gidon
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I thought it would be nice to mark pieces I give to friends and family with a branding iron so I set about making one. It's pretty rough and ready but here you go if anyone's interested:
Bought a cheap set of letter stamps - £6 this set but sure you can find cheaper:
On this set I needed to grind a flat on the sides of the stamps. Used a similiar setup to how you'd grind a fresh edge on a scraper:
Ready for silver soldering / silver brazingwhatever you want to call it:
It's not pretty but still getting the hang of this!
Using the assembled stamp in non-branding iron mode:
Silver soldering to a scrap piece from my recently fitted Ikea kitchen (a hacked off towel rail):
Finished:
And end result on a scrap piece of Ash:
It works well - I heat it up for less than a minute with my MAPP torch. Would be better if the attachment bit was held vertically but did it quickly and used what I had available.
Cheers
Gidon
Bought a cheap set of letter stamps - £6 this set but sure you can find cheaper:
On this set I needed to grind a flat on the sides of the stamps. Used a similiar setup to how you'd grind a fresh edge on a scraper:
Ready for silver soldering / silver brazingwhatever you want to call it:
It's not pretty but still getting the hang of this!
Using the assembled stamp in non-branding iron mode:
Silver soldering to a scrap piece from my recently fitted Ikea kitchen (a hacked off towel rail):
Finished:
And end result on a scrap piece of Ash:
It works well - I heat it up for less than a minute with my MAPP torch. Would be better if the attachment bit was held vertically but did it quickly and used what I had available.
Cheers
Gidon
