Thread: Signing a finished box

Thought about getting an electric branding iron made with your signature/initials/design? Additionally there are alterable date stamping irons to use with it. A bit of an initial outlay but permanent and quite cool.

There's also pyrography pens and kits that you can use freehand (or presumably make templates) to make your mark.

I'm sure a couple of years ago I found something that you could pretty much iron onto the wood but I can't for the life of me find it now. All I'm seeing that's similar to that is printing out a design, but in reverse, and hot ironing it onto the wood for a light template to use with a pyro pen.

A non-permanent solution is a small sticker. I've seen some nice shiny gold ones with black embossed text on a few pieces that didn't look too bad.

Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy

Thought about getting an electric branding iron made with your signature/initials/design? Additionally there are alterable date stamping irons to use with it. A bit of an initial outlay but permanent and quite cool.

There's also pyrography pens and kits that you can use freehand (or presumably make templates) to make your mark.

I'm sure a couple of years ago I found something that you could pretty much iron onto the wood but I can't for the life of me find it now. All I'm seeing that's similar to that is printing out a design, but in reverse, and hot ironing it onto the wood for a light template to use with a pyro pen.

A non-permanent solution is a small sticker. I've seen some nice shiny gold ones with black embossed text on a few pieces that didn't look too bad.

Like the idea of permanent mark, no stickers...
How about wood engraving????
Regards
Jack

The guru (Doug Stowe) often signs the base with a Felt tip pen prior to applying a finish to the base.
Simple & cheap.

Originally Posted by watson

The guru (Doug Stowe) often signs the base with a Felt tip pen prior to applying a finish to the base.
Simple & cheap.

G'day Noel,

You're right but I'd like something more permanent.
Regards
Jack

I use a black biro pen on the untreated wood and put coats of finish on top. It is pretty permanent. I let the biro dry for a few hours before applying finish, and I test on scrap to make sure the intended finish does not dissolve or smear the biro ink. The biggest drawback is on strong grained woods that can make handwriting a bit difficult if you press hard with the ball of the biro.

Hi JackD,
About 5 years ago I bent a piece of wire into my initials and it is still going strong. I then burn it onto each piece. I also write, using a pigment pen, the wood type, and sometimes depending on the piece stamp the date with a metal stamp.

I would thoughly recommend everything has your 'mark' on it.
regards
Billy

Originally Posted by Billyboydes

Hi JackD,
About 5 years ago I bent a piece of wire into my initials and it is still going strong. I then burn it onto each piece. I also write, using a pigment pen, the wood type, and sometimes depending on the piece stamp the date with a metal stamp.

I would thoughly recommend everything has your 'mark' on it.
regards
Billy

Hi Billy,

Now that's what I'm looking for.
Thanks
Jack

Originally Posted by Billyboydes

Hi JackD,
About 5 years ago I bent a piece of wire into my initials and it is still going strong. I then burn it onto each piece. I also write, using a pigment pen, the wood type, and sometimes depending on the piece stamp the date with a metal stamp.

I would thoughly recommend everything has your 'mark' on it.
regards
Billy

Hi Billy,
can you post a photo of the actual wire/tool that you made?
Regards
Jack

Hi Jack,
Below are a couple of wire brands made over time, for me and nieces nephews etc. I heat using a simple burner. also are the stamps both numeric and alphabetic that I use from time to time.
regards
Billy

I think the wire brands are an excellent idea.

Originally Posted by munruben

I think the wire brands are an excellent idea.

Great idea, now to try and make 1 up using my name

Regards
Jack

The wires are so simple and so obvious...now.

I wonder how hard it would be to make your own brand with a dremel and a stick welder. I was thinking that if you could weld some decent lines and grind and cut them to shape with the dremel you could end up with a pretty decent branding iron. Hmm...me thinks a mini test project has reared it's head.

To the Bat Shed!!!
Na na na na na na na na welder!!!

Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy

The wires are so simple and so obvious...now.

I wonder how hard it would be to make your own brand with a dremel and a stick welder. I was thinking that if you could weld some decent lines and grind and cut them to shape with the dremel you could end up with a pretty decent branding iron. Hmm...me thinks a mini test project has reared it's head.

To the Bat Shed!!!
Na na na na na na na na welder!!!

I can give you my details for your test project..?????
back to the bat cave Robin

Just had a crack at shaping a branding iron out of some muck metal. It's a lot harder than I thought and I've trashed most of the el cheapo heads on my Dick Smith Dremel knock-off, so maybe another time. Was worth a shot anyway