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Norvin

09/10/2008 11:59 AM

transfer to wood help

I have a project where I need to transfer some computer generated
script/pictures to a smooth hard maple surface. I use a ink jet
printer. Does anyone know a process for this. I have done it to
T-shirts using transfer paper but it doesn't work on wood.


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in reply to Norvin on 09/10/2008 11:59 AM

10/10/2008 5:41 PM

On Oct 9, 8:56 pm, "Jon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why not glue it to the wood surface with craft glue? I do it all the time
> and it is easy to remove or sand off the paper. I make quite a bit of toys
> and the parts are all pretty much made this way.


Use self-adhesive sheets. Peels right off.

nn

in reply to Norvin on 09/10/2008 11:59 AM

09/10/2008 1:00 PM

On Oct 9, 11:59=A0am, Norvin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a project where I need to transfer some computer generated
> script/pictures to a smooth hard maple surface. I use a ink jet
> printer. Does anyone know a process for this. I have done it to
> T-shirts using transfer paper but it doesn't work on wood.

You might check Kinko's or one of their competitors. I had one by my
office for a long time that you could take in your image and they
would put it on a thermal transfer sheet (in color if you wanted) and
you used a household iron for transfer.

Of course, if you have laser printer, you can simply reverse the image
and print it on plain paper. With some practice, household iron will
transfer the image to wood very well.

Robert

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Stuart

in reply to Norvin on 09/10/2008 11:59 AM

10/10/2008 6:55 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Norvin <[email protected]> writes:

> > I have a project where I need to transfer some computer generated
> > script/pictures to a smooth hard maple surface. I use a ink jet
> > printer. Does anyone know a process for this. I have done it to
> > T-shirts using transfer paper but it doesn't work on wood.

> Laser printer and a iron.

Dig around in the archives at "homebrew_PCBs" and read all about "Toner
transfer". They've been doing it for ages to put etch resist on PCBs

--
Stuart Winsor

For Barn dances and folk evenings in the Coventry and Warwickshire area
See: http://www.barndance.org.uk

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i82much

in reply to Norvin on 09/10/2008 11:59 AM

11/10/2008 8:11 AM

On Oct 9, 9:59=A0am, Norvin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a project where I need to transfer some computer generated
> script/pictures to a smooth hard maple surface. I use a ink jet
> printer. Does anyone know a process for this. I have done it to
> T-shirts using transfer paper but it doesn't work on wood.

How about carbon paper?
I do it all the time

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whit3rd

in reply to Norvin on 09/10/2008 11:59 AM

10/10/2008 3:29 PM

On Oct 9, 9:59=A0am, Norvin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a project where I need to transfer some computer generated
> script/pictures to a smooth hard maple surface.

Print onto paper. Paint the wood with white glue.
When the glue dries, position the paper, press with a
(medium hot) clothes iron. You might want to put some
aluminum foil over the print (so the iron won't get
smeared with ink).

The paper and markings come off with sanding or scraping, of course.

ML

Maxwell Lol

in reply to Norvin on 09/10/2008 11:59 AM

09/10/2008 8:12 PM

Norvin <[email protected]> writes:

> I have a project where I need to transfer some computer generated
> script/pictures to a smooth hard maple surface. I use a ink jet
> printer. Does anyone know a process for this. I have done it to
> T-shirts using transfer paper but it doesn't work on wood.

Laser printer and a iron.

Jj

"Jon"

in reply to Norvin on 09/10/2008 11:59 AM

09/10/2008 7:56 PM

Why not glue it to the wood surface with craft glue? I do it all the time
and it is easy to remove or sand off the paper. I make quite a bit of toys
and the parts are all pretty much made this way.

Jon


"Norvin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1MqHk.233$%[email protected]...
>I have a project where I need to transfer some computer generated
> script/pictures to a smooth hard maple surface. I use a ink jet
> printer. Does anyone know a process for this. I have done it to
> T-shirts using transfer paper but it doesn't work on wood.

sD

[email protected] (Doug Miller)

in reply to Norvin on 09/10/2008 11:59 AM

09/10/2008 11:07 PM

In article <3a1c746a-0452-4326-862e-ac64e9c85353@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Oct 9, 11:59=A0am, Norvin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have a project where I need to transfer some computer generated
>> script/pictures to a smooth hard maple surface. I use a ink jet
>> printer. Does anyone know a process for this. I have done it to
>> T-shirts using transfer paper but it doesn't work on wood.
>
>You might check Kinko's or one of their competitors. I had one by my
>office for a long time that you could take in your image and they
>would put it on a thermal transfer sheet (in color if you wanted) and
>you used a household iron for transfer.
>
>Of course, if you have laser printer, you can simply reverse the image
>and print it on plain paper. With some practice, household iron will
>transfer the image to wood very well.

A laser printer is not necessary: a photocopy of an inkjet-printed page works
just as well. BTDT.


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