Thread: Signing our Work

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.

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. $$$$

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!
Mark

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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With the wood backing you obviously use it with ink?

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.

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.

I bought a branding iron from these folks; https://www.brandnew.net/



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