[Woodcarver] Best wood burning tool?

[faulkner2206]

When burning feathers  low heat and sharp tips make for better burds. Tips are not permanent, they are expendable just like glue and paint.


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From: Byron <abkinnaman at earthlink.net> 
Date: 2015/11/23  12:26  (GMT-06:00) 
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com> 
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Best wood burning tool? 


The trouble with making the tips thinner is they burn up faster. 
The technical aspects of wood burning tips.    Any conductor (the tip is a conductor) the smaller the cross sectional area is the higher the resistance, and the hotter the tip.  The more fragile the tip, the sooner you'll have to replace the tip.

One consideration is the material the pen is made of.  You want a pen that doesn't transfer heat easily.  This will allow you use it longer than one that made of material that is know for it's ability to transfer heat, like aluminum.  Plastics can be made to either slow down heat transfer or speed up heat transfer.   Most wood burning pens that are plastic are of the slow down heat transfer type.   The aluminum pens transfer heat rapidly. 

Another thing to watch out for is hype.  There's a couple manufactures that hype their product and demand a higher price.  A couple hype capable of 150 Watts, typical woodburning happens below 30 watts.  2000° tip temperature, what are you trying to do?, melt the tip, start a fire?  There are several good wood burners out there without buying the hype.

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From: Stephen Blakley 

Sent: Nov 23, 2015 7:45 AM

To: "[Woodcarver]" 

Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Best wood burning tool?




  
    
  
  
    I take classes from a
        guy who uses razor tips.  He believes
        the tips are better than the Colwood.  To do the quill, I
        purchased a Razor tip pen and tip, with
          an adapter to fit the
          Colwood.  He honed down the one tip on my Colwood  so that it was thinner.  

    

    

    On 11/23/2015 8:23 AM, James Norton
      wrote:

    
    
      
      Dear List members,
      

      
      I am a novice woodcarver who has
        started a somewhat ambitious bird carving. I am nearing the
        point where I will be detailing the feathers, and wish to get
        feedback from more experienced carvers than myself about the
        best woodburning tool.  I am looking for a set that allows
        precise temperature control and that has a variety of tips for
        different purposes. Suggestions welcome, thanks in advance.
      

      
      James Norton

        

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