I want to etch a short message onto a perfume bottle for my wife (the bottle’s empty it’s just a keepsake), but the bottle itself doesn’t have a flat front, nor is it perfectly round, so I don’t think I can use the laser cutter even with the rotary attachment (tell me if I’m wrong about that though).
Does the makerspace have any other way of working around this? I’ve etched a shot glass at Kent university makerspace once about 10 years ago where I think we used a vinyl cutter to make stencils and some kind of etching paste on top of that, but I don’t remember the specifics, IIIRC the space doesn’t have a vinyl cutter, but I’m thinking it might be possible to make a stencil with the laser cutter if there’s an appropriate material and then stick that to the glass
Any ideas would help, and I’ll be in the makerspace this evening doing an unrelated project if anyone’s free to talk about it.
Yeah, I found that since I made my post , it sounds ideal though there seem to be a lot of posts about it going out of action and coming back, do we know if it’s in working order at the moment? I can look this evening since I’m planning on going anyway but I wouldn’t know what to look for to tell honestly.
I wouldn’t rule out using the laser cutter. I believe it depends on the curvature and whether focus can be maintained with the depth of field of the lens. If you give the distance from the highest point to lowest, lasertechs should then be able to advise. If it’s e.g. 5mm, that might be doable even though it’s not perfectly flat.
, it sounds ideal though there seem to be a lot of posts about it going out of action and coming back, do we know if it’s in working order at the moment? I can look this evening since I’m planning on going anyway but I wouldn’t know what to look for to tell honestly.