Laser Engraving Sandstone

Sandstone is a wonderful stone to engrave with a laser, it’s made up of small particles so you get awesome resolution and it doesn’t produce too much dust and debris. It’s also pretty easy to find a totally flat piece, of all the materials we engrave here at CNCROi.com, this is one of the top ones to work with!

Generally slabs of sandstone can be found just about anywhere with in the Niagara Region without too much hard looking, in this case, I grabbed something during a hike that fit in my hand to play around with. The results are sharp, noticeable and PERMANENT. Unless somebody else tries to sand this off, this will outlast probably every human on this planet.

Another nice aspect of sandstone is the material consistency, if I want to go deeper, I can just adjust the focus and do another pass, then another and another. Not too many materials that let you get away with doing that but this is thankfully one of them! Watch the video so you can see the sandstone engraving first hand.