There will be a question at the bottom under the photos for those that have this type of makers mark / branding iron so keep scrolling!
As you likely know, I got a rubber stamp made, USA made by an Etsy maker in Nebraska I think it was. Nice work, and they did a good job with the Amish Heritage Workshop logo, but it is big, and has a tendency to have the ink smear when I apply a brush on clear. The smear can be mitigated by spray on clear, but it doesnot address the size issue.
I decided I wanted a wood burning makers mark, specifically for my youtube channel, and that goes by another name, and I wanted something that would be legible at a 1x1 inch size I found a makers mark on Amazon for under $30.00 custom made and shipped to my door (from China), They knocked the thing out and got it shipped in what I swear was minutes, tracking showed it in transit for a total of 16 days, most of that slogging over the pacific and going through Customs.
Anyway I oped for a design that is a circle, bottom part mean tto look like tree trings, top part meant to look like a sawblade, and a band in the middle. Text says Handcrafted by Daves Workshop.
It came in today, I assembled it, and got to work. And boy is it tricky.
Do NOT heat up the iron to 5 minutes, no matter how light your touch you WILL burn pitch black and way too deep.
The blade part, and tree rings are too dark, but the handcrafted by Daves Workshop looks reasonable.
I thin let it cool, some, applied pressure to the saw / top part and kind of rolled the thing to the tree ring part and rolled it off. And got this... Aside from me being an idiot and getting a blurry pic because I can't hold the camera steady, it actually came out good.
I let it cool down fully, and then tried again, 3 minutes on the flame, light touch and rolled sawblade to tree rings. Obviously didn't spend enough time at the sawblade.
Long story short, this is gonna take some time to get it right. And I am not super certain how I feel about having to heat it up with my camp stove whenever I want to use it... But it beats $100+ for an electric!
NOW THE QUESTION!
For those of you that have gotten the hang of this type of branding iron. Do you have any recommendations for getting consistent, repeatable, good results from branding? I am pretty sure the tree ring part is dark because the metal is closer together on that end, but, well, I just want some consistency which is why I got the rubber stamp in the first place...
As you likely know, I got a rubber stamp made, USA made by an Etsy maker in Nebraska I think it was. Nice work, and they did a good job with the Amish Heritage Workshop logo, but it is big, and has a tendency to have the ink smear when I apply a brush on clear. The smear can be mitigated by spray on clear, but it doesnot address the size issue.
I decided I wanted a wood burning makers mark, specifically for my youtube channel, and that goes by another name, and I wanted something that would be legible at a 1x1 inch size I found a makers mark on Amazon for under $30.00 custom made and shipped to my door (from China), They knocked the thing out and got it shipped in what I swear was minutes, tracking showed it in transit for a total of 16 days, most of that slogging over the pacific and going through Customs.
Anyway I oped for a design that is a circle, bottom part mean tto look like tree trings, top part meant to look like a sawblade, and a band in the middle. Text says Handcrafted by Daves Workshop.
It came in today, I assembled it, and got to work. And boy is it tricky.
Do NOT heat up the iron to 5 minutes, no matter how light your touch you WILL burn pitch black and way too deep.
The blade part, and tree rings are too dark, but the handcrafted by Daves Workshop looks reasonable.
I thin let it cool, some, applied pressure to the saw / top part and kind of rolled the thing to the tree ring part and rolled it off. And got this... Aside from me being an idiot and getting a blurry pic because I can't hold the camera steady, it actually came out good.
I let it cool down fully, and then tried again, 3 minutes on the flame, light touch and rolled sawblade to tree rings. Obviously didn't spend enough time at the sawblade.
Long story short, this is gonna take some time to get it right. And I am not super certain how I feel about having to heat it up with my camp stove whenever I want to use it... But it beats $100+ for an electric!
NOW THE QUESTION!
For those of you that have gotten the hang of this type of branding iron. Do you have any recommendations for getting consistent, repeatable, good results from branding? I am pretty sure the tree ring part is dark because the metal is closer together on that end, but, well, I just want some consistency which is why I got the rubber stamp in the first place...
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