burned signs

[knight_toolworks]

the customer glued the boards up and burned them. so they were not too worried about it being flat and even and square. but it works ok. part of it is uneven burning too.

[scottp55]

Steve, Just find the contrast and texture possibilities interesting, Have seen similar , But VERY "Fake" looking signs in 3 different restaurants this summer within an hours drive. They could use something like this "Look", But not my area of expertise.

[knight_toolworks]

I agree I like how it is not perfect it just makes it harder to cut.

[scottp55]

Better than me, touching this inlay with a torch and red ocher and changing the dimensions "Just enough" not to fit the female "cut" already carved!
I was interested in how It would look

[elcar903]

interesting work keep it up.

[scottp55]

Steve, Looks like you got 2 Scott's playing with fire
Didn't burn this plain vanilla much at all(black does not come off on finger).
Too bad I don't have a Macro lens as I'm looking for the owner of the Celtic "Tree of Life" shown, and that font height is only .124" which is the smallest I've done and is still very legible because of the Black in a .05" pocket.
Got to be careful that the font allows you to VCarve into the white layer(about .015"), had to go a Kyocera 30degree engraving for that one.
"Made in Maine" was .05" depth with a 45 degree of the above bit.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention as Dad is quite "Taken" with it
Nice finish for the "100% Natural" crowd
scott

[shilala]

It's good you didn't burn too deep, brother. I had to take my vcarve deeper and deeper and deeper until I got the desired effect on that sign I did.
You're working so small it'd really screw you up if you got carried away with the burn.

[scottp55]

Yeah, That's why I did that stick and timed the amount of flame exposure and then took a VGouge to it. Gave me a good idea of how deep it went and what the surface looked like. Of course another wood will be different. Could keep dropping bit angle, but that only works so far on fonts and graphics. Does seem to alleviate Maple "Fuzzies" at that depth though, maybe stiffens/hardens fibers so they cut clean?

[shilala]

Yeah, That's why I did that stick and timed the amount of flame exposure and then took a VGouge to it. Gave me a good idea of how deep it went and what the surface looked like. Of course another wood will be different. Could keep dropping bit angle, but that only works so far on fonts and graphics. Does seem to alleviate Maple "Fuzzies" at that depth though, maybe stiffens/hardens fibers so they cut clean?

Maybe it heats up enough to drive out water, at least deep enough for your cut?
I had zero fuzzies in poplar, but that's cause the top was burned. I never get fuzzies down in the cut.

[Xray]

Nice work, I'm a big fan of burning for effect.
I use a propane fed forced air heater ,,, I have found that the key is to use it like paint, keep the piece moving and better to do 2 or 3 light applications rather than 1 heavy. If you see thick wisps of smoke its too late, unless you like it extra crispy.