name plates for woodburning?

[Goodgal]

I really like the name plates many of you have to mark your carvings. where would one buy these and are they really expensive?

[Pa Pa Jack]

Re: name plates for woodburning?

I have used them for different occasions. I find them at any good trophy shop. They are not expensive. Most jeweler's will also make them up but charge a lot more.

[Goodgal]

Re: name plates for woodburning?

Oh... I mean the things that you use to burn your name into the carvings.

[Brian T]

Re: name plates for woodburning?

Lee Valley is just one of several places that have branding irons, either stock or with your custom printing. Some of them, you heat with a torch, some are electric. In no case are they cheap.

With everything else at hand, I bought some 10" iron nails ($0.25 each?) and designed a brand in reverse. Flatted the nail head surface, they're about 3/4" diameter. Then I tranferred the design and carved the steel with a Dremel and some cutoff disks (do some serious dust collection.) I heat that with a propane torch and brand all of my kitchen tools and carvings = RV (what else?)