No. The tops and bottoms do very well. The sides can fade if you "wash" the dominoes to hard. They can be "washed" without slamming them against each other.

Standard size dominoes are 1 x 2 x 3/8ths thick. The deluxe is the same length and width but 1/2 thick. The Tournament size tiles are a whopping 1 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/2!

Smooth surfaces are the best. Tables made out of wood,dry erase board and felt are always the best. Stay away from granite, glass or concrete.

I can use fonts from MS Word, but they engrave as an outline instead of a single line. Check out www.1001fonts.com for more fonts.

It's what we call single stroke. It's like if you are writing a letter as opposed to outlining a letter.

Yes. I will charge a setup fee to trace the signature.

T6061 aircraft quality aluminum.

The time and effort that goes into producing them increased the value. Along with the other costs that go into producing them.

The engravers are smaller so feed rates are slower. It takes more time to push a fine engraver through the anodize then a 3/32nd endmill that has .047 thick.

Yes! I've done it many times. I usually quote 30 dollars for single line font and it is engraved on left/right side of line on playing side.

I only do a handful of sets a year so I manufacture them the same time I get the orders in. Sometimes I have them in stock so it will only take two weeks as opposed to 6-8 weeks.