Wood Burning Straight Lines

[Wmcullen]

I'm not sure if this process is right or wrong; unique or common. But I want to share in case it's interesting.​

25: Wood Burning Straight Lines
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My line cutters is basically a soldering iron with a straight blade used to cut and fuse nylon cords.
I wondered if it could add interesting design elements to wood center bands.​

Process
(Not rocket surgery, just how I did it.)
I cut a thick (0.45") piece of hard maple and drilled 0.25" holes before separating into squares.

Mounted and turned.

To space the lines evenly(ish) I installed my octagonal guide on the lathe and lined up the corners with the rest to mark off 45 degrees.

Burned lines

I was curious how the "straight" burned lines would look between zebra wood.

Thanks for looking
- Cullen