Glass Engraving booth + Mix

[k4mrc]

i am going to be buying a Glass Engraving booth in january, who supplies the best? and is it possible to get made to size?

who is the best for the mix (powder) ?

[ANDY]

it may be worth attending trophex before making a purchase

 

these people will be showing off their equipment http://www.crystalgalleries.co.uk/engra ... pment.html

[Lee]

When I had a go at glass blasting I used an old compressor, brought a sandblasting cabinet from seally tools & the sand direct from some company (can't remember their name) is cost me a couple of hundred quid to get going. I was glad I only made a small investment into it, because I hated it! stopped doing it after a coulple of years, not do glass on the engraver.

 

Lee

[Michael]

Right I've had it with glass engraving

 

A new diamond and ever since I've had it I still have to go over the engraving 20 or more times and it still dont come out, just looks a bloody mess

 

Just cocked up a crystal whiskey tumbler that a customer had brought in, which I will replace.

WHY, WHY, WHY!!!

Can't be a dodgy diamond, could it?

I can't pay £60 for a diamond every 2 items I engrave

 

[ANDY]

I've had nasty diamonds before, just send em back. I also believe they are not as long lasting as they used to be

 

I normally use the laser for glass

 

but i still do a fair bit with diamonds, I'm on my third diamond this year

 

out of interest how are you engraving items? static diamond? spring tip? pledge?

[ANDY]

just another thought,

 

with a spring tip, if your machine is moving around the letters too quick it will dance around on the surface and not engrave.

 

if you slow your machines travel down it will help.

[Michael]

Yes I use the spring tip with motor running and pledge.

I'm gonna try to slow the machine travel down if I can, although glass engraving is a preset on my machine so should be optimal settings

[Lee]

they didn't send you through a none spinning drag diamond last time by mistake?

[Michael]

No definitely composite diamond

 

I've just run the same job on said cocked up tumbler and slowed the feed rate down to 0.1m/min and it is much better.

Still some little parts of letters not cutting, but with a new diamond it might be ok

 

Cheers Andy

[ANDY]

\:D/ i use 8mm per second if that helps

 

then slow down to 5mm per second when diamond starts going off

[Gray]

Just sand blasted this. It took 10 minutes to mask and engrave. Would be curious to know how long something like this would take with diamond?

[Michael]

Would probably run into hours

 

How much we talking for a sandblasting setup?

Bet I'd need another shop to store it in as well, rooms a bit hard to come by in my shop

 

Looks fantastic rlj =D> =D>

[ANDY]

nice job rlj. probably looking at around half hour to diamond that

 

depending on your bed size you may have to do it in 2 hits

 

laser would do it in 5 mins