Re: Milling Glass

Hi Andrew,
I was hoping to find away to etch glass at a hobby
level. My friends own a glass company. They do custom store
fronts. Right now they have an artist who comes in and does
letter heads etched on the glass windows. The artist suits
up in a booth, he uses glass beads shot out of a sand blaster.
He uses masking tape and a razor to lay out the designs.
Someday I hope to build a device simular to a ink jet printer.
Instead of ink It will be shooting glass beads. Righ now I am
still at work redrawing my circuit board. I want my homemade
milling machine to etch the board and put in starter holes.
The first set of boards worked great, except for manual hole
layout and drilling process. I want to be able to supply
circuit boards for my kits. I am predrilling the hole
locations with the mechanical etching bits.

John

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Andrew Werby <drewid@l...> wrote:
> Perhaps you already know this, but if you can cut vinyl stencils
(with a
> plotter) you can adhere them to glass and use abrasive blasting to
carve
> your design into it. This is a lot quicker and easier than trying
to mill
> the glass directly.]
>
> Andrew Werby
> www.computersculpture.com
>
>
>
>
> kleinbauer@j... wrote:
> Subject: Re: Milling Glass
>
> Hi,
> I listed the entrance point. I mistook the vinyl stick ons
> for glass etching. The site is still neat none the less.
>
> John
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Sven Peter, TAD S.A." <peteryco@r...>
> wrote:
> > Hello John,
> > This Dirk has quite a lot on his homepage. Very interesting but
> > way to much for a 2 finger eagle type writer like me to translate.
> > Everything is related with CNC, but I didn´t find glas
engraving.
> > Which entrance?
> > Sven Peter
> >
> >
> > kleinbauer@j... wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > > I found a site that shows how to mill pictures onto
> > > glass. I am hoping someone can translate the info a little.
> > > What is the tool the guy is using mounted in what appears
> > > to be a stepper as a spindle motor? You can step through
> > > the site with the buttons on the bottom or click on
> > > Folienschneiden mitder CNC Anlage. I know my last name is
> > > the German word for small farmer but I am of English descent.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://members.aol.com/DHaupt8195/
> > >
> > >
> > > John
> > >
>
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