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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on February 13, 2015 at 8:57am

I may be wrong, but I have observed the same thing when wood burning plywood, and I believe it is due to the grain direction of ply vs. solid wood. Plywood veneer is peeled from logs, so the grains run flat and fairly tight. Sometimes the surface may even seem "shiny" and hard/smooth, not dull and "open-grained" like a solid piece of wood.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on February 13, 2015 at 10:29am

I thought that to dont get hot enough 30w?

I might buy one that goes up to a 100w but its a soldering iron which is the same thing.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on February 13, 2015 at 1:10pm

its more about the accelerant.

get that right, and its art

;)

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Permalink Reply by Keith on February 13, 2015 at 4:11pm

ok somewhat off the topic but not really. I just put side markers on the neck of my latest cbg and to get it right I just pulled the yip out of my soldering iron and turned it around to the blunt end and just held it in place. That burned perfect round dots in the side of my neck... Er the guitar neck, I wouldn't burn my own neck... On purpose anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on February 13, 2015 at 4:19pm

Yup, I do that all the time, but with my solder iron and an extra tip I set aside for that purpose...easier and cheaper than buying those plastic inlay sticks. I use a hole punch to make a divot for each spot first, so the tip of the iron doesn't decide to wander from where I want it.

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Permalink Reply by Mike on February 13, 2015 at 4:41pm

Not sure but possibly the glue used to layer it may be part of the problem as well.  I don't know though, just guessing...

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Permalink Reply by Mark on February 14, 2015 at 5:36am

• Damn why does it take so long to get the right answer....thanks Mike. I have done my share of pyrography and mikes answer is spot on.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on February 14, 2015 at 6:46am

some got astray here!!

I meant for ovations leaves veins as stated above not fret markers.

anyway I bought a 60w soldering iron so we'll see how that goes.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on February 14, 2015 at 7:53am

will do once I get it and test it.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on February 18, 2015 at 8:08am

got ma 60w iron.

I dress the tip to a chisel like.

it worked really well ,burned ma name and drew lines.

if you hold it on the wood to long it will burn so I'm pleased with it.

a 100w might be a bit to hot.?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on February 14, 2015 at 7:31am

Anything hot enough can be used for woodburning. You could repeatedly use a heated knife blade, if you wanted to go retro. A soldering iron with a hard cylindrical conical tip works just as well as a proper pyrography tip, as long as it gets hot enough QUICKLY. 20-30 watts, not hot enough. 100 watts, now yer talkin'. Yes, the glue in plywood can be a PITA, but that's only if you're burning down farther than a single layer. Little trick is to dry sand the surface before you start burning, gets the top glue coating off. Quick pass with a belt sander and 120 grit, or a palm sander over just the area you wanna burn.

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Permalink Reply by Bama Hound on February 15, 2015 at 8:26am

http://www.woodcarverssupply.com/NEW-BURNMASTER-HAWK-PEN-10-TIPS-SE...

I have another addiction,like CBG's aren't bad enough. I do much pyrography. This is for serious burning. Burning scales like on fish & snakes. Feathers for birds and hair (O.K., you fellows keep it clean out there) I bought mine over 20 years ago and it is not the brand that I bought, but it is from the same people. They have cheaper things so look around  I have bought many things from them and have been satisfied with all. This is a family run company. Check out their catalog. Many woodworking tools.

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