Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Engraving Bricks

Here you go;

http://www.cncmotion.com/granite.htm




2009/1/30 Roland Jollivet <roland.jollivet@...>

> Hi
>
> I found a utube video a while back of a flatbed cnc machine milling granite
> slab, to do all the sink cut-outs and bevelling. Jaw dropping stuff. I'll
> see if I can find it tonight. Otherwise google same.
>
> I'm sure their bits would be good.
>
> Regards
> Roland
>
>
> 2009/1/29 Ron Ginger <ronginger@...>
>
> I am working on a fund raising project for the Boothbay Railway
>> Village.
>> We are looking at a brick walk, where people make a donation and get
>> their name engraved in a brick.
>>
>> Ive found a couple sites on the web that do this, for $20 per brick.
>> Most seem to sandblast them, but one site claims to be 'real engraved'
>> with special machines.
>>
>> Id guess a diamond bit in a router on a simple CNC table ought to do the
>> job. I think Id make the machine a disposable- maybe a wood or mdf
>> structure. If I got 100 to 200 bricks out of it before it died I would
>> be ahead of the $20 per brick. I only need a working area of one brick-
>> 4x8"
>>
>> Has anyone tried this? Any suggestions for a source of bits?
>>
>> ron ginger
>>
>>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]