Today I etched two plates…one wood, one glass plate from Dollar Tree. The good news is I finished etching the wood plate and loved the results. Bad news, I decided to add my name and date. The laser went back to Home and over wrote my etching.
I etched my first glass (plate). Good news, it came out perfect.Bad news, It fell out of the bag carrying it into my house and broke into a gazillion pieces.
Sounds like you’re having more bad news than good… You need to reverse that…
I’m sure you’ll figure it out… we’ve all had this happen… including the dropsy part…
Thanks for the photos…
The wooden plate looked so nice too, not sure about the glass one, someone broke it.
You’re doing great. It’s wonderful to hear from you.
Love it 
keep it up, can’t think of a nicer hobby.
Get a thin piece of wood and make sure it is put against a corner so its easy to put in the same spot every time. Measure the plate and place a circle to be cut that will hold it in lightburn. Put the to be cut out circle at easy to remember coordinates like x150, y150 or something. Save the lightburn file as “jig_glassplate” for easy reference.
Run the laser and cut out the circle to hold the plate. Now you will have a “jig”. A piece of wood made for a specific purpose.
In lightburn, use the circle you set to be cut out as a reference point to center your text over. You now have a piece of wood you can put to the same corner every time, with a circle that is cut with an exact sized hole to accept your certain type of plate.
Your lightburn jig file and the jig piece of wood will be used in combination to get repeated, exact results on a single file.
I made this jig for spatula handles to engrave sayings, and I wrote “index top right corner” on my file so I remember to put it in the exact same spot every time.
Sorry for the long post I hope this helped.
Oh boy! I kind of know what you mean, but that’s why brothers are born. I seldom understand what I read, so he is my go to for directions. He always tells me to READ. I READ and then ask him what it means.He will visit me at the laser and walk me through it. He finally knows I only learn by Show and Tell. 
P.S. Thanks for sharing…
Make another Glass plate it will be an heirloom for your family one day. I love it.
I have a couple clear blue plates I want to try out. I have many sibblings 
I sure like it. How did you circle your text? Just a path?
Hi, I Googled Online spiral text generator and downloaded as a .png. Spiral | Festisite
Yeah, I hear you when it comes to having a project nearly complete… then blowing it by forgetting such a basic thing as the home position. Jeesh, that’s too bad.
As regards making a jig to enable you to hold circular objects in the same location, have you thought about how to ensure the orientation of the object. I guess one would make a reference mark somewhere along the perimeter to correctly orient it - just in case you need to add something… like your name and date!
Oh, Lucy, like many here, I’d like to say that those errors will pass. Nah, they disappear for awhile then come back every now and then when you least expect or want them.
Great work, otherwise.
