Re: Engraving Bricks

Jon,

Carving bricks is easy, even carbide will usually suffice. I once punched a
5" hole through 1 foot thick brick wall. It took longer to go to the rental
place than drill the hole. Even a hardware store masonry drill under water
should suffice for engraving. Take a walk through an old cemetery, those
stones were carved with a hammer and carbon steel chisels.

Firing bricks is not a trivial task.

Jeff



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Re: Engraving Bricks
Posted by: "Jon Elson" elson@... jmelson2
Date: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:18 pm ((PST))

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>You want to CARVE bricks? AFTER they are fired? I'd like to know what
>under $20 tool they have that will survive a single brick.
>The right way to do this is to carve a form that is used to imprint the
>brick BEFORE you fire it. If you are going to make a couple hundred
>bricks, this might be a very reasonable thing to do. But, if you try to
>engrave a standard house brick, I think you are going to find it really
>tough going. Maybe there are special soft bricks made for this purpose.
>
>A CNC grit blaster might work, you'd have the blaster nozzle steered by
>a CNC mechanism. The right blasting medium would truly engrave the
>brick, not just mark the surace finish.
>
>Jon
>

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