What can I use to artistically burn wood, without a soldering iron?
I need to write something in wood, but instead of writing, I want to actually burn it in. Buuut I lost my soldering iron, what could I use?
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There's a good reason why this kind of thing was called "poker work", long before it was called pyrography !
Steve
Steve
Dec 16, 2009. 10:08 PMBurf
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I used to make small branding irons out of wire coat hangers, heat them over a gas kitchen range and burn them into wood planks.
You can bend the wire into various shapes and heat them with a torch.
You can bend the wire into various shapes and heat them with a torch.
i second that, i also used paper clips as well and hold them with pliers
Dec 17, 2009. 4:44 AMRe-design
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You can probably get a wood burning set for $10. The tips they have are much better suited to writing than a soldering iron.
You could buy a really cheap soldering iron just for pyrography...... that way there's no risk of you messing up the tip on your good one when you find it :D
Probably you could get pretty good results with a hobby knife and a propane torch. You'd have to reheat a lot, but you could get some really nice lines.
A red hot poker!
(or a hot knife) (or a hot screwdriver)...they don't have to be "red" hot, but definitely not just warm.
(or a hot knife) (or a hot screwdriver)...they don't have to be "red" hot, but definitely not just warm.
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