Setting up a mobile letter-cutting rig

["George Graham" <georgergraham@zzzzzzzzzzz>]

Shannon,
The best advice I can give you is to hook up with a monument shop  and learn
the business from the ground up. Lettering on the road may look easy when
you are watching someone with years of experience, but if you really know
nothing, then you have got some serious learning to do before you start
engraving on someone else's monument. There is no room for error, at all,
and replacing a monument kind of cuts into the profit margin.
I'm not trying to scare you off, just trying to get you started in a way
that will give you a solid base of knowledge and experience.
So, get some hands on work in a shop is the best way to learn. Look at the
trade publications like Stone in America, Monument builders of America for
opportunities of employment. Classes are, or used to be offered in the
granite\monument centers around the country. Barre VT, Elberton GA, St Cloud
MN, are places to check out.
Worrying about what equipment to get before you know how to use it is
putting the cart in front of the horse.
I'll stop preaching, and give you a little more practical advice, call
Granite City Tool Co. in Barre Vt, and get their latest catalog. They supply
everything for monument lettering and sandblasting. That may help you get a
sense of what you need and where to start.  Phone is 800.451.4570.
If you really stick to it , in a couple of years you may have a valuable
skill that will last a lifetime.
Good luck
George Graham
http://www.grahamsculpturestudio.com