Engraving 400 Wine Glasses with the LaserPecker LP2

Here's a little "follow up" on my YouTube tutorial on how me and my husband made 400 engraved wine glasses in 22 hours - Watch it HERE if you didn't see it already.

We are in no way affiliated with LaserPecker, but since that's what I used for this order, they'll now get some free promotion.

Long story short, I had a order for 400 engraved wine glasses, which was totally out off what I´m used to make (I usually make wooden products and laser files)

But I had this little handy LaserPecker LP2, that I already tested som engraved wine bottles on, so I figured it might be durable.

First thing first, I knew I had to design something to hold the stem, so I made this stem holder, which you can find the files for HERE

I did some tests on a LAV Tokyo 561 275ml white wine glass I already had and nailed it in the very first try, so I designed a logo for my customer, ordered more glasses (they wanted 365ml) and gave a price, which was accepted.

They logo the went with, took 3:33 minutes to engrave, so I knew I was looking at AT LEAST 1332 minutes / 22,2 hours work. Since I used my LP2, I also knew I had to paint the glasses prior to engraving, add rubber bands and clean them. But this was all something my husband and I could do while the laser was running (I even had time to design files and cut on my Co2 meanwhile)

With all this said, here's how to engrave glasses with the LaserPecker LP2 (10W diode laser)

1. Dust off the glass - Clean and polish them if necessary.

2. Paint the glasses, otherwise the laser will not fire. Some people use Sharpies, spray paint, line marking spray, acrylic paint, special paint - I used Tempura Paint.

To apply it fast and easy, we bought a cheap paint gun and covered the area for engraving.

3. Once paint is dry, apply a rubber band or tape on the lip of the glass, to prevent it from slipping on the rotary.

4. I saved my logo from Canva as a picture and uploaded it as a Bin (Fill) picture with 1.3K resolution. The settings for my glasses was 100% Power and 20% Depth.

5. Place the glass on the rotary and the stem in the holder. Use a level tool to make sure the surface you´re engraving are leveled out.

6. Adjust the height of the laser (110mm), though my distance was a tiny bit shorter and start the job.

7. Once done, you could swop out the glass with a new one and hit repeat. When using the rotary, you have to press the review button first, but you don´t have to actually review it, you can just press start/stop.

8. After engraving, remove the rubber band, rinse your glass under lukewarm water - we used a "magic eraser" sponge as well. Dry the glass with a towel and that´s it!

I hope you can use this little guide and I truly wish you the best of success with engraving glasses and maybe even making a good business out of it.