[R-390] first radio thread - Woodburning

[rbethman]

Look for anyone that does wood carving.

We use wood burning quite a bit for detailing. As in the texture of 
feathers for birds - the texture of hair on a head or face - there are 
many places that this is required to achieve the *true* look.

One source is Woodcraft.  They have a couple of different 
manufacturers.  Each of these has a multitude of tips.

To the best of my knowledge, EVERY one of them is variable in temp control.

I have one, and I have several different handles.  One is dedicated to 
ONE tip and ONE tip only.  The other one the tip can be changed.

We also contemplate a wood burning tool to BRAND our works.

I've been a Carver since at least 1998.  *IF* you think radio can be 
addictive AND expensive - take a VERY LONG look at a wood carver's 
catalog!  The carving tool themselves will make you cry when you realize 
how many different ones you will need to do a good and decent job of 
wood carving!

Besides the hand tools and knives, there are also powered rotary tools 
with variable speed controls.  Then those have carbide tips, stone tips, 
and then there are diamond tips!  (I also get little bits from my 
dentist in both tungsten and diamond.

Bob - N0DGN

On 8/17/2011 11:10 AM, Jim Haynes wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Cecil Acuff wrote:
>
>> That reminded me of another bit of my early history.  I didn't have a
>> soldering iron but I did have a wood burning kit that some relative had
>> given me as a gift.  Heck I learned that it would melt solder so that's what
>> I learned to solder with.
>>
> I remember a time, in the mid-1960s I guess, when a tool was on the market
> that was sold as a soldering iron, with suitable tips, by electronics
> vendors and as a wood burner, with suitable tips, by hobby places.  I
> don't remember now if it was Weller or some other brand. The handle was
> red or maroon and had a candelabra screw socket and a cork finger grip.
> The heating element was white ceramic and screwed into the socket - maybe
> there were different wattages of heating elements.  And then the tip
> screwed over a tip on the heating element.
>
> Jim W6JVE
>