Molly Winton Demonstrates Wood Burn Basket Weave Brand
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2015
- www.AsWoodTurns.com
For this video, I have a special guest, Molly Winton. I recently attended one of her workshops where she taught pyrography or woodburning. She was a great teacher and gave me the bug -- I have to incorporate wood burning into some of my projects.
In this video, Molly demonstrates making her basket weave tip and how to best use it. She uses 20 gage wire (sometimes 22 gage). She uses a hex drill bit as a mandrel that is cut off where the flutes begin. A vise grip holds nichrome wire to the hex part of the mandrel. She wraps the wire five times, removes it from the mandrel, then straightens and trims the leads.
Molly's website: www.turningmaven.com/
Molly's email: TurningMaven@hotmail.com
If you have a chance to attend one of her demo's or workshops - DO IT!
If you want woodburning tips pre-made by Molly visit Packard Woodworks at www.packardwoodworks.com/
Good turning.
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Thanks Alan for the excellent video featuring Molly Winton! I've viewed her videos before and enjoyed them, but this video brought out several things that I had questions on and I really appreciate the time and effort you both put into this excellent video! Again, Thanks sooo much and safe turning (and burning!) to both of you!
+Kenn Harris You are welcome.
Merry Christmas
Alan Stratton
Alan, thanks for showcasing Molly's technique and her basket weave brand construction. Very informative and what a nice lady!
+NEB3310 She was great in person also.
Alan Stratton
Thanks to you and Molly for the video and for sharing. I caught one of Molly's rotations at Pittsburgh where she spoke about the evolution of her horses style so it is great to have this extra info on the basket weave.
+David Buskell Making the video firmed up a few things for myself also.
Alan
An amazing artist, and a very enjoyable and well presented tutorial Alan, thank Molly for me, for sharing her technique.
Take care
Mike
+Mike Waldt You are welcome - she is a pro.
Merry Christmas
Alan
Thank you for an interesting and instructive demonstration. I have also made my phyrography machine from an old battery charger, but so far only used it for marking my pieces.
Merry Christmas!
+Kjell Nilsen-Nygaard Thank you Molly,
Merry Christmas
Alan
Beautiful and outstanding work. A real talent . I can understand how it can become addictive. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas
+Jim Robb On behalf of Molly and myself - You're welcome.
Alan Stratton
Thanks for this. Have watched Molly in person at a demo in New Zealand. She is so inspiring
Agreed. She inspired me also
Alan
thank you for sharing Molly and Alan
You are welcome.
Alan
Nice and beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.
+SP Wood Art You are welcome.
Alan Stratton
More of these videos Alan, Great work!!!
+Marcus460 I'll keep asking others to participate when possible.
Alan Stratton
Thanks Alan and Molly, very interesting video, I have been practising quite a lot lately with my pyrography station, and I have bookmarked this video for future reference, also shared on social media, Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and your family,
Best wishes Harry
+The Little Garden Shed Workshop You are welcome.
Merry Christmas
Alan
Absolutely beautiful. I know that I would not have the patience to do something that large, but could be a great look on some small lidded boxes.
Molly has the patience (and skill)
Alan
Muy buen vídeo.. ! Gracias por compartir esta técnica !! Mis saludos a Molly Winton .
+JOSE ALBERTO GIORDANO
De Nada.
Feliz Navidad.
Alan
Alan, I like this format when you interact with others.
+Xyienced Great - I'll try to get more.
Alan
Gorgeous art work!! Does Molly put out a pamphlet describing how to make your own wood burning tips? Thank you very much, August
I haven't seen a pamphlet only her demo. She wraps nichrome wire around a drill bit.
Alan
Very interesting. It was easy to imagine doing this based on the excellent instruction in this video.
+Barry's Workshop Then we succeeded. Great.
Alan Stratton
I have been planning to make a brand to put my identifying logo on my work. Now I know just how to make it. Thanks...very helpful video.
+Gil Grace Depends on the brand's complexity, I can envision several techniques. Let me see what you come up with.
Alan Stratton
Thanks Alan and Molly, great video. I turned a small hollow form from a bit of Sycamore a few weeks ago and it turned out to be a very bland and boring piece. After learning about Mollys technique from your video i though i would give it a go. WOW, it's turned a very uninspiring little hollow form into a work of art! Thanks again Alan an Molly.It would be great to see more of Molly's talents in you videos. Thanks!
