “just about any surface you can think of,” he said.
Photos, artwork and company logos can be precisely etched into anything from granite, marble, slate and tile, to wood and glass.
The service is unique on Vancouver Island. There are other lasers, but they focus on the cutting of materials. Deakin specializes in engraving and his work has already earned recognition.
He was recently commissioned to design and create the awards for the inaugural awards handed out recently by the Mid Island Science Technology and Innovation council.
The CNC laser also has other applications, Deakin has found, including servicing a demand for pet memorials. Those projects are especially important to him, since it reminds him of his former career of helping people – and of how one dramatic moment changed his own life.
__________________
To provide quality natural stone care, restoration and maintenance through a network of qualified natural stone professionals.
Please do not PM me for support. Please request help on the forums.
Linear Mode
