Thank you so much! I'm going to use this for marking tiles as part of an art project, and really appreciate this straightforward resource!

Papa, thank you for teaching me how to engrave on ceramic tiles. Couldn’t get mine to work so now I can’t wait! Thank you again!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome. Have fun with your projects

I am sooo happy you showed the can of paint! I didnt know whether to use flat or gloss! Fantastic and Thank you for showing us all

@PawPawsWorkShop

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Watching the signs as I go. You're sure one top-shelf artisan! 💯

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Can't wait to try something like this. Great job and project.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It’s a great project

This is the most exciting thing I've seen in a while. Very nice.

@PawPawsWorkShop

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Great Video. Quick and to the point.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Thank you Paw Paw! Great information indeed.

Excellent work sir. I’ve been waiting for this and once again it was worth the wait. Thanks 👍🏻

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. I’m glad that it helped you

@thebeardedcountryman

2 жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop I’m still having sooooo much trouble though trying to get a decent photo on a tile. I think I could have probably decorated a bathroom the tiles I’ve gone through 😂

Looks awesome. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching

Great video, all your videos are great. You explain things well. Thanks

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I appreciate your comments. I’m very happy that the videos has helped you

Thank you! Very cool! Best regards from Russia!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. Thank you for watching.

Thank you for your video's ! In this video I learned that to convert mm to inches and vice versa when setting the speed using lightburn , you just go to the setting box and select the opposite of what your using for speed and go back to your work and it shows what the number is ether way . Thanks I have been wanting that information . This will make it so when other people post there setting you can easily see what they are as per the settings you use. Keep up the good work !

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@JohnFlower-NZ

Жыл бұрын

I'd prefer to be given settings in millimetres.

Beautiful work!! and great vid!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Great idea, will give it a go when I get time

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Great

As many others here have said THANK YOU SIR for taking time to help noobies like me get started in this fantastic hobby.! The compass tile you did in this video is a true work of art! Thank you once again for sharing!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. It is my pleasure to do the videos and I’m happy that it helped you

@mikekiske

2 жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop Hi there. How are you? The laser used was a Diode type? Thanks.

@dangerous8333

Жыл бұрын

I hear what you're saying but I usually reserve the term "work of art" for something that's made by hand using hand tools. They can be electric, but hand tools all the same. Sometimes the Art comes from the difficulty of the project. Laser cutting is not difficult at all. Grandmother's do it. I'm a traditional woodworker and Craftsman, but I also use laser engravers, and I consider the two things entirely different. Having said that, can you make art with a laser engraver. Yes you can. But that art comes from the designing. A simple compass like this laser etched on a tile (while cool) doesn't qualify. I think if you asked most craftsmen who also use laser engravers they would agree. The only people that think they're making art with CNC machines are people that have no real skills, or real artist that can design extremely detailed and intricate designs. This is in no way a criticism of this channel. Just as someone who's been an artist for 30 years now I want to make sure we differentiate between the two, before real Art is lost. We are already on the edge of that cliff.

That is awesome work!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Another great job.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much and thank you for watching

Very informative, thank you for posting 👍

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Thank you for sharing your wisdom

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Great idea! Thanks!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Nice work on this. I have been doing this and similar processes on tiles for a while now. More recently, I have been working with colored paints and multiple layers. Some of the results have turned out very nice. Keep up the great work.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

Such a great tip. Thank you!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Hi great video i did one tile using the same spray, which come out lovely and dark nice deep engrave then i did another but it come out grey not dark as previous you can still feel the embossing the same depth into the tile, have i over or under sprayed the paint or not let it dry long enough im puzzled same exact settings were used on both my tiles

Your videos are fantastics! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇷

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

very nice! Ciao from Italy!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for Louisiana

Very good job bro! You have my membership👍

@PawPawsWorkShop

20 күн бұрын

Thank you so much 👍

Me encantan tus trabajos e ideas

Completely Outstanding!!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@alcharlescap

2 жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop Thanks to your video I bought a Ortur Laser Master 2 last night and I am heading to Home Depot this afternoon! 100%!!!

Very nice tutorial. Short and easy to understand. Would you use a different color paint if you used a different colored tile?

Looks great! I’m gonna have to try this with my jtech

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

You should! Let me know the results.

Great job!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the helpful information

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Glad it helped you

Thank you very much for the video, this method is a very interesting and unexpected solution!I am happy to subscribe to your channel and look forward to new works!You are a very smart and creative person, a friendly greeting from a simple person from Russia!

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome. I appreciate you watching my videos.

