While my wife and I were waiting for our Glowforge to show up, we decided to pass the time by remodeling our main bathroom. Consequently, we now have a mostly-gutted bathroom that we should probably be working on instead of playing with the new toy. However, we’re taking advantage of the opportunity to dress up the new tile before we put it in. First one:
Here’s the important bits: Material: 12"x12" slate tile (Montauk Blue Slate Tile - Slate Flooring - Slate Countertops)
Operation: Set to Manual Cut, but with low enough power to just engrave
Speed: 500 vrooms
Power: 10 pewpews
Height: 0.300" (I used the nominal height since my calipers have decided to go for a walk…)
It came out pretty close to how I wanted it to (fairly understated), though I’m not sure how it’ll look after it’s sealed. There was a slight darkening of the traces in spots where the pattern made tight curves, but the burnt patches are small enough that they’re hard to see.
Looks awesome.
We just redid the kitchen and I had commented to the wife back then about what we could be doing with the wall tiles when we were hunting designs. (you have no idea how hard it is to get 4” tiles these days - for some reason)
Glad you got your GF before you made that part of the room. Looking forward to seeing the ‘complete’ look.
Very cool idea! Great subject too. Ammonites are a favorite, a cephalopod from the Jurassic.
Would be hard pressed to look around and not see something that could be embellished with our lasers.
However, we’re taking advantage of the opportunity to dress up the new tile before we put it in. First one:
