I’m so sorry, I only saw this now. Thank you for that response, I’m ashamed to say I haven’t even tried as work got crazy. Going back to this now that I have some time and I appreciate the tips!
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No worries Dana- life does get crazy at times…
What I engraved was for an art project (lower small circle) but if I was doing glass plates, I would invert the text and print on the underside. Less likely hood of any glass particles or microbes being near the food.
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Great point, and that is gorgeous, I would love to learn how to do all these great things you guys post!
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Has anyone else had a “put your crumb trey back your work must be 0.50 from laser”
error?
I got several this morning after 3 shot glasses engraves.
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Reverse the print and engrave on the back for an awesome effect . Ive made many signs in the back of tiles
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OMG this is a club I didn’t know existed. Can I join? I feel like it should be named the 3.1 club.
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Of course you can join! Welcome!
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Welcome to the forum.
You will find years and years of experience and helpful tips here.
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Since this popped up in my feed, I decided to run upstairs and take a couple of pics of my spice jars I
engraved probably in 2019.
On the picture below, you can tell I don’t cook with allspice hardly ever because the letters are all intact. The other 2 jars are showing wear. Whatever is missing on the top shelf is probably the one with the most wear. So the letters do start rubbing off so unless there is a new way, I wouldn’t make something like this as a gift.
Spice racks are from IKEA, removed wooden bar and replaced with clear acrylic.
I have been busy lasering, now have 2 Glowforge Pro (first arrived December 2018; broken but new one was shipped right away. Had a problem near beginning and was swapped out….a few years later not fixable but bought a refurb from Glowforge. Bought a newly refurbished Pro (still in box from someone that had ordered a larger laser; she now is a good friend. 
I added a portable laser for small events or when spouse spends a week watching the business when bosses are away.
Starting the business slow because I am still working full time (with occasional On Call)…but wanting to work towards having something when I retire. Most of our business is word of mouth and it is slow paced which is fine. If I could find a way to speed up adding descriptions (yeah use a chat AI) but it takes more time than I want to devote to it. First I am a maker, obviously as I have about 300 items to load into the store! LOL
Glad to see a lot of familiar faces!
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Interestng thing about paint is that it rubs off of smooth glass easier than on rough glass. This is also true of markers.
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Only thing I had on these glass jars was the Dawn dishsoap technique we all talked about way back when.
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That looks great! I also use the dish soap method, not only on glass, but acrylic as well.
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