Does anyone Engrave Stone?

[CaptainsLS]

I'm thinking I need a hobby.....wait.....no, a hobby that is still work! Does anyone engrave stone? House numbers, family names, etc. I like Trow & Holden products and I have my eye on the air chisel engraving kit. Is it something you can pick up fast? I know nothing about it, can anyone share details?
Chris

[cgland]

Try this
http://www.scmartwork.com

Chris

[Mbella]

I'm thinking I need a hobby.....wait.....no, a hobby that is still work! Does anyone engrave stone? House numbers, family names, etc. I like Trow & Holden products and I have my eye on the air chisel engraving kit. Is it something you can pick up fast? I know nothing about it, can anyone share details?
Chris

Captain, there is a local distributor here that offers engraving services.

We used them a couple years back on a volunteer project. We volunteered to procure pavers and assist with the installation of a paver walkway on a military academy campus. It was a lot of fun.

The cadets raised money to pay for the materials by donating bricks to alumni, parents, etc. Each donor received a brick installed with their name engraved.

[CaptainsLS]

I've seen a few projects like that, I think Pavestone does it as well. I was talking about granite engraving for light posts, steps, and mailbox posts. Doesn’t seem like numbers would be very hard, especially with a air powered chisel.

http://trowandholden.com/sculpting.html

[mrusk]

Some people keep telling me i should engrave a big 'R' in a stone one every job. I think that is way tacky.

But who knows, clothing companies make billions just putting their logo on shirts!

[Dvmcmr]

We thought about this for something upstate once we make the final move, but sawyed away from it when we saw how many were already on the web.
It's still on the back burner..............