I worked in an artroom at a monument place for few years. My job was cutting the design on a plotter or by hand if was intricate. And placing it on the stone. Then picking out all the parts to blast. Was not a bad job as it was a lot of working with your hands but not hard work. Takes a real eye for detail and being super picky. Because sometimes you only get one shot at it. Many times I would get 75 or 100% done and find one detail off and redo whole thing or part of it. I could sit and smoke in the shop for hours while doing large pieces as it was that casual in the 90s.

RIP Harold.

This would be better at normal speed

Folks are dying to get into this business. How’s that you for you jokesters …..

Wonder why to bother... Most people can not name their Great-Grandparents

RIP Butch

At what point does a child decide that this is what they want to do when they grow up?

Not only is a name, date of birth and date of death written in stone, so were the 10 commandments.

Done by over the centuries.

im curious if you know the machines from mirtels? de stone engraving machine and if you do what do you think about it?

This vid definitely scratched an etch

When my Dad died ,we went out to see the headstone a few days after it was done...My grandmother's name was already on the stone..we noticed one of the dwarf fir trees we had put at each side of the stone was dying so I looked under the limbs..whoever did the engraving of my Dad's name had done it on the spot and shoved the stone dust under the bush..we had to remove the bush..never even thought to look into it as we didn't know how it was supposed to be done to an already standing headstone.

Be very afraid if you get one of these delivered to your address with your name on it and an exact future date…run.

This reminds me why not to waste money on a headstone.

now I understand why it takes so long sometimes Also why are there people in here making nasty comments? Ffs people!

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This process produces headstones with no artistic input. Traditional letter cutting by hand with a chisel has been wiped out by this computer driven, lifeless lettering.

OMG! Get on with it then! My lord!

Not engraving … sand blasting. Would love to see a real craftsman carve the name with a chisel .

Don't take CNC machines for granite.

I'd rather have a nice granite countertop to use while alive then dead with nice headstone to last "forever" that no one will care about in 20 years.

This industry is huge in Elberton Georgia. Weve got 2 6 ft slabs of granite for outdoor tables just Given to us hah

That was fascinating! Thanks for showing us how it's done! I've lost several loved ones over the last 10 years, so I visit the cemetery often. How do they add a "date of death" to an existing headstone that is already in the cemetery? I've been told that they engrave it on site. After seeing the video, I can't imagine how it's done. ???

Nasty tattoos

I'd like mine to say; I ENJOYED LIVING UNTIL THIS HAPPENED.

I still don't understand how the hell that works

one man operation? .... spoke too soon

Was he doing a lot of this work free hand ?! Truly impressive

Anyone else contemplating their own mortality while watching this? 😅

This was fun to watch👍 always wondered how it came about👏👏

rip butch

Silicosis for the win.

Why would you give a thumbs up to a person who died?

I was doing all mine by had not sandblasting

I used to do this in college

rip Harold

People are dying to get one of these

well I must have missed something.......at one point he had Gold letters laid out on the marker.......then it went to 'engraved'......what did I miss?

In CA this guy would be in jail for how he used that solvent to clean off the glue at the end.

Hey, Al - I’m thinking about you and wondering how you are doing. I hope you’re healing ❤️‍🩹

This video sure fooled me on how you engraved a headstone alot more to it than I ever thought

That was my first job out of high school more than 35 years ago. Amazing that nothing has changed in the process all those years. Except for the amount of PPE worn. I was lucky to not get respiratory damage.

And still charge you $50 a letter...

Omg use a cnc cutter

He is using and touching alot of chemicals. Why is he not using gloves?

Very cool. Thanks Al!

I want mine to say: "I have never lost an argument"

Naptha. Will take off the glue as well . Less scrubbing

My parents owned a monument company when I was young. It was significantly smaller than this shop, but the amount of time and attention to detail required to do this job is the same. Good job, sir, and thank you for taking me back to my childhood.

That man’s free hand lettering is amazing