The list of items that can be engraved are quite numerous! Many of the common items we engrave on a consistent basis are:

• Pet tags & anodized aluminum
• Wooden & Bamboo cutting boards
• Beer glasses/Drinking glasses/Beer Mugs
• Acrylic and glass Awards
• Wooden rulers
• Wooden and plated plaques
• Acrylic signs & wooden signs
• Guest books
• Leather portfolios
• iPads
• Stainless steel tumblers like YETIS and more.
• Canvas and painted canvas
• Ceramic coffee mugs, aluminum coffee mugs
• The list goes on and on!

Absolutely. Customers often ask if they can bring us cutting boards, drinkware or even products they make themselves. We encourage you to bring us items you already own or are buying. Sometimes, depending on the occasion, we will ask you to purchase the item yourself – it allows you to pick out the exact item you that fits your needs saving any guess work on our part. For any item you plan to bring to us, please check with us first so we can confirm it’s an item that can be engraved or is a size that we can engrave.

We love it when this happens! This is where we can have fun and discuss some options, whether traditional or something really creative, we can help you find the items best for the occasion or project. Send us a message or give us a call, and we can come with something awesome!

We firmly believe that a laser engraver is only as good as the design skills of the operator. Brian, owner of Red Bridge Gifts & Engraving has been a graphic designer for nearly two decades. If you need any graphic design service for your laser engraving project, we can assist in a multitude of ways and it will be of professional quality. From converting your logos or artwork to vector format, creating a logo or artwork from scratch, to designing a unique graphic for your piece, and selecting the correct typography for the occasion, we can do this for you at the highest level. Depending on the project, we generally do not charge additional fees for artwork setup.

In many cases, the answer is yes. There are variables which determine the quality of the finished products. The main variable is the photograph itself. Photos that show the main subject matter being clear and not blurry, the photo has a good variation between foreground and background, shadows are minimal on the subjects faces (if applicable), and the photo is of good enough quality that it can be sized to the medium on which it will be engraved. So, if we are engraving on 12″x12″ granite, the photo would preferably be able to be sized up to 12″x12″ at 300 dpi…we don’t expect you to figure this out yourself, when you are ready, send us the photo or multiple photo options and we will let you know what works best.

Here is a list of item types we can laser engrave:

• Wood
• Bamboo
• Paper
• Cardboard
• Slate
• Leather (Vegetable Tanned)
• Glass – including drinkware
• Acrylic
• Granite
• Marble
• iPads
• iPhones
• Ceramics
• Aluminum
• Stainless Steel
• Canvas
• Felt
• Tagua
• Some stones
• Plexiglass (depending on type)
• Melamime
• Delrin
• Corian
• Painted Brass
• Aluma Mark
• Rubber (laserable non PVC rubber only)
• Yeti, Hydroflask, RTIC, Swell, drinkware including all stainless and coated off brands.

• Many types of plastics as they contain PVC. PVC, when lasered, is toxic to both us and our machines.
• Fake leather (we prefer to engrave vegetable tanned leather)
• Extruded acrylic (we can do it, but results are not as good as cast acrylic)
• Crystal glass as it may contain lead and lead explodes with laser pulses
• We can't CUT any metals
• We can engrave ON stainless steel and anodized aluminum metals, but we can't engrave INTO metals.
• Brass/copper/titanium or chromed/plated stainless are not doable. Pending on the use, we may be able to UV print on these items.

We currently have 3 CO2 laser engraving machines. Our smallest is 24"x12". Medium is 24"x18". Large is 32"x20". Our maximum depth is about 10". We may have some tricks up our sleeves for items that are larger than our capacity.

That’s a case by case answer. Every project differs quite a bit depending on the time to engrave, how many items you need, how quickly you need delivery and a variety of other factors. We generally do not charge extra for graphic design or setup fees – unlike many of our competitors.

Bulk quantities always lowers the price for any project and the biggest factor of cost is the amount of time the machine takes to complete the job. So the bigger the engraving, the bigger the cost.

A quick example would be a cutting board - if the cutting board is already purchaed, and it's an engraving about 3-4" tall/wide, the cost for the engraving would be between $10-$20 for one piece.

We DO NOT charge per letter or character.