First appearance: Laser Graven Drinking Glasses

A while ago I laser etched my face onto a set of drinking specs in hopes of weirding out my new roommates. They didn't appear to notice. Or, at to the lowest degree, if they did notice, they never said anything. Some which way, it ne'er sparked the conversation I was hoping for (i.e. "Why do you consume your face on all your glasses?"). Regardless... these glasses make a fine addition to whatever home.

The Nice thing about etching glass with a 75 Watt IR laser cutter is the precision and item. I am able to get highly accurate images onto a round surface without much fuss. I highly recommend pulling your impressive Epilog optical maser cutter unfashionable of the closet and doing the same.

Step 1: Get over Get Stuff

You will need:

A laser cutter with turning attachment
I utilized an Epilogue optical maser cutter, but you can use whatever laser cutter you Crataegus oxycantha happen to have at your disposal.

Dish soap
This is recommended for coat the methamphetamine while engraving.

Tras cups


IT is recommended that you find specs that are fairly straight with minimal taper. This will result in the best print.

Blue painters record
The painter's tape measure is used for doing test etches on the tras and positioning.

A pencil
Pencils are generally useful!

Photoshop
The etched image file is fitted out using Photoshop. This is honorable what I use, but feel free to use whatever software is easiest for you.

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Step 2: Impound the Rotary Attachment

Turn on the optical maser cutter. Drop the bed to the bottom and remove the loved one comb venire.

Change state off the laser cutter. Adjust the pegs of the turn attachment into the pegs in the fundament of the laser cutter. Jade in the medallion cable into the socket unofficially of the laser cutter.

Turn the laser pinnace back on.

Step 3: Testing

Top your glaze over with blue painter's tape recording. Place it onto the rotary attachment with the larger incline of the chalk closer to the cut head and use the dial to align the glasses height until IT lays stage.

Raster cut the tape recording with the pursuing settings:
DPI: 300
Speed: 100
Power: 10

You can exercise the cut file attached under to get started. Keep in mind this file is of my face. You will need to reach one of your face.

Lick your measurements for your own transfuse and plan accordingly when making your image file.

Step 4: Construct the File

Open a picture of your face in Photoshop.

Use the lasso puppet to outline your face.

Once you walk-to the outline, copy your chee and paste information technology into a new document.

Now, apply the stamp filter to it such that it is a angry outline with a white fill. You should straightaway be every put back.

Step 5: Easy lay the Glass

Apply a small amount of dish soap to the turn up of the glass, being particularly aware not to get the soap on either end of the cup. If you stimulate max on the ends, the wheels along the rotary attachment won't grip and your glass will evenhanded spin in put back, causing the engraving to fail.

Dance step 6: Coat the Field glass

Cut out a small sheet towel. Soak it in water and the extort it out then with kid gloves remold it so that it is prostrate.

Place this newspaper towel around your glass. Smooth IT intent on exit any bubbles, but embody careful to save this off the edges of the glass as well, as information technology will interfere with its rotation.

Also, be careful not to let the paper towel convergence itself arsenic this may alter the results of the engraving.

Step 7: Place the Glass

Place the glass the rotary cutter with the larger sharpness closest the cut head. The glass will spin clockwise, so berth it as such. In opposite words, put it in there thus that the right edge of the paper towel is about at the 1 o-time position if its spinning clockwise.

Step 8: Etch the Glass!

Etch the glass with the next settings:

DPI: 600
Hotfoot: 100
Power: 80

Step 9: Halal IT Up

Wash away the glassful in the spigot with jetting water.

You May neediness to consider scrubbing the etching with a little wire wool to get rid of of some possible sharp edges.

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