Hello! I am interested in obtaining a pyrogravure tool–great for simulating weld seams, zimmerit, etc. I know Historex of the UK makes them, but they are quite expensive and work only with European voltage…does anyone know of a US maker/supplier, preferably online, that has them? I’ve had no luck with eBay or with Micro-Mark (which surprised me!). Thanks!
Rory
I think this is what you are looking for. Its for wood burning. I Yahoo’d woodburning supplies and came up with a bunch. The first site is for Collinwood burners home and you can get the retailers there. The second is a place in MIN. that was resonable.
http://www.hidebeak.com/
Thank you!–I Googled “pyrogravure” and got about 4000 websites in French, and the Historex site…I wonder still, thought, which sort of woodburner would be best for pyrogravure with plastics…maybe I could just turn the power on my soldering iron wayyyyy down…any suggestions would be appreciated…
If you have a soldering gun that you can adjust you may want to try it on some scrap. Of course you’d need to rig up a blade or sonthing like that. The wood burners pretty much are a pyro… they have an adjustable heat setting much like the old Dremel variable speeds. I don’t have an adjustment on my soldering iron so I’m not sure. I’d try it though ,like I said with some scrap and some sort of blade. I know you need it a lot cooler than a normal solder iron.
Thanks…actually, I found a woodburning set on eBay with several small tips for 13 bucks. I don’t think I would need to spend alot of money on something I’m only going to use to melt little lines into plastic. So I picked one up, figuring I won’t have too much to lose if it turns out to be junk.
Crafts and Stuff as well as any art supply store sell them as a “Creative 5 in 1 tool kit”
This includes a 30 watt soldering iron, some woodburning tips, an xacto blade fitting and some cutting and fusing tips used for everything from molding light plastic to cutting stencils from mylar or acetate.
Lenk corporation is the manufacturer of mine, but I’ve seen them under other brand names. Come in a handy little plastic case. Got mine for under $10.
Super idea! Thanks…I’ll use my wood burner and turn down the heat adjustment…WoW! I’d have never thought of that…Thanks Guy’s from me too… [bow]
“RC”…[C):-)]
This posting was placed about 2 months ago, but I still have a suggestion to consider for a low powered substitute for a pyro tool or a wood burner. You can find 15 watt ,12 volt D.C. powered pencil shaped soldering irons at the Truckers’ Store in the larger Truckstops. They come wired with cigar lighter plugs. I have one and it DOESN’T get hot enough to melt solder, but it does get hot enough to probably melt plastic. The cigar plug can be cut off and replaced with a couple of aligator clips to use with a 12 volt car battery. OR spend some more money and get an A.C. power adaptor for using automobile D.C. goodies in your home.
I believe Radio Shack has A.C. soldering irons rated as 10 watts and 15 watts, but THEY may get hotter than their D.C. brethern. How well the electrical power translates to thermal energy depends on the quality of manufacture.
I went to michaels craft store and found a small rectangle attachment for my woodburning pin that has sharp grouves about 1/8" apart from end to end, it makes like five lines at once when your woodburning…You just drag it across the wood and I think make logs if your woodburning a log cabin, or the shingles on the roof…I also have a heat adjustment and it just might work…What do you think?..