Need pyrography help... razertip pen and nibs

[monicaj]

Capt, I meant to say that zero good came out of Florida except you and everything you just mentioned.  :D   -Sloppy save but all encompassing lol.  I like pyrography a lot.  It's easy to draw and get any design I want.  But at some point I really need to get some good stamps and try to master tooling too.  The envy I feel when I see great tooling skills is almost painful.  

Tom, I really appreciate the tips.  I'm going to try a hot box.  Good to know about burning on suede too, now I'll know how to make it work the first time.  Thanks! 

[CaptQuirk]

Hey Monica, you live in a hotbox. Just set the leather on your front seat of your car for an hour, maybe two since it is Fall/Winter. And I am being semi serious here.

[monicaj]

Thanks Capt! I love that easy idea.  Was going to research DIY hot boxes... automobile hot box is much simpler.

[CaptQuirk]

Another tip- If you have heated seats, you can put your cheese samich down and have grilled cheese. Sit on it, and you have a Paganini

[bullmoosepaddles]

The misses and I both burn wood. Last year we had the same problem from one of our tips. We took the Colwood unit/tips ect. we own to a local retired engineer who repairs pretty much anything electrical for local craftsmen. His assessment was the handpiece had gone bad and we could buy a new one for less than his hourly rate to rebuild ours. If you have another handpiece and the tip is replaceable try changing to a new handpiece, if it's a fixed tip, then try a new handpiece unit.  

We clean our tips on course denim while in use and polish them after use when they are cool.       

[Brown64]

I would have to say northmount took the words right out of my mouth. You have to dry the leather because the moisture cools the tip too fast making it harder to control. You will have to turn it up causing a quick burn then nothing that is why you are getting the bumpiness, and inconsistency.  And I also found out you get a lot of residue when it is wet. Your hand is heating up because your turning the heat up to compensate for the moisture. Like was said the hotter the tool the hotter your hands. I clean my tips on a coarse cloth like a jean material, and if they get too gunked up I use a very fine emery cloth to polish them.