Making a Wood & Leather Branding Iron
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- How cool is it to be able to put your own maker's mark on something you make?! I wanted to do that so went about creating a personalised DIY branding iron that I can use on wood or leather. I started with a round block of brass, printed my maker's mark out to that size and carved to suit! Follow along and enjoy. Please like & subscribe!
Looks great. I think cutting it down thinner would make it easier to heat, so you don't have so much thermal mass to heat. You've given me inspiration to make my own! Thanks
Same thought
This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxkNYRBJuiJ6EwD-tQSAlxg0eFKsnR2cgz I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.
I've been thinking about buying a branding iron... Not now! Handily i've got all the tools to make my own, and thanks to you, now have the necessary knowledge too. You just saved me $200 which makes you entirely awesome!
I have recently started crafting leather and I was thinking of a branding iron or stamp for my logo. My friend suggested making my own, I initially frowned upon this idea. However, after watching your video you have given me the confidence to try and make my own as I have all the tools except the tap & die set. Thank you so much for sharing your phenomenal skill. Keep up the great work.
God Bless.
Will Matthew's. You are the definition of badass/kickass. You unviel the Secret to making a stamp. This is way cool.
That's sweet! That huge piece of brass must take a long time to heat!
Made one for myself in much the same way a few years back, but with a piece of copper about quarter the size.
That is so good thanks - I had been trying to think of how to build material up to make the mark - now I realise a touch of carbide to remove material is the way to go.
Nice. Just starting to do a little metal work on my CNC. It's completely different than wood.
I need to get a buffing wheel for my grinder.
Looks great.
Thanks for sharing.
I have watched a ton of videos about metal work and a lot of times by the end I can tell those projects are just a little more than what my skill set could accomplish but this video is not one of those. Great job! You made it clear and easy to understand each step and I feel like this is something I can do.
+Britt Fisher thanks for watching! It's definitely accessible to regular folk! Give it a go :)
8:07 - I thought it was the fire alarm at first. Great video. Great tool to brand your creations!
Love the design. Your initials really lend themselves to the shape/style, it looks really cool!
+美しい川 thanks for the feedback!
Will Matthews you could have made the block smaller, if it was smaller it heated faster. You have to spend a lot of energy to heat it.
It will stay hot longer... but still would probably be a good improvement.
See I knew someone else would have already said it. If you're only getting one decent compression per heat, thinning the stock definitely wouldn't hurt lol
Yep. The specific energy is too high with such a large, dense iron. No need to remake it. Just have someone with a metal lathe shave down most of the excess.
Just cut off the body. 1/2 inch should be plenty of branding iron.
You have to remember that, the smaller will lose heat faster, so you frequently need to heat it again to do a big batch of something. So I think this is good size
I've made a couple brands from scratch for my local pool and a couple projects to help my son. I found that keeping the rotary tool stationary and instead moving the brand around the bit works surprisingly well (kind of a manual CNC). I can move the brand along a straight edge under the cutter for those nice straight lines. You can also make a quick curved jig out of 1/8" hardboard. Nice work.
Or you could move the rotary tool itself, like normal human, have more conrol and detail.
Nice work man. Loved the fact that it was 100% handmade without using a CNC. My logo would have been a pain in the ass to manually carve out haha.
+Oakmoon Life // Leathercrafting & more thanks heaps. Yeah it's challenging doing it by hand, but all the more special and unique!
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If it's the same as your profile picture i'm gonna agree with you for 100% on that
You could make a negative version of yours which would be pretty easy. :)
Burned in handle, old school and wonderful to see!
Nice work! Thorough. I need that belt sander. Not that id use it much..its just cool.
Good idea. Love the use of the Dremel.
This reminds me so much of myself it's not even funny! Just trial and error untill you get it done! Who needs fancy tools!? 👍😊
+Griffin Benchmark thanks for the feedback mate! You can do plenty without fancy tools that's for sure!
Really appreciate the time lapse intro. Wish more videos did this.
Nice looking branding iron.
That's a really nice brand that you made , if you made it only 1/2'' thick it wont take so long to heat up. Right now it's a giant heat sink . Not hating on this its a thing of art and beautiful !
Excellent job at carving with a Dremel. Once I bought my Foredom Flexshaft - I never went back to a dremel - being able to control spin speed with my foot control allows for much finer carving of metal details. Cool video!! FYI - you can etch brass and copper with PCB board etchant - might have been another interesting way to do the logo.
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Cool video! I need to think about making myself one of these. Couple of things: first, what was the point of heating the threaded rod when mounting it to the handle? Secondly, I'd use caution heating up threaded rod. the zinc coating on those suckers produces toxic fumes when heated hot enough. All in all, excellent craftsmanship!
Absolutely fabulous! I would agree with some other comments to make the body thinner for quicker heating.
Super cool!!
Loved the music that went with it. Really made it that much better. Great video!
Great video! Very clear and concise, step by step instructions.
Thanks for the vid. New and up an comming Chippy myself need the helps. And great way to get the brand seen
Nice work. So that's what a Dremel is good for! I have one but haven't found much use for it - until now :D Thank you for showing at the start what will be made - so few video do that. Good editing, thanks :)
+Tony Y no problems, thanks for watching!
I think your heating problem is because of how big that chunk of metal is. I do love the simplicity though. Good Job!
There is something wholesome and totally satisfying, to see true craftsmanship and in seeing something made from scratch. Thank you. Do you made-to-order on etsy or sell from your website? If so, could you post the link?
The copper added is a nice little touch that should act as a heatsink and draw heat away from the upper part of the rod. Gj.
Awesome build....cheers
Should have cut the iron down to 1/2 an inch then threaded on your handle. It might have heated in 90 seconds and had lots of gas to mark a nice brand. I'm going to make one this weekend because of your cool vid. Thanks!👍
Nice work. Enjoyed the video. That'll save me a ton of money and be fun too.
Very good! Lot of work! Thank you.
Idk why, but this video inspired me to finally design my own logo, and I just did.... Odd that I didn't come up with it sooner
Great job with the branding iron! I love how simple your logo is! I plan to make one soon!
Haha, when I saw the coil I figured it would be induction heated or something. Nice brand!
Fantastic!!!
Thanks for sharing, Will. Really good stuff.
Awesome work! i would put an ironsight on, so you always get the right angle
I wanted to make one of these until I saw the end of the video. I would definitely go "brand-crazy" if I had one of these!
Great work and great video. (no music next time though)
Well done! Skill, Tools, Presentation and Music in equal proportions..❣😊
My nana is Melody Wilson. I've been messing around with ideas for my logo for a few months. I came up with this sleek idea a while back. What if I draw 3 vertical lines, a small v at the top of the first two and the opposite between the 2nd and 3rd. MW woodworking. Maybe put a circle around it? I love it! Then I stumble across your channel!😢😂 It's been done. I thought I was so original. Hey, great minds think alike I guess!
Now, I´m going to mark this an that. My car, my dog, my wife...hahaha very cool.
P.S. I´m dying to have a workshop like yours, have everything I would like to have.
Amazing job.
Don’t forget, marking all of your barbecued meats
very cool video and music too..
necessary. I can do it too. Thanks for sharing. greetings from Turkey🤝👋
I have thought about making this myself earlier but i purchased two set for under $50 and saved me 10+ hours...
lol at the smoke alarm at the end. amazing job dude.
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OK, the ad before I saw this was for a FormLabs 3D printer. A great combination of old and new would be to do a computer design of a logo, print it in some kind of plastic that will burn out cleanly, then invest and cast that in metal. Hmmmmmmm. I might just do exactly that someday.
The only problem with one of these in my case is every wooden surface in my shop would be covered in brands. Nice job!
Nicely done! What’s the name of the book you referenced to when you drilled and tapped that hole?
so cool!!!! will have to make me one soon!!! working on my makers mark now
Gorgeous! Very impressive.
Cut that billet into about 1/2" plugs and you can make about 5 of these! :) Thanks for sharing. Nice work.
I so wanted that fastgrip to set and stick your screwdriver to the block lol
I like the idea of a brand for wood and leather. What purpose did the copper wire around the threaded handle serve? All it will do is bring heat to the handle more quickly.
very nice -congratulations
Very very very good!!!!!!!!
Awesome video. Rad to see a small UA-camr getting alot of success for quality entertaining content.
+Walker Mayer thanks for your feedback! Appreciate you taking the time!
Outstanding!
Very nice indeed.
très bon boulot, chapeau, vous avez pas mal de matos aussi, et savoir faire !
Woooooo I know it's farther than it looks but let's keep that flame away from the flammable can at 5:54. :) Thanks for sharing your process.
Very cool!
Very good in brass . Easier to make . I’m doing one for me . Regards ,Beni from Brazil.
This is awesome! Thanks for the inspiration
Funny that there used to be a dodgy german company with a similar logo called Mechanische Weberei. They were a conglomerate having from commercial stuff to small arms to munitions and weapons systems to whatnot; sort of Madrigal Incorporated if you know what I mean.
Really awesome build, looking forward to seeing more.
Great job on the iron and well done with the video editing!
+Mike Kim thanks!
thanks for the upload, looks simple enough with great results, heating up that chunk of brass seemed slow, i'll be streamlining the stamp to reduce weight and required heat?. great work and helpful tips
Que meta es ? Bronce?
Entertaining video and nice tool to pass on to your offspring.great job!!!
i love your videos!
yay i can now brand a man to my cult
it was very well made,I do not know anything about branding irons,but did the head of the brass branded need to be so thick?I would have thought it would have conducted heat more efficiently and quicker had it not been so thick,never the less it was well made,and a good vidio,gets my thumbs up.
Love the Soundtrack!
Oh i need to make one of those
Good job. I was able to make one that works on 12 volts
Great video I hope your channel takes off so that people get to see more great videos like this one.
+Tommy Lein thanks for the feedback, appreciate it!
Wow, so intelligent and smart lol. Thanks!
totally gonna try that
My man! Great job!
Wow!!!!! You deserve waaaaaay more subs. The filming is great as well !
This is amazing! Your videos have such a high quality to them. I hope in the future that you become a huge channel!
Thanks Kevin for the kinds words! It really helps to get that feedback to know I'm on the right path of producing decent quality videos :) cheers!
Great craftsmanship, just watched all of your videos. Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Aloha!
+kbbjedi thanks!
Great Job
Bro you kill it
You definately have to be here in Aus
Great job....
Nice work...good look
Some things you could have done: Instead of glueing your logo in the cylinder you could have used a mirrored image of it printed with a laser printer in magazine paper (with glossy finish) and transfer it with a clothes iron (more or less like you'd do with a PCB), so you don't have to worry about losing pieces of paper. Other thing you can do is a thiner cylinder (like a 1/4 inch or so). Is easier to heat a "thin" piece of metal instead of a huge chunk. In the end, the only thing that matters is having enough material to make the thread :)
+Jeronimo M yeah the bigger piece definitely takes a while to heat. Things to consider for next time. Though I was happy with the bell shape of it. Cheers
love the bell shape and the copper wire that also acts as a heatsink
Copper tubing would make just as good a heat sink and be much easier to make.
Wouldn't you have way more precision control if the Dremel was on a fixed post? To enable handling the piece against the bit to carve close to the lines? The Dremel should be stationary.
Great job!
Yeah that's a big chunk to heat up. Looks great though 👌👌👌
Great video sir
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.
But why is the branding iron material so thick? The material is very conductive. So the heat goes from the surface that you heat up inside and is therefore cooling down the surface..
I'd make it max 1 cm thicker than the deepest engravement spot.
What kind of metal did you use? it's brass?
Very good 👍👍
Very impressive!
That's pretty sweet. Think you could make a singlet ring like for wax impressions?