+Mark Ballantine On behalf of Molly, You are welcome.
Alan
EXCELLENT DEMO THANKS
+Michael Flynn Yes, Thank you Molly
Alan
That is gorgeous Molly!
+Xyienced I agree. Alan
Thank you for sharing very good video
On behalf of Molly,
Thank you
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
+kaziklu79 We both thank Molly.
Alan Stratton
Very interesting accent for your turnings. I will have to share this one with my wife. She is interested in the pyrography.
+AnkleBiter Woodworks My wife wants mine also. :)
Alan Stratton
Very nice!
+Hu “cillyede” Ko Thank you.
Alan Stratton
Very cool video I was wondering how that was done
+Richard Schaffling Stayed tuned, I'll show more (as I learn more).
Alan
What a cool idea Molly now i know why i kept all broken drill bits that are hex LOL . What type of wood do you turn for the vessel? and how do you keep them from making your hands black? Thanks for sharing your technique .
+Lou Buf Any type of wood will do except that it would be a shame to burn a piece great color and grain. Molly has never mentioned a problem with black hands.
Thanks for watching
Alan
+Lou Buf I use a variety of woods. The ones I like the most that take a brand beautifully, and consistently are black cherry, and Bradford pear. Those are my favorites. If you're not sure how a particular species will react, take a sample piece of the wood and experiment on it. When choosing a wood to burn, characteristics of the species will dictate results such as density, open/closed pores, moisture content, moisture composition (U.S. domestic hardwoods are primarily water based, while many exotic woods, especially from tropical climates, are more oily), tannin content, and so on. With regard to residue on my hands occasionally I might get some minor staining on my fingertips, but that washes off easily with lava soap. I don't get black soot all over my hands with branding, because the brands don't produce that much soot. The only time I have that much soot is when I take a torch to a piece and burn the snot out of it (which is fun too!).
Great video Alan and Molly. How do you get rid of the soot associated with wood burning? Long ago we used a soft brass wire brush. When complete what type of finish goes over the burning? And what about the smell of the burnt wood?
+Terry Vance Molly has mentioned using using a horsehair shoe brush. The pieces she had for the demo did not smell despite extensive burning. They're well sealed. Don't recall her preferred finish. I'll check.
Alan Stratton
+Terry Vance There are two ways I clean residual soot from my turnings. If I'm using a brand such as the basket weave that leaves flakes of soot within the brand impressions, I use a horse hair brush. The bristles of the horse hair are strong enough to remove the flakes, yet gentle enough to not abrade the details of the branding. A wire brush, even a soft brass brush, is too aggressive, and tends to remove details of the designs. When I'm outlining, or lightly branding a piece resulting in slight discolorations around my burns, I clean up most of the staining by using isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) on a soft cloth or make-up cotton pad. With regard to finishes, I've never found an incompatible finish whether it's a penetrating oil, or surface finish. Use whatever finish is appropriate to the function and design of your piece. If there is residual odor from burning (hard to avoid), it often dissipates with time, and usually pretty quickly (often within days of burning).
+thanks Molly.
Isn't she amazing? I had the privilege of watching her in person at Fife WA Club and I'd sure recommend her to any WT club looking for great demo.
If you're close to Fife, she's close to you anyway may have more opportunites to see her again.
Alan
Very interesting
Very!
Alan
Wow that seems like a really time consuming process of putting all those impressions into the vases. But great video I think I want to try this sometime on a smaller scale.
+The Russian Woodworker Definitely start smaller until you're comfortable with the process.
Merry Christmas
Alan
+The Russian Woodworker Yes, it does take a good amount of time. It can become quite meditative though.
hi, where you buy your basket weave ?
She wraps the nichrome wire on a drill mandrel
Alan
This is very nice indeed. I think i need to retire to find more time and pick this up. (Retirement is still a long time away though)
+Willem Kossen That is a problem I completely understand. :)
Alan Stratton
Mi puoi dire quanti watt occorrono?
Usually higher watts is better - do not know her exact number.
Alan
@@AsWoodTurns il mio pirografo è 60 watts e raggiunge una calorie di 700 gradi