Glass Engraving for Beginners - Part 8 - Make a water dripper and a glass holder
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- If you have decided that glass engraving is the hobby for you, you might want to consider making yourself a water dripper. Now, that is not absolutely necessary, and in this video I will also show you a couple of alternative ways of wetting the surface of your engraving, but it is quick simple and cheap to make one if you would like to.
I also talk a bit about the wooden jig I made to hold the glass steady while I work on it. Again, not absolutely necessary but a very helpful addition. By the way, if you don't want to make a holder, just use a nice soft, dark coloured towel and nestle the glass down in to it. It will get wet as you work (water dripper remember) but does a perfectly adequate job. - Навчання та стиль
Thank you for the video you really gave a great idea about the holding the glass that you work
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing the video, I just started with glass engraving, but with a teacher like you, nothing is impossible.
Practice is the best teacher. Good luck with your engraving.
You were very helpful! Thank you 😊
supergood video. beautifully explained. nice setup :D
Thank you. I hope you find it useful.
ah ha found it! Thanks
Thank you so much for explaining the steps, very helpful information
Very glad if I can help.
To keep the curling tube in the bottom of my reservoir, I weighted the end of the tube with a cheap bolt and two zip ties. Works great!
Maybe I should've waited for this video, I just finished my dripper in the past few weeks and the learning curve was embarrassingly steep lol!
Or maybe I should try to be a bit more regular with videos! Glad you got it all sorted out.
No worries :)
Thank u for ur video!!!
Thank you for watching
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Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this video. But I do have a question and sorry if I missed it. But the water dripping onto your engraving brace where does it go?
There is a plastic tray (the type gardeners use) underneath the glass holder where the water gathers. If you do that you can just empty it out every so often. Actually, to make my life easier, I drilled a small hole in it and, using silicone seal (the kind of stuff that is used to seal round the edge of a bath) I attached another short length of the air tubing. That then runs out into another bottle. That is absolutely not necessary though. Just the tray on its own works fine.
Not from Scotland, nor have I ever been there, but I do have considerable Scottish ancestry...I am also a cheapskate...never knew that's where it came from...Lol!
Well, now you know!
Thank you, I tried using water while engraving for the first time and was really happy with how much smoother the engraving looked. The problem is that my work "disappeared" as soon as I dripped the water on it and I couldn't see the finer lines. I have good lighting but I'm hopeful the light coming from behind the piece will help. I did have the work on a black background. I'm also hoping as I progress through your videos that there's one on fixing mistakes :)
Yes, that is the only issue with working wet, but with practice it gets easier to judge how much water you can use and still see the engraving. As far as fixing mistakes, if I ever find a way I will definitely let everyone know about it. Polishing out mistakes always leaves a distortion on the glass. The only thing you can do (if the design allows for it) is to add an extra bit (an extra flower, or leaf or whatever else might be appropriate) and engrave over your mistake.
Thank you for your posts. I'm new to engraving and you are so easy to follow. Are all Scottish ladies as nice as you?
I am always glad if the videos help and I hope you enjoy your engraving.
you'll get those who have issues &live to give thumbs down, nothing better to do. i will say theres just one little thing you could do, because i'm half deaf anyway love lol, it would be helpful if the volume on your mic could be turned up, my computer is at highest volume & i still struggle to hear you, but love listening & learning
I will keep trying to improve and make things better for you. If you are struggling to make out what I am saying, the subtitles might help a bit, until I can get the sound quality improved.
@@whatktmadenext thankyou love, ignore them haters, you do just dandy, truly enjoy watching
Wet hands and an electric Multi Tool? I use the flex drive shaft and maybe rubber gloves.
Yes, I use the flex-shaft attachment as well, and the Dremel is suspended well away from the immediate work area.
The risk of getting any sort of shock from the dremel is exceedingly low.
Just found out I'm scottish 🤣🤣
Well, good for you.