Brick Blanks for Laser Engraving

[James McCreary]

Anyone care to share a supplier for laser engravable bricks? I searched the forums and wasnt' able to find any information.

As always, thanks for the help.

Laser Engravable Bricks come from LaserSketch.com

[Clark Pace]

How about these bricks.

http://www.lasersketch.com/

[Scott Shepherd]

Y'all do realize this post is 4 years old, right?

[David Somers]

Ahhhhhh. Scott......Some conversations are simply timeless, like fine wine!

Besides, the concept of patenting the burning of a brick or denim is counterintuitive enough that no one new to the forum would ever imagine it. I am still in awe of the concept.

I am currently waiting on the acceptance of my patent for exhaling, and my second patent for inhaling. I was gonna do both inhaling and exhaling as an entire process but figure if I do them separately I have the process bottled up with some flexibility built in on my part. They are patent pending so far and looks like smooth sailing!!! Once it goes through, Katy bar the door!!!! <grin>

Dave

[Mark Sipes]

I attempted to test the validity of your process which you are attempting to patent. I does not work! the pump must first be primed prior to exhaling. so your patent is incomplete and thus will be rejected.

[Bill Munroe]

I have had success engraving letters in bricks and then re-lasering with black powder coat fill.

[Jim Good]

How messy is it with your laser, Bill? Do you get a lot of debris? Any pics?

[Bruce Hoffman]

Someone has patent on lasering bricks and, IIRC denim. Can I get a patent on lasering wood? How about glass? Where do you draw the line? Way too many lawyers in the world.

Jeff in northern Wisconsin

Jeff, Dave and the rest of you:

Is anyone here interested in a patented procedure for laser engraving lawyers?
Sort of a modern scarlet letter only on their forehead for a start.
Warning: they tend to squirm a bit when the head is put in the engraving field.
OSHA specifications are followed: eyes covered with safety glasses, no anesthesia required,
just play a recording of your state's ethics code, puts them out for hours.

[Bill Munroe]

Wasn't bad mess wise. Took forever to get a decent depth. I had to run it at 1% speed 100% power. Then I applied powdercoat twice at 100% speed and 10% power (I believe). Gave the test piece away before taking any pics. Will try to do another in the next few days and post.

[Paul Phillips]

How messy is it with your laser, Bill? Do you get a lot of debris? Any pics?

At first I thought you were responding to Bruce's post, but still a valid question, how about it Bruce? I imagine the satisfaction outweighs the mess! :-)

[Jim Good]

Bill, at that speed could you possibly make a decent wage selling these bricks as a fund raiser? Seems like you'd have to sell them at a retail cost to recoup your laser time. I bought a few pavers from Laser Sketch to give it a try. I thought I might try to push a fund raiser towards my church. We moved into a new church this past weekend and have some plenty of acreage for some walking paths. Perfect for some engraved bricks. I see some fund raising possibilities for me (if it's worth it).

[Bill Munroe]

20140703_184535~2.jpg As promised, here's one I did with powder coat. This is one of those 1/2" thick (or so) fascia bricks. I'm using it for a larger project. Ran this one twice at 5% speed, 100% power, 600 dpi. Wound up having to apply the powder coat twice. No patent applied for yet

[Keith Colson]

Have you tried using coloured glass powder? My friend suggested I try it, I just need to get my hands on some.

Cheers
Keith

[Bill George]

Powder coating powder is very fine, kind of like dust. Wonder if you mixed with water and applied as a paste? I recall it sets at about 400 degrees F. Harbor Freight used to stock in the stores.

[Robert Walters]

mixed with water and applied as a paste

Maybe even DNA (Denatured Alcohol) if water didn't work.
Would have to make sure fully dried/evaporated before lasering of course.