First attempt with burning
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plantman
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Brian; Very nice steady hand. The only thing I could suggest, would be to add a little colored stain or dye the the leaves and dragon fly before the final finish is applied. Use a transparent product so as to not cover the grain. Jim S
fernhills
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Very nice. I am very interested in trying to do stuff like that. In the last couple of months i have acquired a wood burner and about 4 pens. I have been experimenting with burning and coloring, found a few things about coloring but have not moved onto it yet.
How did you apply the finish ? Did the burn cause you any problems. ? Your pen looks very nice. Thanks for sharing. Carl
How did you apply the finish ? Did the burn cause you any problems. ? Your pen looks very nice. Thanks for sharing. Carl
Carl, the finish I used on this one was Crystal Wax.
Burning was fairly simple. I drew the pattern on a piece of paper measured to wrap around the pen. Then I taped the paper around the pen and used a sharp leather punch to make small holes along the pattern. After that I removed the paper put on my glasses so I could see the holes
and burned the pattern. The trickiest part is when burning along the pattern when it follows the pith and trying to turn out of it. The fine tip of the burner tried to stay in the pithpath. I am sure different woods will have different issues.
Brian
Burning was fairly simple. I drew the pattern on a piece of paper measured to wrap around the pen. Then I taped the paper around the pen and used a sharp leather punch to make small holes along the pattern. After that I removed the paper put on my glasses so I could see the holes
and burned the pattern. The trickiest part is when burning along the pattern when it follows the pith and trying to turn out of it. The fine tip of the burner tried to stay in the pithpath. I am sure different woods will have different issues.Brian