Round objects fight every flat laser you own

Engraving cylindrical objects — tumblers, beer steins, dog bowls — is a pain. Flat laser machines are great for flat surfaces, not round ones. So you buy a separate machine to go inside your machine: a rotary.

Even with a nice rotary like the PiBurn, setup slows you down. You have to confirm it's compatible, fits with room to engrave, is perfectly aligned to the laser, and that steps per rotation are dialed in. Get any of these wrong and it's a costly mistake. And even when it's right, you're fighting gravity — especially on large, bulky, heavy items. That kills creativity and stops your workflow cold.

On top of that, most laser machines aren't portable, so you can't take them to trade shows and fairs — leaving real earning potential on the table.

Enter VertiGo: the portable, easy-to-use machine that engraves upright. Take it to any event and engrave tumblers, dog bowls, even buckets in real time. The live engraving stops customers in their tracks — and turns curiosity into sales.

Is the world ready for a vertical laser?

Other lasers struggle at this. Picture a typical engraver: a large, bulky machine like a refrigerator on its side. Powerful and capable, and it's given thousands of families and small businesses steady revenue. But it's huge, hard to transport, and hard to set up and operate.

Engraving has been stuck in the same horizontal lane far too long — especially for cylindrical work like tumblers, mugs, and bottles, items designed to stand upright, not lie flat. Makers have had to bend, twist, jig, tweak, dial in the rotary, and adjust steps just to engrave a simple tumbler. PiBurn rotaries made that easier — but what if it were easier still? What if engraving didn't have to fight gravity? What if gravity actually helped? And what if the laser and the rotary were one device?

VertiGo from LensDigital and OneLaser is the answer. The world's first vertical laser, and the first with a built-in rotary. No complicated setups — just stand your cup, bottle, bat, or rolling pin upright, lock it in, and let gravity and the laser do the rest. The Grip 2's self-centering jaw eliminates the guesswork.

Makers spoke. We engineered. From hundreds of interviews with high-volume tumbler engravers — including some clearing $100K+ a year — the same pain points kept coming up:

• Setting up a rotary takes too long, every time.
• Pulling the honeycomb and blades out breaks rhythm.
• Most lasers can't handle oversized or oddly shaped items — they don't fit, and they don't want to lie down.

We built VertiGo to fix all of it.

Why it works

1. Gravity makes setup easier. Going vertical flips the game. Instead of securing something sideways, the object stands upright naturally — gravity stabilizes it, the chuck jaw self-centers it, and you get perfect alignment every time. Push the button and engrave.
2. Built for fast, mobile, high-margin work. At markets and events, the real money is in on-the-spot engraving: fast, clean, portable. VertiGo sets up in minutes, fits on a countertop, and turns shoppers into customers in seconds. No chiller or water cooler — the 38 W RF tube is fan-cooled.
3. One machine, endless possibilities. Tumblers are over 25% of most engravers' income, and that's just the start. Engrave tall bottles, buckets, huge dog bowls — anything that stands up. No hacks. Just drop it in, tighten the Grip, and engrave.
4. No more fiddling with fixtures. For the first time the rotary isn't an add-on — it's the heart of the machine. VertiGo pairs PiBurn's Grip 2 with OneLaser's built-in autofocus and rotary-tuned firmware for speed, simplicity, and reliability in one unit.
5. Smarter workflows are here. Our goal was the easiest way to engrave anything that wants to stand upright. Makers who tried it became instant believers. The only problem? Once you engrave a tumbler upright, you'll never want to fight gravity again.

Built different, by design — with a partnership that makes sense. VertiGo is a deep collaboration between LensDigital, creators of the PiBurn, and ONELASER, a U.S.-based laser engineering firm that doesn't outsource innovation — they helped design the product here in the US. From the first sketch in 2022 to a production-ready prototype in 2025, every decision improved the maker's experience instead of cutting corners. That's how you build something genuinely new.

The VertiGo verdict. Laser engraving is overdue for a new form factor — one that works with gravity, not against it. With VertiGo, gravity becomes your ally, portability becomes another profit channel, and every tumbler becomes a canvas.

The VertiGo ROI

A flat-screen TV is an expense — it loses value just hanging on the wall. A fancy car, same. Those purchases have value: entertainment, utility. But they aren't investments, because you can't use them to make more money. A computer is an investment when you earn with it, an expense when you only play games on it.

VertiGo is an investment. It makes you money — and you can see exactly how fast you'll earn it back. That's your ROI, your return on investment.