March 4, 20188 yr Popular Post Thanks a bunch everyone. 19 hours ago, Gene Howe said: How does one etch a mirror? Gene, the process that I use is to create a vinyl decal that will be the stencil. I have a vinyl cutter and use Adobe Illustrator to create/edit designs to be used. Using the stencil I then sandblast the glass or mirror. With mirrors the design can be done either on the surface of the mirror, or reversed and etched on the back side and painted. I thought that I had posted up a walk through of the process, but that must have been on the Wood site a few years ago. If you (or others) may be interested I can get up some pics and a step by step. I actually have several "wedding mirrors" to do right now. Most of the time spent on these projects are at the computer doing the design work. Here are a couple pics of mirrors showing the difference between surface etched and back etched and painted. The largest project I have done was a glass door for a gun cabinet. The smallest are some 4 oz. juice glasses so far.
March 4, 20188 yr Those are really handsome, Cal. Thanks for the explanation. I'd be interested in seeing a walk through of your process. Which brand of cutter do you use? Edited March 4, 20188 yr by Gene Howe
March 4, 20188 yr Thanks Gene, I will start doing one up. The cutter that I have is a US Cutter model SC. While it is a "value cutter", it is not their cheapest. I have been real happy with it - it has paid for itself several times over. I have really "cut back" on my outside work with it now, but still keep it busy. Now, the AI design program? That has a heap of learning curve to it, and I still learn stuff with just about every new project I take on.
March 5, 20188 yr great news: the guy who wanted my cherry bowl got it and loves it. and i got a nice check in return. and.... i mentioned doing a bandsaw box, so now he wants one of those too, his last name initial is the shape. "W" in this case. so i'm on the hunt for a good looking font. might even fill it full of M&Ms when i send it. i'll tell him those are actually W&Ws, you just have to turn them around a bit. it'll be cherry too, with a Wenge accent. i'll start on this this coming week. already confirmed that i have the lumber in hand.
March 5, 20188 yr 1 hour ago, DAB said: might even fill it full of M&Ms when i send it. i'll tell him those are actually W&Ws, You could fill it with the blue ones and tell him they are double"V"'s. just saying, Herb
March 5, 20188 yr 13 hours ago, DAB said: great news: the guy who wanted my cherry bowl got it and loves it. and i got a nice check in return. and.... i mentioned doing a bandsaw box, so now he wants one of those too, his last name initial is the shape. "W" in this case. so i'm on the hunt for a good looking font. might even fill it full of M&Ms when i send it. i'll tell him those are actually W&Ws, you just have to turn them around a bit. it'll be cherry too, with a Wenge accent. i'll start on this this coming week. already confirmed that i have the lumber in hand. Can't wait to see that one, DAB. The W&Ws sound like a hoot, too.
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