My Journey: When I first got into glass etching, I was most interested in the sandblasting process and was about to spend over $10,000 on equipment advertised by manufacturers. Just before I was about to make the irrationally quick decision, I decided to research other lower cost solutions and ended up piecing together a great setup for at least 90% less. My goal through our ebook and membership area is to provide this information so you too can save, while still etching like a pro. It is my aim that a small investment in this information will actually save you thousands.
Whether you used oil that isn’t made for glass cutting or the roller just clogged up over time, this post will explain how to take apart and clean a glass cutter. I haven’t used my Toyo cutter in a while and recently realized the head and roller blade was quite clogged up with gunk. I
In this featured post, we are showcasing sandblast etched gifts by Vicki of JR Laser Solutions. Vicki personalizes just about everything, including liquor bottles, tumblers, glassware & concrete pavers. The latest project is an interesting idea of a pie plate as shown in the photo. Check it out! As stated, Vicki does both laser etching
This post features Dennis Turner and his etchings done on the backside of mirrors and placed inside a self-made framed lightbox. This is a cool post because it uses the idea of what many of us are interested in: lighting up your glass etching and making a frame for it. But he included another idea
Jennifer Roy sent in the latest sample of etchings and I liked the ideas, especially of etching a whiskey bottle! The photo shows a whiskey bottle that she etched with the stencil positioned on the left and the completed etching on the right. Thinking more about this, you could etch a nice flask too since
A while back, I did this simple sandcarving of the Cincinnati Bengals logo on a large piece of glass. I had a wood frame that wasn’t being used so I cut the glass to size. By the way, this nice large sheet of glass was acquired free using the technique discussed here. After the logo
Because there was a lot of interest in Derek’s diamond-tipped scribe engravings and I never tried it before, I wanted to post a simple beginner tutorial here on how to do it. The 3 piece diamond-point engraving scribe set used in this tutorial can be found on Amazon here: http://amzn.to/2sg62m3 I first searched for a
If you can recall, a while back, we launched our own bottle cutter brand, Upcycle EZ-Cut, which was designed for cutting bottles perfectly. But the sad truth is even the best bottle cutter available can still have problems separating the score line and end up breaking incorrectly. The problem here isn’t always with the bottle
Kristine Watson was nice enough to share these photos of her collection of James L. Bruce’s engravings. She mentioned she was a personal friend of the artist and believes she has the largest collection of his “Living Mirrors”. I wasn’t familiar with the artist so she was willing to do this post as a tribute
Since it is the start of wedding season, I figured a post about etching glass items for weddings should be discussed. You might want to refer back to my post on my thoughts of the possible demand of etching gifts here which included estimated potential for the wedding market. I also was digging through some
I have talked about etching mirrors before and it is nothing new. We also featured many others like Steffen who lit his welcome sign with LEDs, Ernie who used LEDs to light up his framed mirror, Dana with a similar interesting piece, Suzanne with her Harley Davidson etched mirror, Schelesia with her Ford Mustang car
Another subscriber, Frances Haddick, sent in this beautiful rotary engraving of a dolphin on a green glass bottle. Another great use for recycling bottles into art! As she states below, the first photo shared on the left is before the highlights were added and the second is the completed engraving in a darker photo. She shared
