Re: Milling Glass

Hi Jeff,
I was looking to texture the glass and put peoples
pictures on the glass. I see people are doing this with
rock and glass using diamond bits. I found this to be too
slow and costly.
I pictured a booth where the glass sits. The spray gun
is moved by X Y units outside the booth just like a
sandblaster. Have you ever seen a sand blaster? You stay
outside while you hands go inside VIA rubber gloves. Just
like a dot matrix printer the gun goes back and forth.


John

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Jeff Swayze" <jswayze@o...> wrote:
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Sven Peter, TAD S.A." <peteryco@r...>
> wrote:
> > John
> How about coating the glass with a self-adhesive layer (mylar?)
then
> just using a Gerber cutter-type knife to cut the stencil out of the
> material? Peel off the cut-out portion and you're all set. I
imagine this is
> similar to the way they cut vinyl signs.
>
> Jeff
>
> > The glass beads are highly abrasive and get into everything
> > Its a really nasty stuff and not any xy table will last longer
then a
> > few weeks.
> > But what about using a plotter that puts a rubber paint (like for
roofs)
> > (anything hard gets worn by the beads, but rubber not)
> > on the glass. And then you make standard glass blasting.
> > Small trick instead of steel or tungsten jets use nylon or rubber
jets.
> > They are much cheaper and last the same as steel.
> > Have fun
> > Sven Peter
> >
> >
> >
> > kleinbauer@j... wrote:
> >
> > > 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
>
> <snip>