Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Milling Glass

John;

I have seen beautifully etched glass panels and they were done with acid (cant remember
which one) the only problem is that glass etched that way is very easy to stain
regards
Mariano


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> > 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.
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