Agreed all are wonderful, but the marble really caught my eye!
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One thing you want to remember if you are using the tiles as coasters…
they work great for a hot cup of coffee. however in the summer, with a glass that sweats, you can end up with a glass that simply moves right off the dang coaster and spills. I have seen this happen. startles the crap out of you.
I only use insulated mugs for my year round Iced T fix 
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“Floors and More” has some good prices also. Nice work!
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Beautiful! How did you clean off the excess marker on the Star wars design?
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I used rubbing alcohol, but that does fade the color some. Alternately, with a glazed tile, you can wash it off with water, but that takes some extra elbow grease.
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I have some earthenware tile, but so far, I’ve been to scared to try it. … This is giving me some courage.
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Never afraid to try a tile. Worse than happens is it doesnt show well. (I don’t recommend quarry tile for usefulness.)
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These are so very cool!
I am a brand new Glowforger (I started yesterday). I have questions? The black you are using… is that just sharpie? Also can you share what settings you used? Is there a resource somewhere that shows settings for different materials? Thank you for your time!
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Just sharpie for the black. Any permanent marker will work. Copic works, too. Settings vary depending on the material, a little. I believe we have a resource here with some commonly used settings, but i don’t remember where it is. @jules would know. I do have a tracking spreadsheet where I have some. For glazed ceramic, full power isn’t bad on an engrave, but can be problematic on a cut depending on a number of factors.
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Probably a lot of examples in the Beyond the Manual section, but here’s a link to the first one I saw:
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Thank you so much @Jules! We live in a 1940’s house with almost 80 years of left over tiles. I raided the garage and I’ve made about 30 tiles since that last message. I am totally hooked!
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I’ve got a few left from when we re-tiled the backsplash. I’m trying to save them for a bit, since I know that once I switch to tile, I’m probably not coming up for air for a while. 
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I don’t blame you. Tile is SO much easier than wood for me. I don’t feel like I need to watch it like a hawk and the settings are pretty cut and dry. I am still trying to figure out the best settings for wood and my results have been a lot less consistent. I’m trying a cork trivet next. Wish me luck 
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very nice!
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I’m also new to the GF, and any laser for that matter. I have the GF Aura. Would these settings be the same as far as all GF’s go?
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The Aura is a different kind of laser than the Glowforge Performance printers. The settings are not the same. The Aura can engrave tile, however the settings would be closer to 60/10/270. You need to learn about manual settings and how to conduct some tests for non Proofgrade material.
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Thank you. Yeah, it would be awesome if they had a setting uploaded, for all types of materials. But that would be too easy. Lol
I do however plan to keep the QR codes from the GF proofgrade material, in order to use on the same material that has no QR code(not bought on GF). I thought of that idea right off the bat and shared elsewhere. A lot of people thought that was a genius idea. I was surprised nobody else thought of it first. Lol
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There’s also a drop down within the laser that has all the PG settings programmed. It only shows a few at a time, but you can start typing in the box and it’ll bring up things that match what you type.
Diode lasers cannot work on white or clear materials, but I bet it would do a fine job on coloured tile or stone. I hope you give it a shot and create a brand new post with your results!
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Awesome. Thank you.
What if i use masking tape, so it isn’t white? Do you think that would work?
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And yeah, as soon as i make anything (no matter how it turns out. Lol) , I’ll def post! Thank you.
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