TimberNut
22nd November 2004, 01:12 PM
Hey Guys,
In days gone by I always burnt my name and wood species and date into the bottom of my work before selling/giving away etc. Guess that's what they taught me at school, and I never broke the habit.
Now it's time to be a bit more creative.
I now burn little footprints into each piece (as kind of a personal 'logo' if you like) (and yes, there's a reason for the footprints).
The only way i can do it is with a pyro pen, and burn each one freehand. I am getting fairly good at them, but I want to make them more consistent.
My best idea was to bend up a couple of paper clips into the shapes i want (left foot, right foot) then heat them and use like a mini branding-iron. This would allow me to get the consistency i am looking for, but obviously paper clips wouldn't stand up to the heat, and hold their shape long term.
I guess what I'm after is a custom mini branding- iron with long-term re-usability.
The metal to be heated would have to be hard enough not to lose shape with continual re-heating, but somehow I would have to be able to fashion the 'logo' that I want.
Any creative suggestions ?
In days gone by I always burnt my name and wood species and date into the bottom of my work before selling/giving away etc. Guess that's what they taught me at school, and I never broke the habit.
Now it's time to be a bit more creative.
I now burn little footprints into each piece (as kind of a personal 'logo' if you like) (and yes, there's a reason for the footprints).
The only way i can do it is with a pyro pen, and burn each one freehand. I am getting fairly good at them, but I want to make them more consistent.
My best idea was to bend up a couple of paper clips into the shapes i want (left foot, right foot) then heat them and use like a mini branding-iron. This would allow me to get the consistency i am looking for, but obviously paper clips wouldn't stand up to the heat, and hold their shape long term.
I guess what I'm after is a custom mini branding- iron with long-term re-usability.
The metal to be heated would have to be hard enough not to lose shape with continual re-heating, but somehow I would have to be able to fashion the 'logo' that I want.
Any creative suggestions ?