@thekeramaprint

Жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop thanks

🔥 great work. thank you for fixing that S that just looked horrible.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Yes it had to be fixed

Great job 👍

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

I gave this a try and was surprised at the outcome. I took a photo ran it through a sketch app, then loaded into Lightburn. I like it better than painting the tile black then lasering. Thanks

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for watching and letting me know how your project turned out

You have so many ideas.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Great Video!! thank you!!!

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome. Thank you for watching

I think it’s great, keep it up.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

I really like this video, Thank you

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. I’m glad it helped you. Thanks for watching

Thank you for showing the metric speeds

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

The lighter S was the first thing engraved, often laser engraver have heat issues where the laser puts out lower laser power until it warms up. The result is that the start of the engraving is dodgy. One solution is to do a small throw-away engraving immediately before the main engraving, so the laser is properly hot when the main engraving starts. Another solution is to check and adjust/repair the electronic laser driver, and I remember one case of this working well with a 40w tube laser. So it's a warm-up issue. Hope that helps. 🙂

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I’ve found after cleaning mirrors and adjusting any to center. If still lighter on one end the height maybe needed adjustment so I made fully adjustable bed on all corners. But now that I write this sounds like you got it lol nice video by the way keep it up

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the info

Good job bro, appreciated in 2023 :)

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

you are very good ... thanks for the information....

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome

I had added a comment about why you use paint but, I started looking at the other comments and saw it had been asked and answered. What would the tile look like if you did not use any paint. Would it just stay white or would you still get a black engraving but just be much lighter. I would love to see a video of something simple engraved on tile without any paint just to see what it looks like. Thanks and great video.

Hi Paw. I'm one of your biggest fans/students. When it comes to laser engraving, i can learn easiest from your videos rather than others. Was just wondering, have you ever done a video on photo engraving? If so would you mind sharing? I'm anxious to try on painted tile or canvas but don't know where to begin. I have 40 watt diode. So when I follow your settings everything is spot on. Thank you for sharing and all you have helped me with. Larry

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much. I appreciate your support and I am very pleased that you are able to learn from my videos. I have not done any photo engraving yet. I plan on doing some soon. I plan on doing the images on wood and on canvas.

Great video and I've watched it many times... is your video speed raised? My laser is going super slow compared to yours... how long did it take?

I suspect the "lighter S" is due to the tile not being uniformly "flat" edge-to-edge, corner-to-corner. Very cool ... thanks for sharing.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

That area was completely flat. Thanks for watching

How do you set the x and y to the center in lightburn? I have an ortur laser. This is an amazing idea and and amazing project.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

I use the center point as the origin point. In Lightburn the small green square is the point of origin. Align the laser to the same point on your project

You have a nice way of explaining and sharing what you do. I’ve just taken delivery of my XTool Pro 20W here in the UK. I like the compass image. Is that readily available 🙏🫡

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I found the compass on a Google search

Paw Paw I found out what I did wrong. Testing a new tile and so so good!!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

Thank you for taking the time to make this video, I noticed your image mode was set to Fill would using jarvis mode yield similar results?

@PawPawsWorkShop

7 ай бұрын

Most likely it would however you just need to test the settings to get the best results

I have done several of these. If you paint the tile red and then laser it or black, they really look sharp. Good work.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for the tips.

@AnthonyM1

Жыл бұрын

Laser it or Black?...what does or mean?...Thanks

Thank you

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome

I have no idea why KZread suggested this video to me but I'm sure glad it did. +1 Sub

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Welcome to the channel

Great job. Did you tried others kind and brand of prime? This is because I don't have access to that particular prime in my country. Thanks

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Just give it a try. See what works

Great job. That really looks clean! Do you have to use white paint? What will other colors do?

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

The paint must have titanium oxide in it to work

what laser model did you use? what is the max output it can output? 20w?

Thanks for this! Is there a reason why we have to put paint over the tile? I understand the need when engraving glass, but can't the laser eye see the white ceramic and just etch without another layer?

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

The titanium in the paint is what makes this work. It’s called the Norton White Tile method

Great video. How much time to finished?

Forgot to ask have tried using a colored tile, such as yellow, green or whatever? What watt is your laser?

Love your channel by the way. I know when you use a special coating like Cermark on mugs and glass, that is made for etching. But I'm not understanding how the spray paint is achieving the same thing. Which is great cuz spray paints a lot cheaper. Will it work on metal also like the Cermark?

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

The chemicals in the paint are oxidized when heated by the laser and burned into the materials resulting in the black color permanently etched in the ceramic.

@marcodeoliveira9933

2 жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop thanks. I always learn so much from you.

Great video, thanks Probably a stupid question, but why not to use black or dark paint that is more less reflective compared to white paint ??

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

I tested the black tempera paint on the glass. I believe in testing, testing, testing.

