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Wood burning is a great way to decorate and add contrast to your carvings, learning how to wood burn is very interesting and it can significantly improve the quality of your carvings. To start with, let’s define what wood burning is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wood burning is the process of burning the outer layer of wood using a soldering iron or other heating equipment to create a decorative ornament or highlight the contour of a carving.<\/strong> This is usually done on wood or sometimes leather<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will cover everything you need to know to try wood burning for the first time as well as provide you with useful tips on how to improve your carvings with this wonderful form of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wood Burning Basics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, let’s go over some of the basics of wood burning. When working with a wood burning tool you should keep in mind that working with it requires patience<\/strong>. Wood burning is a process that takes a significant amount of time if you’re going to do a good job out of it. Otherwise, the outcome will look rushed and not look as good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This, of course, depends on what tool you are using to burn wood. Some tools that heat up to lower temperatures take even longer than what we described above, while the best tools that can reach 1400 degrees in 8 seconds will save you some time. We will talk more about the different tools that you can use to burn wood in a section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process you will undergo is divided into 4 sections that you follow every time you want to make anything regarding a wood burning:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Planning your work<\/li>
  2. Adjusting power or warming up the iron<\/li>
  3. Burning<\/li>
  4. Shading<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    So let’s cover every step of the way in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note:<\/strong> If you don’t know about the difference between Wood Carving and Wood Burning, Most importantly which one do you need for your project. Then You should read our well written article on the difference between Wood Carving and Wood Burning<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    1. Planning your work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Planning how you burn wood can be very different, this depends on the style of your carving and your pattern. For now, we will concentrate on the fact that you should plan your wood burning and not necessarily go into detail of what exactly you should plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There are mostly three ways you can go about planning your wood burning carving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n