How To Laser Etch A Mirror
In this photo we ve engraved half of the mirror on the front of the mirror and the other half on the back of the mirror.
How to laser etch a mirror. Go into vector cut mode turn off all other lines then your cyan perimeter line setup your laser to cut through standard paper. In repetier click file load then find your file. Read on to learn more. Xt laser 1 935 views.
Setting your laser to the 0 0 point on your mirror and click print. For fiber laser source we put the mirror facing up. No tape your paper in place so you can use your laser to cut out a alignment template. Before running your file you should have already focused your laser to the height of the mirror surface.
I get a lot of questions about how i machine mirror acrylic and decided to make a video about it. Mirror laser engraving fiber laser engraving machine duration. Off history help about. The fiber laser is a different wave length so it passes through the top clear acrylic layer hitting and dissolving the thin bottom mirror layer.
Mirror engraving from the front and back mirror engraves beautifully with a co2 laser and allows you to create different effects depending on which side of the mirror you are etching. United states restricted mode.