Wine glass engraving attempt

[kittski]

I do think results can depend on the glass. The problem is the laser doesn’t really burn away the glass, it chips out little tiny pieces and in some glass it makes for the really rough appearance you got. I haven’t tried it, but my guess (emphasis on guess) would be that defocusing the laser a bit might help along with a high LPI setting.

Here’s some of the glass discussions I remember and there might be some setting in there to help you out.

Glass engraving.... cutting?

I make stained glass so I’ll be sure to test this when my pre-order arrives. Is the pro more likely to be able to score glass or would the 5w difference not make a major difference?

Still working on Glass

You got some excellent contrast there! What settings have you found work best so far?

Double sided engravede glass tile

I finally got around to working with a piece of clear glass subway told, purchased a while back at Lowes. It was a gift for my sister’s 60th birthday. I knew from previous sharers’ that the paper backing would turn black when engraved, and show through on the right side of the tile. For that I used a simple botanical image. Settings were full power and full speed. For the front I found a saying I liked and used Inkscape to lay it out. I engraved it at full power, speed at 850. After engraving…

Defocused Acrylic Engrave - just do it

I was doing some work for a friend last night and decided to try defocused engraving on a .25" piece he’s going to backlight… The results were SOOO much cleaner. All my engraves on acrylic are going to be defocused from now on. I’d recommend the same to anyone: [image][image]