Beta project twelve (Acrylic in Wood Inlay)

[jkopel]

Printing /cutting silver for jewelry

Hey guys I’m sort of new here so I might be doing this wrong I’ve a question for all of those who have ever used a Laser cutting machine (which I haven’t) … Can I or could with my new glowforge cut some silver??? Kudos, Mary

Precious metal engraving?

Hello I am hoping to purchase the glowforge upon release. In addition to crafts I also produce silver jewelry will the glow forge be able to engrave precious metals? I read a post where it talked about being able to cut vinyl up to 1/4 inch I doubt i would ever need to feed that much silver through at once but would it be able to engrave 18gage silver its about 8mm thick?

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Laser removing resist for acid etching of metals?

I have found some examples already for copper, ie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTGZcY7WyYI but I am wondering if there is any other known tried and tested methods for using a laser to draw designs onto a resist coating over sterling silver or other metals for acid etching?