How to Thank Instructables

Step 8 T - Goodhart

Goodhart

T for "Tremendous !"

Either first draw or outline your letter on paper, tracing paper, or directly on the wood, again, depending on how comfortable you are with each method.

Then trace, or however you wish to transfer the image from paper to wood, even redrawing is OK, since you now know how you want it to look.

Then burn it in. Use the normal method of working from the inside out, turning the wood rather then ever pushing the pen. Always draw the hot pen towards you if you can (point facing away).

For the base, I used a smaller piece, albeit one that would not allow overhang on the sides.
I measured an area in the center to cut in a slot for the finished pyrograph, and then started to cut/chisel it out. My router is not currently operable, so I had to do this part by hand with a pocket knife.

Once the slot was the proper size to accommodate the pyrograph, I slipped the 2 together with a little wood glue in between and set 2 wood screws in from the bottom to "clamp" it in place, remembering that I had to drill 2 countersinks first (so the screws would not stick out and scuff the surface it sat on).

To kind of hide the gaps created by hand tooling the slot, I also glued in some pieces of heavy gauge wire (with the insulation removed). Since I wanted to give "something" to it that appeared electrical in nature (lame, I know). But it is somewhat ornamental too (oh look ! Shiny !).