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mirror and glass etching advice needed
hello, i have been looking into the various glass etching proceses
which users of this group directed me to and have realised this is a very complex art form which has many different forms. I am a total newbee and wish to produce large simple designed shapes on mirror measuring aproximatly 1 metre square for table tops. I do require a good clean edge but am unconcerned about the length of time it takes to produce the piece and am willing to cut the pattern by hand since i have simplistic designs which do not require much skill or slight of hand. i do not have the money to invest in expensive high tech techniques or the time to learn them and am looking for "the cheats guide to large scale simplistic design glass etching". can somebody advice me if a suitable technique exists and if so what materials i should try using and where i can obtain materials for designs on this scale????....are materials sold on the roll??...i want of course to keep costs as cheap as possible as i plan to start a production run of table tops. Maybe i am being a bit too optomistic hoping that there is a method which suits my needs and abillitys but would apreciate advise if anyone knows of a suitable method many thanks in advance...........especially to those who have already advised. A |
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Isn't this about the third request of this type in the last week
"cheap etching" "do it quick"?? Using mirror for tops will require very careful handling to keep from chipping the edge or damaging the back. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit47.htm Latest notes "alpha" wrote in message oups.com... hello, i have been looking into the various glass etching proceses which users of this group directed me to and have realised this is a very complex art form which has many different forms. I am a total newbee and wish to produce large simple designed shapes on mirror measuring aproximatly 1 metre square for table tops. I do require a good clean edge but am unconcerned about the length of time it takes to produce the piece and am willing to cut the pattern by hand since i have simplistic designs which do not require much skill or slight of hand. i do not have the money to invest in expensive high tech techniques or the time to learn them and am looking for "the cheats guide to large scale simplistic design glass etching". can somebody advice me if a suitable technique exists and if so what materials i should try using and where i can obtain materials for designs on this scale????....are materials sold on the roll??...i want of course to keep costs as cheap as possible as i plan to start a production run of table tops. Maybe i am being a bit too optomistic hoping that there is a method which suits my needs and abillitys but would apreciate advise if anyone knows of a suitable method many thanks in advance...........especially to those who have already advised. A |
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Both this and also for newbi help, Hmmmm maybe a troll looking to see how
long we will bite? Jim "alpha" wrote in message oups.com... hello, i have been looking into the various glass etching proceses which users of this group directed me to and have realised this is a very complex art form which has many different forms. I am a total newbee and wish to produce large simple designed shapes on mirror measuring aproximatly 1 metre square for table tops. I do require a good clean edge but am unconcerned about the length of time it takes to produce the piece and am willing to cut the pattern by hand since i have simplistic designs which do not require much skill or slight of hand. i do not have the money to invest in expensive high tech techniques or the time to learn them and am looking for "the cheats guide to large scale simplistic design glass etching". can somebody advice me if a suitable technique exists and if so what materials i should try using and where i can obtain materials for designs on this scale????....are materials sold on the roll??...i want of course to keep costs as cheap as possible as i plan to start a production run of table tops. Maybe i am being a bit too optomistic hoping that there is a method which suits my needs and abillitys but would apreciate advise if anyone knows of a suitable method many thanks in advance...........especially to those who have already advised. A |
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don't table tops have to be tempered or at least safety glass?m
"Mike Firth" wrote in message ... Isn't this about the third request of this type in the last week "cheap etching" "do it quick"?? Using mirror for tops will require very careful handling to keep from chipping the edge or damaging the back. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit47.htm Latest notes "alpha" wrote in message oups.com... hello, i have been looking into the various glass etching proceses which users of this group directed me to and have realised this is a very complex art form which has many different forms. I am a total newbee and wish to produce large simple designed shapes on mirror measuring aproximatly 1 metre square for table tops. I do require a good clean edge but am unconcerned about the length of time it takes to produce the piece and am willing to cut the pattern by hand since i have simplistic designs which do not require much skill or slight of hand. i do not have the money to invest in expensive high tech techniques or the time to learn them and am looking for "the cheats guide to large scale simplistic design glass etching". can somebody advice me if a suitable technique exists and if so what materials i should try using and where i can obtain materials for designs on this scale????....are materials sold on the roll??...i want of course to keep costs as cheap as possible as i plan to start a production run of table tops. Maybe i am being a bit too optomistic hoping that there is a method which suits my needs and abillitys but would apreciate advise if anyone knows of a suitable method many thanks in advance...........especially to those who have already advised. A |
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don't table tops have to be tempered or at least safety glass?m
No, they don't - I collect thick broken glass fragments from the curbside trash pickup around here every couple of months for further selective breaking and then sagging and fusing. http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/warmglas.htm#BROKQTR [and page up to see tempered glass fragments being made into fused bowl shapes.] Code requires that glass that might be broken and fall on people be tempered or wired. The reason can be exemplified by my sister punching out a good sized glass pane in a window in our old house and then getting stabbed by the shape triangular point of a falling piece when she and mom were removing the pieces (50 years ago) I am told that if table tops were tempered, they would break when scratched by things on them - but the tough surface seems to me to be harder to scratch. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit47.htm Latest notes "Michele Blank" wrote in message ... don't table tops have to be tempered or at least safety glass?m |
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"Jim Redden" wrote in message .. .
Both this and also for newbi help, Hmmmm maybe a troll looking to see how long we will bite? Jim "alpha" wrote in message oups.com... hello, i have been looking into the various glass etching proceses which users of this group directed me to and have realised this is a very complex art form which has many different forms. I am a total newbee and wish to produce large simple designed shapes on mirror measuring aproximatly 1 metre square for table tops. I do require a good clean edge but am unconcerned about the length of time it takes to produce the piece and am willing to cut the pattern by hand since i have simplistic designs which do not require much skill or slight of hand. i do not have the money to invest in expensive high tech techniques or the time to learn them and am looking for "the cheats guide to large scale simplistic design glass etching". can somebody advice me if a suitable technique exists and if so what materials i should try using and where i can obtain materials for designs on this scale????....are materials sold on the roll??...i want of course to keep costs as cheap as possible as i plan to start a production run of table tops. Maybe i am being a bit too optomistic hoping that there is a method which suits my needs and abillitys but would apreciate advise if anyone knows of a suitable method many thanks in advance...........especially to those who have already advised. A Go to http://www.sandcarver.org/contents.htm there youŽll find tons of information or join the Sandcarving Group on Yahoo and read the archives. All you ever want to know is right there! Deet on Lanzarote Island |
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