How To Use A Branding Iron On Wood

This is especially true because the same branding set up can be used to mark any number of materials.

How to use a branding iron on wood. You may want to practice on some scrap wood before using your good wood. If youre applying the branding freehand Ive found the best way is to place the work at typical workbench height hold the iron by the handle at your chest and bend forward using your core rather than your arms as the source of force. First youll need a relatively simple logo or signature.

Logos or signatures with too many loops or too tight of a radius between letters and figures can become muddled when branded onto wood. Branding the wood. Branding the wood is a way to accomplish this.

How cool is it to be able to put your own makers mark on something you make. Now I love burning with it. Laura Kampf shows you a handy flexible inexpensive way to brand wood without needing to buy a branding iron.

If the image starts to stick to the wood when peeling the paper you need to apply more heat. Once its hot all you do is hold it down press evenly into the wood for just a couple of seconds and remove. Branding irons can be used with mult.

I turned the maple handle as part of a kit from Cranford Design Works. You can peel back the paper after a couple slow passes to check your progress. It is ready for use after the middle part is bent up.

These 5 branding iron tips would have saved me a lot of trouble when I first started using my branding iron on wood. However my preferred method is to use a drill-press attachment mine is from Gearheart Industry. All you need to do is set or adjust the temperature settings.