So, the wife wants me to make drink coasters for the house. I have a CNC, no problem! Then she through a wrench in the plan. She wanted some kind of tile. The parameters she gave is that she didn’t want to have to worry about them getting scratched, or the design coming off if she wiped them down to…

Very nice. I like the silver color if it looks as good in person as it does in the photo. What color was the tile if you painted it white?

@Bob_D Thanks! The tile is just a basic white tile 4"X4". I picked them up from Lowes. They were $0.15 apiece. The idea, as I understand it, is that the zinc and or the titanium dioxide in the paint is what reacts with the laser. Basically an etching compound for it. This is just my limited und…

Yes it does, thank you. Can’t wait to try this out once my 1F arrives and I get setup.

Very nice what were your lightburn settings on tile

I’ll have to double check later this evening and get back to you. I used three different settings to get the design to come out the way I wanted.

I would say to make sure you set up a speed/power test in Lightburn with what ever paint you are using before getting started. With that being said, here are the settings that I used with Kyrlon Fusion gloss white that is about a year old. lol. Filigree = Speed 40 / Power 95% Floral capital letter…

Thank you again sir I will be giving it a shot tomorrow plan on making tile coasters for my pastor’s wife with all her kids names and her dogs appreciate it God bless

Thought I would give a go at making in darker, and filling in the uppercase letter. To be honest I think I like the first way better. lol. [IMG_8139]

Yeah I’m with you. The first one looks better to me also.

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I ran across this YouTube video the other day. See what you think…

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