Writing words in wood = pyrography?
Hello all.
I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ....." My penmanship has degraded further from it's sorry state pre computers with the advent of the laser printer, so I doubt I would be happy with burning the text freehand using the pyrography tools I've seen. Further, I don't need to burn the text on there as long as it can be seen and read once hung on the wall. Short of getting someone more skilled than I to do it or affixing a brass plate, what are my options? TIA Mekon |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
"Mekon" wrote: I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ....". snip Makes a good scrool saw project. Lew |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
Lew Hodgett wrote on Monday :
"Mekon" wrote: I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ....". snip Makes a good scrool saw project. Lew Writing 20 words four times with a scroll saw? I'd be dead before I finished! :) Mekon |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
After serious thinking Maxwell Lol wrote :
Mekon writes: Short of getting someone more skilled than I to do it or affixing a brass plate, what are my options? You can use a laser printer to print a mirror image, and iron it on the wood. You can then use this as a guide - and trace the ink with a burning pen. That's a neat idea, thanks! :) Mekon |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:21:19 GMT, Mekon wrote:
Hello all. I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ...." My penmanship has degraded further from it's sorry state pre computers with the advent of the laser printer, so I doubt I would be happy with burning the text freehand using the pyrography tools I've seen. Further, I don't need to burn the text on there as long as it can be seen and read once hung on the wall. Short of getting someone more skilled than I to do it or affixing a brass plate, what are my options? TIA Mekon Got a Dremel? make a template with a kid's plastic stencil kit and rout it with the Dremel.. If you're handy (pun intended) you can print the sentence on paper and trace over it with a stylus or hard pencil, then rout or burn it.. mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
"Mekon" wrote in message . .. Hello all. I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ...." My penmanship has degraded further from it's sorry state pre computers with the advent of the laser printer, so I doubt I would be happy with burning the text freehand using the pyrography tools I've seen. Further, I don't need to burn the text on there as long as it can be seen and read once hung on the wall. Short of getting someone more skilled than I to do it or affixing a brass plate, what are my options? TIA Mekon You can also use a printer to print your text, pierce it with a needle for an outline and then take a finer dremel or flex-shaft bit and indent the writing. Label strips also work well. I prefer a stippling technique for this and, if done carefully, the results can be more graphically impressive than pyrography. For an added touch, you can paint the wood for contrast before doing the engraving. Regards, Edward he |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
"Mekon" wrote...
I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ...." The previous responses can't be correct, because they don't involve getting new tools or machinery. Why not get a nice pantograph - make one template, then rout them all out. Save the template for future use. Here's the pantograph setup I use: http://www.tjwoodworking.com/IMGP0665.jpg http://www.tjwoodworking.com/IMGP0667.jpg HTH -- Timothy Juvenal www.tjwoodworking.com |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
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"Mekon" wrote... I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ...." The previous responses can't be correct, because they don't involve getting new tools or machinery. Why not get a nice pantograph - make one template, then rout them all out. Save the template for future use. Here's the pantograph setup I use: http://www.tjwoodworking.com/IMGP0665.jpg http://www.tjwoodworking.com/IMGP0667.jpg HTH ROFL! :) Mekon |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
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Mekon wrote: Hello all. I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ....." My penmanship has degraded further from it's sorry state pre computers with the advent of the laser printer, so I doubt I would be happy with burning the text freehand using the pyrography tools I've seen. Further, I don't need to burn the text on there as long as it can be seen and read once hung on the wall. Short of getting someone more skilled than I to do it or affixing a brass plate, what are my options? TIA Mekon Have you thought about using a laser engraving service? no, not really, I wanted to do it myself. Mekon |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
You might consider taking it to a sign maker and having them paint it on, or
a pinstripe artist. Kate "Mekon" wrote in message . .. Lew Hodgett wrote on Monday : "Mekon" wrote: I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ....". snip Makes a good scrool saw project. Lew Writing 20 words four times with a scroll saw? I'd be dead before I finished! :) Mekon |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
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*grin* Kate "VibraJet" wrote in message ... "Mekon" wrote... I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ...." The previous responses can't be correct, because they don't involve getting new tools or machinery. Why not get a nice pantograph - make one template, then rout them all out. Save the template for future use. Here's the pantograph setup I use: http://www.tjwoodworking.com/IMGP0665.jpg http://www.tjwoodworking.com/IMGP0667.jpg HTH -- Timothy Juvenal www.tjwoodworking.com |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
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The previous responses can't be correct, because they don't involve getting new tools or machinery. Why not get a nice pantograph If that is the way you want to go, then a CNC controlled New Hermes is the gold standard. Lew |
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Writing words in wood = pyrography?
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: Mon, Oct 22, 2007, 10:29am (EDT+4) (Mekon) doth sayeth: Writing 20 words four times with a scroll saw? I'd be dead before I finished! :) If you're gonna repeat the same thing over and over, or just want to burn your logo or whatever, no prob. Make a branding iron. No biggie. You need a piece of brass about 1/8 thick. (hobby shop) ferric chloride eching solution (radio shack) paint and small brush or a felt marker. Paint, or draw, the design on the brass backwards. drop in echant until thel design is raised quite a bit. Then wash it with water. and remove the paint. (NOTE: I have NOT done this; however, I have used a similar [or the same] etching solution to etch glass [for glass it is a paste, apply with a small brush], using stencils. Wear rubber gloves [don't forget and scratch your nose or rub your ear], rinse under cold running water, use common sense; just remember, this is at your own risk. You can use a large electric soldering iron for heat - braze, or silver solder, the branding iron on. Or afix to a steel rod, and head with a propane torch. I'd say put a wooden handle on. No biggie. If I ever change my mind about just gluing a business card on the bottom or inside of whatever, I'll make one for myself. If I run across a piece of brass, may just make one anyway. JOAT I have done something extremely similar to this... etching my own PC board. (In fact, I'm preparing to make a few more. It's not the 20 minutes in the etchant that's important, it's the 120 minutes spent preparing that are!) Ferric Chloride is something to read up on before you do anything with it. It stains fast and permanent, and I'd never use it in a container that would ever be used for food, even after a thorough cleaning. It will etch away metals quite readily, and it seems to me there's something about glass... If you take the time to read up on Ferric Chloride (take a look at some of the PC board making sites), you can handle it safely and effectively. With the method JOAT described, you may run in to problems with the etchant eating around your paint. I don't have a solution for this, but maybe someone else does. Puckdropper -- Wise is the man who attempts to answer his question before asking it. To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
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Writing words in wood = pyrography?
I have never been all that impressed with wood burning, mine or
others. Laser etching is impressive, but I know you want to do your own thing and maybe you want to buy new tools. Here is an idea: Stop at a local head stone company. Buy a small piece of bounce sheet. Cut your design and writing out of the sheet. Talk it over with the sand blaster at the headstone outfit about digging the letters or digging the background. See what he would charge for doing the sandblasting or buy a small harbor freight set and compressor. -- ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) "Mekon" wrote in message . .. Hello all. I want to create a few presentation awards for fellow thespians and need a way to write on the wood words along the lines of "Presented to ...." My penmanship has degraded further from it's sorry state pre computers with the advent of the laser printer, so I doubt I would be happy with burning the text freehand using the pyrography tools I've seen. Further, I don't need to burn the text on there as long as it can be seen and read once hung on the wall. Short of getting someone more skilled than I to do it or affixing a brass plate, what are my options? TIA Mekon |
Writing words in wood = pyrography?
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