I love my driller....but when his engraver broke he decided not to replace it.  So when I buy a ball from him, it doesn't have any ID that it's mine. And I know that a lot of people don't engrave their stuff nowadays cause they want to be able to resell it.

Well... I generally keep everything I buy (that's another mental issue to be dealt with in a separate posting) and I prefer to have some kind of identification on a ball. Sometimes first name, sometimes just 2 initials. But SOMETHING that I can point to in case my equipment gets moved either on purpose or by accident.

And I know I should be able to go to any other pro shop and ask them to engrave the ball, and am willing to pay them for it ($5 or $10 would be reasonable, yes?). But I'd prefer to take it somewhere that can do a good job on it, and yet won't care where I bought it. Is there such a place that I am overlooking?

Has to be a regular brick and mortar store.  Even though I want the ball engraved, I'm not interested in sending it away for that. And probably a chain store that has a presence in several states (unless anyone knows of a place in the North/Northwest suburbs of Chicago.

Or is there some easy way I can engrave it myself? Without any special expensive tools?

Thanks for any feedback.

Thanks.  I think I'd still rather have someone with a steady hand and some experience do the actual engraving (if it's a power tool like the Dremel), but I suppose I could practice on another ball first.