Laser Engraving Systems

Granite engraving is an art technique that has been around for many hundreds years, but with the appearance of the laser technology, granite laser engraving has become the latest application of many professional for many different purposes. Probably the most popular are memorials and gravestones.

Granite is one of the hardest surfaces, and so is perfect for an outdoor plaque, memorial or gravestone. And with laser technology, a photo of the deceased can be added to the gravestone or memorial simply and easily. Granite is usually black but can be found in a dark gray. Black is most often the color of choice, and many feel that the blacker the granite the better stone.

If your desire is engraving your own granite, it is important that you can control carefully your engraver or before buying one to make sure that the engraver you have will cut into granite. Many smaller table top machines do not have the power to etch in granite, so it’s important to check this important point carefully.

Nevertheless, there are many companies, both on the internet and in your neighborhood, who do have the ability to etch in granite. Because granite is heavy, check carefully into shipping costs before you buy—the cost of shipping alone may make it worth the effort to find a local shop who can create the laser engraving in granite that you wish. The newer machines can take a photograph or a piece of complicated art and etch it into the granite, to create a one of the kind, long lasting memorial, plaque or gravestone.

As the equivalent of tattoos for your gadgets, laser engraving manages to provoke the same love it/hate it response - some view it as an awesome act of self-expression and personalisation, while others see it as a permanent marring of a tech toy and something guaranteed to kill resale values. Still, if you’re a true geek you’ll love the idea of a laser so feast your eyes on this Laser’s video demo of one of their team’s iPhones going under the demon lens.

Of course, they’re not doing this for proverbials and giggles; they’d like very much for you to splash out $10k on one of their engraving machines. Now, assuming you’re not planning to engrave every single solitary item you own (plus those belonging to other people) it’s likely cheaper to go somewhere that already has an engraving machine and get them to do it as a one-off, but who cares. I just like seeing an iPhone undergo laser surgery.