Hi Paw Paw. I noticed you are using a fox alien laser. Did you connect the laser directly to the inventibles controller or did you have to use a controller from Fox Alien? I inherited a 15W unit from a friend but it has no manuals, wires or anything. Trying to figure out how to hook it up.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

The FOXAlien laser has it own controller on the machine itself. The xcontroller on the XCarve does not have all of the necessary laser control elements. I have a JTechphotonics laser for the XCarve and it has it own controller for the laser that is connected into the xcontroller.

When you set the laser to the center of the tile, does it matter where on the computer screen the graphic is placed? I’ve tried setting the laser at the lower left corner of the tile, when I click “frame”, it frames the correct spot. But when I click “start”, the laser will just travel to the lower left corner of the machine bed without doing anything else.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the computer must match. If you are using Lightburn, the green square is the origin point. No need to home the machine

awesome

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Hi mate super great tip, what safety glasses are you using?

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I like the red lenses that block the 455 wavelength

Greetings from germany, thx for this video. I have the F1 from xtool. I will try to engrave acrylic.

@PawPawsWorkShop

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Best of success. Thanks for watching

Hi, thank u sooo much sir!!!! Did the titanium oxide in the spray paint make the tile art black? thx amillion

@PawPawsWorkShop

8 ай бұрын

Yes, the laser is burning the titanium oxide. That is the chemical reaction of the laser and yes the burning causes the black

Papa this is a great video! I have watched at least a dozen times and can't wait t get my Reizer 20 watt laser set up. I have a couple questions. 1. where did you get the compas rose file from? 2. Did you have to use inkscape or something like that to get it ready to engrave. I already have about three ideas using this file for gifts.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

The compass rose just came from Google images. Yes, I use Inkscape to convert to svg and to clean up the file. Thank you for watching

@mikehanzlik1819

2 жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop I have tried several different pictures from google and still have not been able to get it right. It would be great if you could do a video on how you make the compass rose file to burn in lightburn.

Have you tried using zync spray instead of the white spraypaint? It leaves a darker etch and washes off easier.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

I have not tried that yet

Perhaps on initial startup the laser hadn't quite reached max. Output. Lovely result thanks.

@PawPawsWorkShop

14 күн бұрын

Yes, you are right

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this VERY informative video and EVERYTHING worked out exactly the same for me! XD Now my question...how do I have to prepare a black porcelain plate in order to laser a picture onto it? THUMBS UP for the video and PLEASE keep it up! THANKS from Germany XD

Hi The problem with the (S) usually is due to maladjustment on the mirror of the laser if yours have mirrors, when you engrave in the top part that won't happen but as the laser goes down and get far the laser will start hitting less centered on the pointer inner hole, an adjustment on the mirrors leaving the pointer on the bottom right of the engraving space of the machine should fix it, I had probably done this easy fix 20 times with my machine Best Luck Fixing it

@laramie371

Жыл бұрын

Did you not see the diode laser moving over the tile?

Hello Sir, thanks for the Video. I like to know, what kind of graphics the compass rose is. Is it a vector or a bitmap (rastergraphic)? Thanks for showing this cool trick and merry xmas from germany!!

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

This is a svg file

i cant get mine to look good at all. 15 watt otur master 2.. cant get it black. to bad i cant post pic of it here. im i laying the paint on too thick? i have also used titanium dioxide and not getting anything either. i wonder if im laying that on too thick? any advise, please. thanks for video.

Thank you for answering a few questions before I could ask. I've seen many of these tiles videos and almost everyone talks about removing underlying paint color. I had been wondering if it can actually go into the tile. I don't want to potentially sell something and get complaints the coffee cup scrapes off the design, even with a seal coat.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

No, the paint will not go into the ceramic. It’s not porous. Thanks for watching

@RoseKindred

Жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop Opps, I don't think I phrased it right. I was previously wondering if the laser actually went into the tile instead of just removing the spray paint layers. This was the first one I have seen that said it was permanent instead of layer removal. So, thanks for answering a question I had for so long at roughly 7 minutes in.

Hello, thank you for your Videos. I have a question, where do you have the air assist from? I'm searching since a longe time for a assist for fixed diode lasers. Thank you for your help. Best regards Jochen

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Many people use air pumps designed for aquariums. FoxAlien has an air pump that I just received and I have a link in the description below to their site. Take a look. This is an affiliate link so if you purchase it helps me and costs you nothing extra.

@kettioriginal

2 жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop thanks for your answer and your support. 👍🏻

Hello! Very nice work. I’ve been trying to get this one done but can’t seem to get it to come out dark enough. I’ve tried all up and down the scale and can’t seem to get it as dark as yours. I do not have air assist. Any suggestions??

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

What paint are you using?

Thank you for your video. Interesting and I will buy Rust Oleum spray to try. Can use the one where the White paint is Matt instead of Gloss.?

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can! Smokey beige works well also. It’s the titanium oxide in the paint that makes this process works

@KatoriaLuke

Жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop Thank you for your quick response.

This is so cool! Will definitely be trying this. Does anyone know why you have to paint it first though? Also, does the color of the paint matter?

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

It the titanium oxide that is in the paint that makes this process work. Thanks for watching

nice video !! do you use Maxblock x tool D1 for engraving ceramic ??

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

I will be doing some videos very soon with it

Congratulations on the great video. What kind of laser are you using? Diode or CO2? What power does it have?

@cw4608

Жыл бұрын

At 1:42 it shows a Fox Alien 20w diode laser.

@cw4608

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the excellent tips!

I like the idea of centering the laser in the middle of a piece, but how does that work? I guess I don't understand. I did a search to no avail.

Great results! Don't you need to add a top coat of some type since you burned through the ceramic coating?

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I will need it. Time will tell

@pblais404

2 жыл бұрын

That laser is not powerful enough to burn through the ceramic coating. That can be shown by trying to burn the same image without the paint. NOTHING will burn

I may give the Tempera paint a shot in my sprayer to see if will work that way to avoid the brush issues.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

It will work just fine

I engraved on blue tile worked great when I engrave on white tiles it doesn’t burn black how do I get it to burn black

How long did this take approx.

so what if i want to "mass produce" a bunch of tiles? do i still use basic spray paint in a can on each individual tile, or can i shoot them with a larger volume spray gun on a set of a dozen or so placed on card board? not that familiar yet with lasers and paint, so was curious if all paint would react the same? brother in law works at an auto body shop and has access to spray guns and paint booths where i could paint a couple of dozen at a time to prep them ahead of time.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

That should work just fine.

Possibility for the bottom of the S is that the laser has not fully started to fire. Often have to run a quick small file to get the laser fully firing before running any work files when starting the laser for the first run of the day.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Great information. Thank you

@dancollins1012

2 жыл бұрын

I looked up the laser diode in the video and the specs say "operating range 40-75'C", so the problem is almost definitely a warm up issue and can be worked around as you suggested. I googled around and found a PhD thesis "A novel laser diode wavelength stabilisation technique..." by Abdullah Asmari. The thesis claimed wavelength is dependent on temperature (due to thermal expansion of the relevant micro geometries), and so initially poor engraving action could be due to an unsuitable wavelength at ambient temperatures. However, it's also quite possible that the 40'C minimum temperature marks the lowest input value of the control algorithm that produces normal power outputs. It should be possible to develop experiment tests to determine whether the wavelength or control system effect is the main contributor

Have you had the opportunity to try the Fox Alien Air Assist pump?

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

I just got one and will be doing a video shortly. Thank you for watching

Any advise on why my engraving wipes off the white tile? I have followed your video and had adjusted settings, but the lighter grey/white areas wipe off. And is there a file for LaserGrbl with the greyscale test that you are aware of?

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

What are your settings in GRBL? $30=1000

@kimcapps9893

2 жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop $30 1000

Hello, love the video.. But hope you can help me understand something.. Where did the black come from?! Spray painted the tile white, and laser engraved into black.. I'm missing something

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Titanium in the white paint burns with the laser

Hi, i have been trying to cut PAI 0,5mm to make stencils with a blue diode but it doesn't cut white plastic. Do you know a way to do it?

Hello my first video of yours. Tell me about your laser. ? Watts. what power setting are you using for this tile work? thanks

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to my channel. This is a 20 watt diode laser by FOXAlien. I’m using 20ipm and 60% power. Thanks for watching

Paw Paw. In this video, you stopped the engraving the project right after you had improved the Letter S which was great. However, If I wanted to go back to the original starting position for another tile, how do you do that? In Easel if you stop the project it automatically goes back to the datum point but I can't set up an auto return to zero (or origin) in Lightburn. Your advice would be appreciated. Thanks and regards, Colin P, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. P.S. Do you have an Etsy store?

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

If you are using current position it will start at that point. For many simple projects that is what I use. For others I will home the machine and us absolute coordinates. This allows you to repeat over and over.

Thanks. Is the compass rose graphic available somewhere?

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

This was from a simple google image search

Very nice! I've been trying to do the test burn with all of the little boxes in a grid pattern that are different speeds and go from 100% power down to 10% power. But everything wipes off with the exception of a few boxes. People are telling me that they get good burns at 750mm/min at 60% power. Anything faster than 200mm/min and less than 100% power wiped off for me. Hmm.

@PawPawsWorkShop

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the type of paint. Just a thought

@alpscraftshack599

2 жыл бұрын

The type of paint used & the preparation of the tile, as well as the speed & power settings all play an important factor, as well as the actual output power of your laser.