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Thread: new toy and technique I've been playing with - glass engraving

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    Beautiful work Lawrence!
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    Imagine the Helmet Case with a line of Green or Blue Strip LED's on the top or bottom edge of the glass....

    WOW... I have a Plotter Cutter too... They say it will pay for itself over and over..... If you get one that has a photo eye or LED Pointer, you can do things like print stickers and use the eye or pointer to put it back into the cutter and line it up with the registration marks.....

    Another thing you can do like the glass is to apply it to the BACK of a Mirror and sand blast off the reflective and then paint with common latex paint.... They do it with a laser but the sand blast is doing the same thing.... I have seen some done in a few colors, lasering off the paint to add fine detail of another color...

    Good Job !!!!

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    Nice work.

    Make the Cut software is a good software to use with vinyl cutters. I use it for paper die cuts.

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    I didn't expect to find this here. Haven't been here since 2007. I bought a Cameo about two weeks ago and it is still in the box. I have plans to get it set up this week. Looks like great fun.

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    Welcome Back... A Vinyl Cutter will pay for itself over and over... A GREAT Investment...

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    Quote Originally Posted by lawrence View Post
    Well, I got a new toy to accompany my Carvewright- a silhouette cameo plotter/cutter. The last couple of days I've been having fun doing glass etching. I started out with etching cream - but didn't like the effect


    I moved on to a small sandblaster (air eraser from harbor freight) and the effect has been much better
    my second etch was OK

    by the time I got to my third, I was helping out a friend and "got it"

    Pretty fun, and I'm having a blast-- I'm more than happy to answer any questions you guys may have. I think this will be a great compliment to my CW and I look forward to future projects
    Lawrence
    Lawrence- what software are you using?

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    Make the Cut software is a good software to use with vinyl cutters.

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    What is it you don't like about the cream? I bought some a while back but have not used it yet.

    Nice Job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brdad View Post
    What is it you don't like about the cream? I bought some a while back but have not used it yet.

    Nice Job.
    I was wondering the same thing.

    Lawrence, your glass looks great.

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    We've been using our Silhouette Cameo to cut stencils for air erasing. We are also using a sand blasting box and loving the whole process. I'm still using the Silhouette Designer software but hope to add MTC later.
    Fun!

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