Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote:
I've got a small one-time woodburning project for which I need to burn
about 20 alphabetic characters onto a chunk of cedar 2x6".

Got a little Weller burning iron. I've been trying to layout the
lettering using a pc printout and carbon paper. It doesn't layout
well at all.

If I had a solid (i.e. plastic or metal) stencil of the right size,
I could probably get it done OK, but I don't.

Anybody know a neat trick for something like this??

Thanks,
Will

If you want some really tedious chores, print the characters onto a
clear sheet of mylar, cut out the characters with a fine Xacto knife,
then trace as a stencil. Or, just print the characters onto regular
computer paper. Get some graphite (like carbon paper) at a fabric or
art store and trace onto the wood.