Introduction to Glass

[tyskkvinna]

Hey all - long time lurker.

I have a CNC Mill which I use normally for engraving on wood, metal and plastics. In plastic usually nylon and UHMW. I want to start engraving on glass - plain glass as well as mirrors.

I read through all the old stuff here and found some information. But the threads are all quite old and not "quite" what I was looking for.

Any tips and tricks I should know? I assume I need to get some diamond tip bits for working with it. Have not gotten them yet. I'm just interested in engraving them, possibly cutting relatively simple holes.. not shaping the pieces. They're going to go in frames when I'm done.

Thanks for any insight!

[ssoptical]

I have been working with glass on a cnc for 30 years.
I have been waiting for someone to ask.
any questions or problems you might have let me know.
David.

[tyskkvinna]

thank you!

I am going to be ordering the bits for it sometime this week. can you give any suggestions? ones that work better than others? I don't really care where I get them, but I have a feeling I want more industrial ones than just dremel bits.

I am mostly going to be engraving and detailing images. Pretty small, think reading handwriting and such.

[ssoptical]

for routing things i would suggest metal plated diamond,
we buy ours from a company called cdt their on the web under industrial diamond cutting tools.
David.