How To Make A Branding Iron For Wood

Today I take some wood scraps and resin and make a feature handle for my branding stampDiamond polishing compound kit.

How to make a branding iron for wood. Then a lot of file work to further shape the teeth. Create your own custom branding iron package. Our in-house graphic designers will optimize your design.

If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. If youre going to be making a brand with many individual parts such as text the backplate holds it all together and provides a rear surface for further fixtures. In the back extrude a cylinder 6mm in diameter and about 10mm in length.

Extrude the logo a few millimeters out and add a backplate to the logo. The excess is cut from the top and bottom using the grinder with a zipcut blade. The flat end was slightly rounded and to get an even brand mark the brand needs to be perfectly flat.

Some rough shaping with the grinder to remove the bulk of the material at the tops of the letters and grind down the areas between the spaced letters. Branding Iron - YouTube. PP YT 000052 VR12 210608.

To cool it I use a scrap piece of pine 24 see video. Branded marks on soft wood tend to bleed but you can easily sand away the halo surrounding your branded image. After the wood burner is plugged in for about 5 minutes it has reached its maximum temperature which is actually too hot to put on paper.

It takes a higher degree of heat and a slightly longer dwell time to brand hardwoods such as oak. They are perfect tools for embellishing wood and leather and can be used to brand products furniture corporate gifts packaging and pallets. I used a flat file and flattened the top surface of the brass.