How to make a headstone - Hopkins Memorials

Step-by-step process of how we make each monument here at Hopkins Memorials.

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[SquirrelsForAll]

Absolutely beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.

[Redwhulf]

Awesome! Looks time consuming for sure, but the final product is nice! That music however made me go nuts lol

[rosscoghlan]

Thank you for this. Always wanted to know how it is done.

[MJ-jqkc]

this was really good. I'm about to start my job as a sandblaster for a memorial where I live. this video is much appreciated!

[mygrammieis]

Awesome. Awesome Beautiful work Sir.. thanks for sharing this video with much respect ✊

[ACDfarmboy]

You should make more of these videos very interesting. Maybe videos about your equipment as well. I'm looking at getting into the business. But it is like trying to find a needle in a haystack to come across good knowledge of this trade unless you are already in it. Thanks. Looks beautiful.

[wdugan]

What kind of printer/vinyl cutter do you use to make your stencils

[mcweirdstufff]

Very nice work! I was fortunate to work for a monument company in my younger days. This brings back a lot of memories, especially finding the sandblasting shot everywhere imaginable on myself. Lol

[Skippy]

You use the same process I do. Do you cut your own stencils?

[carlajohnson]

Hi Blake, what type of cutter did you use to cut the designs?

[brettnalder]

Zero comments, wtf?
80 thousand views, 300 subscribers, and nobody's got anything to say. That's freakin, just wierd .. to me.. sry..
anyway, GOOD JOB BUDDY! nice work!

See folks? it isn't that hard.

So Blake, the reason I'm here...

/I'm a headstone artist/designer/maker/whateverer, 30 yrs almost, and I/we have a problem, hoping you can help figure this out. Actually I know u can, i just watched you do what i need to know but there's missing pieces, as it were, lol. Love the lil shop bytheway, always kinda had a "dream?" of settin up shop like that.
anyway, where I work these days, the company's got a problem.. it has to do with the stencil availability lately, namely 3M, are you familiar with them and their recent 'adios' to the industry?
it's killing us! lol, during memorial season rush?! really?

okay, i just finished writing this and it's a freakin novel, lol and doesn't need to be shared with the world, is it possible that I could email you, and see if you could help us out? Or here, i'll bet it'd be better the other way around i suppose, i'll leave my address here and see if you could find a minute er 3, to reply. we're truly in need, truly at a loss.
thankyou in advance, just for reading this far.

my email is:
here's our website, (which I made btw. Check out the "How to.." page, kinda fun.)

ok, thx Blake, hope to hear from ya, hope all is well.
Brett Nalder

[tannerjohnson]

Great video! I want to start a career in this kind of work. Any tips on what I should learn first or where you got your start in this business?

[carryhills]

Hello how can l contact you to purchase one 🙏🏼