Most people don’t realize the true versatility of CNC routers. By looking at CNC routers in a different way, you can start to see all kinds of things you can do outside of wood carving.
REMOVE THE ROUTER AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
When you remove the router the router from the equation, you have a CNC machine that moves around in 3 dimensions. What if you attached a pen? Then you could draw anything you can design.
This is effectively what you are doing with glass etching. A glass etcher is a pen on steroids. Only you don’t have to remove the router.
You attach a good quality diamond etching tool made for your CNC router. The tool below was made for this specific reason. It is a WidgetWorks 120-degree diamond tipped engraving tool.
There are a variety of diamond-tipped engravers. However, none are designed to work with your router like this one. The WidgetWorks diamond engraving tool has spring-loading allows easy adjustment to the applied pressure without fear of breaking the glass. It has a 0.5″ stroke depth, enabling you to engrave extremely fine details to being aggressive in your depths.
