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16th April 2017, 06:39 PM #1Senior Member
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Signing our Work
Most of us like to sign our pieces and I've tried pens (not really long term), soldering irons (too many burnt fingers and many times the tip of the iron follows the grain resulting in some strange looking letters) and I even looked at a custom one from Rockler (around $200 US) so pretty expensive.
So I scrounged around the workshop and made one from a letter punch set and a bit of 3/4" brass tube. Pretty basic but it works and is a lot better than the soldering iron.
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17th April 2017, 12:51 AM #2
Signage.
Hi to all,
The only things I don't sign are Pens, no room really & wood destroy the look.
I'm possibly a bit lucky as I have a bit of a hand, & left handed at that.
I have been using an " Artline 200 0.4 Black" Brand for many years.
I encourage all my woodie friends to sign their work.
Be proud of what you make & sign it, & you will find one day somebody will find you & want more work by you, just because you signed it.
The only thing that will remove it is water, & you are not going to do that.
I put my full name, town, date, all written, then print the wood. I run the date nos. into one another, & can use them as a catalogue no.
I have some implements in the house that get washed occasionally with one I know of & it was written on back in 1996.
You have to write on the wood 1st. as you can't write over the polish, & if you try it will destroy the pen.
Office works have 4 to a pkt. for $10, but if you keep the top on, you can get up to 7 months from 1 pen.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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17th April 2017, 04:11 PM #3rrich Guest
Dave, That is really a cool idea. The only down side that I see is that you've removed the temper by heating the letters. While you'll probably not be able to use your letters as a punch anymore. But you do have one terrific branding iron.
I wish I had seen your Idea before I ordered my custom branding iron. $$$$
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18th April 2017, 05:14 AM #4Senior Member
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I usually put a chip carved initial 'M' on my work but when Father Christmas brought me one of those pyrography tools I tried filing an 'M' on one of the spare points.
Works well on most woods but not much use on dark woods like Ebony or African Blackwood!
MarkWhat you say & what people hear are not always the same thing.
http://www.remark.me.uk/
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18th April 2017, 04:02 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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I found a guy based in Canada on Etsy doing custom brass branding irons. Very good quality and good pricing. I gave him a black and white image of my design and it picks up quite a bit of detail too. Wasn't necessarily needed but I like it. Apologies for the sideways photo unsure why this forum doesn't allow you to rotate photos yet?????????? Been like this for ages.
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19th April 2017, 08:30 AM #6rrich Guest
With the wood backing you obviously use it with ink?
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24th April 2017, 06:14 AM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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Hi rrich. It's solid brass. So I just heat it up for a minute or two with a blow torch and it has quite a detailed outcome. Price was excellent too. 70 dollars for a 5cm wide brand. Quicker turn-around than Australian options too.
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27th April 2017, 04:15 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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There are a number of low cost options
I found someone on eBay - based in Hong Kong, who made me a brass cnc carved brand to my design (a PDF file I emailed). It came with a 5 or 6 mm threaded rod screwed into the back of it. I tried heating it with a gas flame but it was a bit hit and (often) miss on the temperature. So, I ordered a 200w 240 v soldering iron also on eBay for $15. It came with a thick (about 12 mm) solid copper point, which I cut off square and drilled to thread the rod into. After about 15 to 20 minutes it reaches the correct temperature and stays there. A temperature-controllable iron would be better and I might look for one eventually, but this is working fine for me at the moment.
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4th May 2017, 12:28 AM #9New Member
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I bought a branding iron from these folks; https://www.brandnew.net/
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