Any Stone masons on here?

[Goochie]

I'm involved with a business that offers bespoke granite street furniture and planters to businesses and councila all over the UK. We often get asked to engrave a business name or town name into the Granite.

Normally this means a special order to the factory but it would be much easier to engrave a stock product.

How would text and/or a company logo normally be cut into stone these days? My colleague is talking about using a CNC machine but I'm not sure he's aware of the costs!

[WorAl]

try http://www.odlingsmcr.co.uk/products/engraving/eng...

http://www.suttontools.co.uk/acatalog/Sutton_Tools...

[okgo]

I read this and thought SECRET SOCIETY.

However I was mixing up freemasons and stone cutters (the simpsons episode)

[Goochie]

Thanks.

I should perhaps add that some of the granite planters are cut from a 1.2m cube and weigh about a Tonne !

[WorAl]

Goochie said:

Thanks.

I should perhaps add that some of the granite planters are cut from a 1.2m cube and weigh about a Tonne !

Hmmm might take two of you to lift it then?

[Goochie]

WorAl said:

Goochie said:

Thanks.

I should perhaps add that some of the granite planters are cut from a 1.2m cube and weigh about a Tonne !

Hmmm might take two of you to lift it then?

The good thing is that people cant' walk off with them after a night out on the booze!

[mybrainhurts]

WorAl said:

try http://www.odlingsmcr.co.uk/products/engraving/eng...

http://www.suttontools.co.uk/acatalog/Sutton_Tools...

What's an inside ring holder...?

[WorAl]

mybrainhurts said:

WorAl said:

try http://www.odlingsmcr.co.uk/products/engraving/eng...

http://www.suttontools.co.uk/acatalog/Sutton_Tools...

What's an inside ring holder...?

I think i'ts an expandable ring which you put in your chuck/vice to hold a piece in place from the inside i.e. inside the bore.

[jon-]

okgo said:

I read this and thought SECRET SOCIETY.

However I was mixing up freemasons and stone cutters (the simpsons episode)

You're not the only one

[Man-At-Arms]

okgo said:

I read this and thought SECRET SOCIETY.

However I was mixing up freemasons and stone cutters (the simpsons episode)

who rigs every Oscar night ? . . . .

[EINSIGN]

You can also machine "fake granite" materials, we produce such items for signage and so on..

[paul0843]

from my experience the easiest way is to sandblast...
i would even look to subcontracting it out to local monumental
masons who are fearde up for lettering..
you would need a hell of a lot of volume to justify cnc machine..

[sider]

okgo said:

I read this and thought SECRET SOCIETY.

However I was mixing up freemasons and stone cutters (the simpsons episode)

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(Sorry!)

[Goochie]

Thanks for all the replies and emails - I'll respond to the emails later as that's my home address.

Big thanks to WorAl for pointing me towards MCR Odlings - They have provided us with a very nice snad blaster sample of our company logo. I think their portable blaster will be the way for us to go.