Lasered drinking glass

[Junior hall]

Wow Bill Cunningham That looks awesome you did the invert from the photo I cant wait until i am that good.

Now i see what you all mean by engraving the white parts of the picture only holly cow ( invert the picture ) My stuff looked like you know what i am just in shock that one day i can be able to do some thing like this

I bet that cost a nice pretty penny

Cant wait until i can do some thing like that

I wish i could learn this like i learned how to train dogs simple easy as we were taught ( kiss ) k.i.s.s. keep. it .simple. stupid.

[Bill George]

Junior you need to realize these guys just did not order a machine and start doing quality work. Most of us had some graphics experience and the basics under our belt before we started. The rest was learned via reading, searching and help from this Forum and others. Most of the folks on here are really good, above average... but it took years to gain those skills. You can't put that experience on a DVD and learn it all in a week or so.

I've had my laser almost a year and getting up to average skill level.

[Scott Shepherd]

Junior you need to realize these guys just did not order a machine and start doing quality work. Most of us had some graphics experience and the basics under our belt before we started. The rest was learned via reading, searching and help from this Forum and others. Most of the folks on here are really good, above average... but it took years to gain those skills. You can't put that experience on a DVD and learn it all in a week or so.

I've had my laser almost a year and getting up to average skill level.

Great post Bill!

I've run machines for 2-3 years before realizing it had a feature or two that was really important

[Dan Hintz]

I've run machines for 2-3 years before realizing it had a feature or two that was really important

Like the 'On' button... it works so much faster with it in the right position.

[Jiten Patel]

What is this "on" button you speak of and what does it do?

[Scott Shepherd]

What is this "on" button you speak of and what does it do?

It prints money

[Jiten Patel]

ahahaha or so the reps say!

[Dan Hintz]

ahahaha or so the reps say!

Why do you think all of these machines come with a print driver... !

[Junior hall]

at one time i thought they machine was good for target practice or getting frustrations out with a hammer. Then i got a hold of tech support and they remote access and i learned some things about the machine and how to do some things but other than that i was lost Still trying to learn as reading things i do not comprehend good as watching seeing it done i leaRN better.

Thanks ALL for helping me with millions of questions as they may seem dumb stupid or competitive but i want to learn this as i think these pictures are so beautiful I hope one day i can help the next person that you all have helped me Once again thank you all

[Keith Outten]

Bill,

Excellent work on the glass mug. I don't think I've ever seen glass work as good as yours, thanks.
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[Chris DeGerolamo]

Once you tweak the photo etching a good one becomes simple. This one was a cartoonized(?) Photo of a young ladies boyfriend. She wanted it on a mug. Mugs are great for photos..

I'd be interested in seeing the file you used for engraving on this mug....

[Bill Cunningham]

The original photo was supplied by the customer. I just tweak it a bit in photo paint until I think it looks good, then run it through the generic glass setting in photograv.(which also inverts the image) I have a coating that I put on glass that allows 'good' photos virtually all the time. I suggested this process here about a year ago. If you search my posts you will find it. It accounts for about 50% and picture tweaking accounts for the other 50% There is a glass etched photo of a housefly (enlarged) along with the actual engraving file. Look it up an give it a try and see how it works for you.

[Bill Cunningham]

Thanks Keith. Glass is my favorite medium to work with.

[chuck shaw]

Hey Bill, I just wanted to comment on the awesome work that you post, I hope that one day I'll be that good. two thumbs up!!

[Ron Gosnell]

Here is a post from Bill and his fly glass (hint: includes his secret coating)

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...t=#post2243029