Our story
"He made me fall in love with it."
Walsh Engraving started with an empty slot in a high school schedule. Lucas Walsh needed classes to fill some open spots at Manson Northwest Webster, and a laser manufacturing class caught his eye. His teacher, Brian Nelson, saw potential — and when it came time for the next trimester, he told Lucas to take the class back-to-back.
After graduating in 2020, he bought his own engraving equipment in 2021 and started taking orders from a small shop at home — cutting boards, cake pans, one-off gifts for people who had no local option.
Word spread fast. In February 2023, Walsh Engraving opened its doors at 1603 3rd Ave S in Fort Dodge — filling a gap that had been sending customers to online shops for years. "A lot of my business comes from people who were ordering things online because there wasn't anything available locally," Lucas says. "When I started out, I realized there was a need in this area."
Today, Walsh Engraving runs a 105-watt CO2 laser and handles everything from single custom pieces to bulk corporate orders of 100+ tumblers, cutting boards, or whatever a business needs. We can offer just about anything.
105-Watt CO2 Laser
Professional-grade precision engraving