Wood burning for beginners (pyrography) - how to get started

See how easy it is to get started with wood burning (pyrography). Find out how to use an inkjet printer to transfer any image to a piece of plywood and then turn it into art. It's cheap and easy!

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"Firewood stacks" photo by Pietro De Grandi on Unsplash.
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[HobbyHoarder]

It's all fun and games until you burn a finger! Especially when you're trying to change the tip, so be careful.

[animess]

"artistic skills of a dead horse" got me subscribing

[SouthernAromas]

Hi, I was shown this in 8th grade woodworking class. Brings back so many memories of me making a jewelry box for my mother who’s passed away now, soldering my name to the bottom of it. I’m 43 now have a candle company. Would love to incorporate this onto my wooden candle jar tops.

[zoeannejulia]

OH MY GOD. I bought the wood burning pen yesterday, and I was literally drawing the SAME hylian shield you are making. INSANE!!

[seventyfive]

Perfect timing on this. My wife wants to make a giant 6' wood ruler growth chart for our son, seems like the easiest way to make the markings is burning.

[maxencedreuillet]

Perfectly balanced, as all thing should be... I've tried wood burning a long time ago but without these method, it wasn't very beatiful...

[TheRainbowrae]

Oh my gosh that sticker paper idea is brilliant!! Thank you

[burneraccount]

A big tip for shading that I have learned is to use a rounded tip piece on the burner and have the heat around medium (or anywhere less than the normal heat level you prefer to use as long as it still leave a mark) and make tiny circles. If it's low enough it will take 3-4 repetitions to get a medium level shade. So just lightly serial around in tiny circles till you fill in the space you want shaded, make sure to have a consistent pace to make sure everything is even and dark spots don't show up too frequently

[mickeyyoung]

Artistic skills of a dead horse - gotta be the best opening statement I've ever heard 😆 🤣
Subscribed !

[clarehartland]

Sticker paper inkjet printing - absolute genius! Why did I not know this before? Great tips, I’ve just bought a pyrography pen, so I am off to draw on wooden things!

[KillerCaitie]

The sticker paper idea is absolute genius! As is having a soldering iron as a back up.

[erfinderwerkstatt]

Finally a good use for my ruined Lidl soldering station!

The inkjet transfer is simple and ingenious. I haven't even thought about that... It would even be perfect for stamping small pieces of wood without wood burning!

[fredschepers]

Newbie here.
Thanks for this video. Awesome way to start.
I bought just recently a set and was looking for a tutorial.
First search, first hit...
Thank you... 👍🏻

[JumpdeArt]

Thanks for posting this! Very informative, and well done with the editing. Learned a lot through the transfer tutorial and also the plier technique to remove the tip. Again, thanks!

[jenjend]

Thanks for the tips! The sandpaper tip will come in handy for me. I didn't know about the carbon build up and was unsuccessfully trying to remove it with a damp paper towel.

[RaplimNaim]

Can't wait to try wood burning, such a creative way to personalize items! 🔥

[nadinb]

You are the first one who mentioned calligraphy. Thank you 🌼
It helped me a looot !

[pinealptics]

I just got one of these pens as a surprise gift, so excited to get started. Going to buy some plywood tomorrow 😊

[tcnesa]

I really appreciate you showing me how its possible to burn shapes and names.
I'm now on a mission to burn names into my turned wooden stools. 👌

[PkmHax]

Tip for if you use the sticky back paper method. Flip the image backwards and it will be the right way when you apply the stencil.