What is the tool for burning words or designs into wood?

On Sep 27, 7:46 pm, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Susie <[email protected]> writes:
> > I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
> > my Dad
> > used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
> > wood.
>
> It's called a Woodburning kit
>
> http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=kd0142
>
> You can also get custom branding irons, but the words burned are fixed.
> And it's more expensive.

Thanks...I'll get one tomorrow!

On Sep 27, 8:15 pm, Andrew Erickson <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
>
> Susie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
> > my Dad
> > used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
> > wood.
>
> Are you thinking of a woodburner, which looks (in the inexpensive
> versions) rather like a cheap pencil-style soldering iron? Simple sets
> should be readily available at hobby/toy sorts of shops, among other
> places.
>
> --
> Andrew Erickson
>
Great, I'll call Hobby Lobby and see if they have it.
Thanks so much. Robbielynn

On Sep 27, 7:29 pm, Susie <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
> my Dad
> used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
> wood.
>
> Thanks, Robbielynn

Should be a trophy shop nearby that can burn it in
with a laser.

Susie wrote:
> I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
> my Dad used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
> wood.

A wood burning kit is nice but all you need is the woodburner tool and
a couple of woodburning tips. The one I use the most is shaped like a
pie with two flat edges angled to a point.

My best tip for you is to print out what you want to burn into the
wood on a sheet of paper with the correct fonts and sizes. Place the
paper on top of the wood and burn through the paper into the wood.
When you are finished burning peel of the paper with a putty knife and
brush. You can then toucch up any missed areas. Burning through the
paper also keeps you (and me) from over burning. Don't forget to
practice on a scrap piece of wood first. It is also handy to have a
fan blowing (on low) to keep the smoke away from your face.

Good luck, Dave

On Sep 28, 8:04 am, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> Susie wrote:
> > I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
> > my Dad used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
> > wood.
>
> A wood burning kit is nice but all you need is the woodburner tool and
> a couple of woodburning tips. The one I use the most is shaped like a
> pie with two flat edges angled to a point.
>
> My best tip for you is to print out what you want to burn into the
> wood on a sheet of paper with the correct fonts and sizes. Place the
> paper on top of the wood and burn through the paper into the wood.
> When you are finished burning peel of the paper with a putty knife and
> brush. You can then toucch up any missed areas. Burning through the
> paper also keeps you (and me) from over burning. Don't forget to
> practice on a scrap piece of wood first. It is also handy to have a
> fan blowing (on low) to keep the smoke away from your face.
>
> Good luck, Dave

Love the idea of using paper as a guide. Very helpful. Thanks

On Sep 28, 10:12 am, mac davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:29:49 -0700, Susie <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
> >my Dad
> >used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
> >wood.
>
> >Thanks, Robbielynn
>
> You can buy an inexpensive wood burning iron at most art supply places...
>
> Beware the addiction, though... My wife started with a $10 burner and now has a
> $200 digital/dual pen/changeable tip setup...
> As the price of the burning stuff goes up, it changes from "woodburning" to
> "pyrography"..
> Sort of like "shop" & "Shoppe"?
>
> mac
>
> Please remove splinters before emailing

Actually, I am sort of artsy and may get
addicted like your wife.

>
> Love the idea of using paper as a guide. Very helpful. Thanks- Hide quoted text -

Works great when burning on a business card size piece of wood making
custom business cards.

Dave

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:48:08 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>"mac davis" confessed
>
>> I might add, since I'm struggling to learn to sign my work, that practice
>> on
>> similar wood is very helpful...
>>
>> It looks SO easy when my wife does it, but trying to get rounded or smooth
>> lines
>> without making dots and skips or having the grain deflect the tip is a
>> real
>> challenge...
>>
>>
>Perhaps you could get her to "sign" your works for a small fee. ;-)
>
>
Exactly my problem, Lee!

She got into pyrography so she could put my name and the year and stuff on the
pieces, but my clients kept saying that "the artist should sign the work"..
*sigh*

BTW: The initial fee was for the digital burner, 2 pens and a LOT of tips.. :-]


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

"mac davis" confessed

> I might add, since I'm struggling to learn to sign my work, that practice
> on
> similar wood is very helpful...
>
> It looks SO easy when my wife does it, but trying to get rounded or smooth
> lines
> without making dots and skips or having the grain deflect the tip is a
> real
> challenge...
>
>
Perhaps you could get her to "sign" your works for a small fee. ;-)

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:04:25 -0700, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:

> Susie wrote:
>> I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
>> my Dad used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
>> wood.
>
>A wood burning kit is nice but all you need is the woodburner tool and
>a couple of woodburning tips. The one I use the most is shaped like a
>pie with two flat edges angled to a point.
>
>My best tip for you is to print out what you want to burn into the
>wood on a sheet of paper with the correct fonts and sizes. Place the
>paper on top of the wood and burn through the paper into the wood.
>When you are finished burning peel of the paper with a putty knife and
>brush. You can then toucch up any missed areas. Burning through the
>paper also keeps you (and me) from over burning. Don't forget to
>practice on a scrap piece of wood first. It is also handy to have a
>fan blowing (on low) to keep the smoke away from your face.
>
>Good luck, Dave
>
I might add, since I'm struggling to learn to sign my work, that practice on
similar wood is very helpful...

It looks SO easy when my wife does it, but trying to get rounded or smooth lines
without making dots and skips or having the grain deflect the tip is a real
challenge...


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Susie <[email protected]> writes:

> I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
> my Dad
> used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
> wood.

It's called a Woodburning kit

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=kd0142


You can also get custom branding irons, but the words burned are fixed.
And it's more expensive.

In article <[email protected]>,
Susie <[email protected]> wrote:

> I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
> my Dad
> used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
> wood.

Are you thinking of a woodburner, which looks (in the inexpensive
versions) rather like a cheap pencil-style soldering iron? Simple sets
should be readily available at hobby/toy sorts of shops, among other
places.

--
Andrew Erickson

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:40:55 -0700, Susie <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sep 28, 10:12 am, mac davis <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:29:49 -0700, Susie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
>> >my Dad
>> >used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
>> >wood.
>>
>> >Thanks, Robbielynn
>>
>> You can buy an inexpensive wood burning iron at most art supply places...
>>
>> Beware the addiction, though... My wife started with a $10 burner and now has a
>> $200 digital/dual pen/changeable tip setup...
>> As the price of the burning stuff goes up, it changes from "woodburning" to
>> "pyrography"..
>> Sort of like "shop" & "Shoppe"?
>>
>> mac
>>
>> Please remove splinters before emailing
>
> Actually, I am sort of artsy and may get
> addicted like your wife.

Cool... there are many local and internet groups that can help a lot..
My wife is on a Yahoo group that she seems to like..

(I'd prefer my wood burning to be in the fire pit)


mac

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On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:29:49 -0700, Susie <[email protected]> wrote:

>I need to mark an important wooden piece of personal keepsake. I know
>my Dad
>used to have a heated tool that "burnishes" letters, numbers, etc. in
>wood.
>
>Thanks, Robbielynn
You can buy an inexpensive wood burning iron at most art supply places...

Beware the addiction, though... My wife started with a $10 burner and now has a
$200 digital/dual pen/changeable tip setup...
As the price of the burning stuff goes up, it changes from "woodburning" to
"pyrography"..
Sort of like "shop" & "Shoppe"?


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing