There is one thing I forgot to mention in the video and that is how often I clean my pen tips. I check them after every burn session and clean those that need it, but most of the time nothing needs to be cleaned. I personally like to start each burn session with clean pen tips.
Re prepping tips: 100% agree no prep. required, however . . . if your new tips smoke - take note! I make my own tips and the steel wire smokes when first heated. This is due to slight oil residue from the manufacturers' machines remaining on the wire and 'tis recommended to go full red before using - keeping a good distance away from the smoke - breathing in that smoke is extremely harmful!
Hi Intbel, Interesting information. I haven't ever tried to making my own pen tips. I've modified existing tips, but that's not the same. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
@@PyrographyMadeEasy I use Childs' machine which is a li'l different. As well as shaping using pliers, have a miniature anvil for acting as a blacksmith. By hammering (tapping, rather, LOL!) a red-hot tip on the anvil, blacksmith style, custom tips for specific purposes are easily made. Appreciate your expertise and more importantly your sharing of your experience which is of great value. Many thanks, Brenda, from Merrie England. P.S. Useful tip of which I'm sure you must be aware but haven't mentioned, namely controlling tip temperature by blowing on it which I find useful to avoid excessive burn when starting a stroke. Mention it for the benefit of your other followers.
Hi Merrie, Thank you for your comment. My experience modifying pen tips is very limited. Sounds like your have a lot more experience in this realm than I do. Thanks for the information and tip.
Nice work as usual, Brenda. I've ended up in the Colwood camp so your information on all of this (and more) is a little extra relevant. I really appreciate your evidence based approach and your understanding that sometimes the correct way is not a matter of right or wrong but personal preference based on the specifics important to the individual. As someone new to the pyro hobby, I've looked hard at the following related issues :: top burning units; changeable vs fixed tips; polished vs unpolished; bending tips; best tip uses. I've ended up using RT tips that I polish and bend as necessary when new. Now it's lots of practice and testing to find a style that best fits my limited artistic abilities....
Hi Gary, thank you for the comment. I haven't had any problem with my Colwood unit. Hopefully you won't either. I bend and polish my tips too. I know that Colwood will do it for you for a fee, but I think their fee is too high for how little the pen tip is modified. Have fun finding your style. I'd recommend checking out Lora Irish. Her style is very distinctive, and it's a whole lot easier to learn than what I do. Her style is based on layering lines to build up the color. One layer might be slightly curved lines, the next straight lines, and the one after that squiggly.
That’s exactly what someone told me before, I tried it and the tip of my shader broke off soon after. 🤷🏻♀️Now I just use my pen tip without doing any overheating. It lasts so much longer without overheating it.😊👍 Thanks so much Brenda!
That's sad. I'm not sure where this idea of needed heating pen tips till they glow came from, but unfortunately there are too many pyrographers who believed it and promote it. Yes, the pen tip will last so much longer when used at lower temps. Have a great week!
Hello Brenda, you sure know how to look after your equipment. This is a great tutorial showing everything you need to know to keep your tools nice and clean. Very informative and pro video from you !
I started pyrography from this April. Your tutorial videos help me a lot.I’m a Japanese.Your speaking speed is very easy to catch. In Japan,there’s no pyrography magazine and shop.Getting informations and tools is very difficult.
Hello. First off let me welcome you to the exciting artform called pyrography! I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I do. I'm glad my videos are helping. I can add Japanese subtitles if that would be of further help. That must be difficult trying to start a hobby when you can't get tools very easily. I hope it gets better for you. Have a great week
Thanks Brenda, I used to use a tea strainer, saw that done on a different youtube channel. Now I only use a metal working compound on leather, but have used old T-shirt.
Hi Marcus, I've seen the tea strainer idea on several channels too. I never tried it despite owning several strainers. Guess brewing tea was more important to me. :) I would have to say that since I started using a polishing compound I have noticed that my pen tips perform better. Thanks for the comment and have a fantastic week!
Buen día Brenda deseo lo mejor para ti....y como siempre agradecido por los tips para mejorar este bello arte del pirograbado...un gran saludo desde mi México
I am a retired metal worker. 10 tenthound grit sand paper is not need unless all your doing is polishing. I use 1 to 2 thousand grit when tip is hot or cold, just enough to remove heavy carbon. Then I polish on flesh side of leather with green compound. I also this flesh by its self for light carbon. Hair side of leather is good for very high polish metal. I also have carving knives for wood that I use these same methods on to get a "hair whittling" sharp knife.
Thanks for the information. It's rather sad how many burner kits come with some rather coarse grit sandpaper for cleaning. In a way it makes marketing sense since the user will be having to replace pen tips more frequently. I quit using sandpaper of any sort. Now I stick with denim cloth or the compound and leather strop method. Thanks again for both the comment and information.
I don't know about that. Mixing paint colors is a science! The only color I could ever consistently mix was a mud grey color. Unfortunately, I was never trying to make the color! :)
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There is one thing I forgot to mention in the video and that is how often I clean my pen tips. I check them after every burn session and clean those that need it, but most of the time nothing needs to be cleaned. I personally like to start each burn session with clean pen tips.
I do too.
Re prepping tips: 100% agree no prep. required, however . . . if your new tips smoke - take note!
I make my own tips and the steel wire smokes when first heated. This is due to slight oil residue from the manufacturers' machines remaining on the wire and 'tis recommended to go full red before using - keeping a good distance away from the smoke - breathing in that smoke is extremely harmful!
Hi Intbel,
Interesting information. I haven't ever tried to making my own pen tips. I've modified existing tips, but that's not the same.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
@@PyrographyMadeEasy I use Childs' machine which is a li'l different.
As well as shaping using pliers, have a miniature anvil for acting as a blacksmith.
By hammering (tapping, rather, LOL!) a red-hot tip on the anvil, blacksmith style, custom tips for specific purposes are easily made.
Appreciate your expertise and more importantly your sharing of your experience which is of great value.
Many thanks, Brenda, from Merrie England.
P.S. Useful tip of which I'm sure you must be aware but haven't mentioned, namely controlling tip temperature by blowing on it which I find useful to avoid excessive burn when starting a stroke. Mention it for the benefit of your other followers.
Hi Merrie,
Thank you for your comment. My experience modifying pen tips is very limited. Sounds like your have a lot more experience in this realm than I do.
Thanks for the information and tip.
Nice work as usual, Brenda. I've ended up in the Colwood camp so your information on all of this (and more) is a little extra relevant. I really appreciate your evidence based approach and your understanding that sometimes the correct way is not a matter of right or wrong but personal preference based on the specifics important to the individual. As someone new to the pyro hobby, I've looked hard at the following related issues :: top burning units; changeable vs fixed tips; polished vs unpolished; bending tips; best tip uses. I've ended up using RT tips that I polish and bend as necessary when new. Now it's lots of practice and testing to find a style that best fits my limited artistic abilities....
Hi Gary,
thank you for the comment.
I haven't had any problem with my Colwood unit. Hopefully you won't either. I bend and polish my tips too. I know that Colwood will do it for you for a fee, but I think their fee is too high for how little the pen tip is modified.
Have fun finding your style. I'd recommend checking out Lora Irish. Her style is very distinctive, and it's a whole lot easier to learn than what I do. Her style is based on layering lines to build up the color. One layer might be slightly curved lines, the next straight lines, and the one after that squiggly.
That’s exactly what someone told me before, I tried it and the tip of my shader broke off soon after. 🤷🏻♀️Now I just use my pen tip without doing any overheating. It lasts so much longer without overheating it.😊👍 Thanks so much Brenda!
That's sad. I'm not sure where this idea of needed heating pen tips till they glow came from, but unfortunately there are too many pyrographers who believed it and promote it.
Yes, the pen tip will last so much longer when used at lower temps.
Have a great week!
Hello Brenda, you sure know how to look after your equipment. This is a great tutorial showing everything you need to know to keep your tools nice and clean. Very informative and pro video from you !
Hi DK!
Thanks for the really nice comment!
Very nice tutorial Brenda ..
Thanks so much 😊
I started pyrography from this April.
Your tutorial videos help me a lot.I’m a Japanese.Your speaking speed is very easy to catch.
In Japan,there’s no pyrography magazine and shop.Getting informations and tools is very difficult.
Hello.
First off let me welcome you to the exciting artform called pyrography! I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I do.
I'm glad my videos are helping. I can add Japanese subtitles if that would be of further help.
That must be difficult trying to start a hobby when you can't get tools very easily. I hope it gets better for you.
Have a great week
Thanks so much Brenda.
Hi Kathy,
hope it provided some helpful information
Thanks Brenda, I used to use a tea strainer, saw that done on a different youtube channel. Now I only use a metal working compound on leather, but have used old T-shirt.
Hi Marcus,
I've seen the tea strainer idea on several channels too. I never tried it despite owning several strainers. Guess brewing tea was more important to me. :)
I would have to say that since I started using a polishing compound I have noticed that my pen tips perform better.
Thanks for the comment and have a fantastic week!
Good tutorail.. have a great day
Thanks, you too!
Buen día Brenda deseo lo mejor para ti....y como siempre agradecido por los tips para mejorar este bello arte del pirograbado...un gran saludo desde mi México
Saludos Fernanda.
Siempre es bueno saber de ti. ¡Te deseo a ti y a tu familia una semana maravillosa!
Wonderful Movie💕🌼 Thank you for sharing🌈
Thank you for the lovely comment
More great and very helpful info Brenda, thank you so so much for sharing this with us take care :)
Glad it was helpful. Thank you for the comment, and have a fantastic week!
Thanks Brenda a lot of good info in this one.
Take care
Cheers
Harold
Hi Harold,
thank you. Have a great week
I am a retired metal worker. 10 tenthound grit sand paper is not need unless all your doing is polishing. I use 1 to 2 thousand grit when tip is hot or cold, just enough to remove heavy carbon. Then I polish on flesh side of leather with green compound. I also this flesh by its self for light carbon. Hair side of leather is good for very high polish metal. I also have carving knives for wood that I use these same methods on to get a "hair whittling" sharp knife.
Thanks for the information. It's rather sad how many burner kits come with some rather coarse grit sandpaper for cleaning. In a way it makes marketing sense since the user will be having to replace pen tips more frequently.
I quit using sandpaper of any sort. Now I stick with denim cloth or the compound and leather strop method.
Thanks again for both the comment and information.
@@PyrographyMadeEasy yea it does suck that they don't to keep happy customers. Most companies don't care anymore about customers.
I know I have said this before: woodburning is a science by its own.
I don't know about that. Mixing paint colors is a science! The only color I could ever consistently mix was a mud grey color. Unfortunately, I was never trying to make the color! :)
@@PyrographyMadeEasy 😂 I know what you mean.