Looking for a Brand

http://brandingirons.com/
Not sure what the cost is ?

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Lee Valley has some inexpensive ones, I was just looking at them last night.

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Although I have not yet ordered from them, Brand-First appears to be a good source, with attractive pricing, as well as a nice selection. I found out about them from another LJ and will likely order my next branding iron from them.

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I used to be an engineer/project manager for a fabrication/welding/machining type company. I cut some branding irons for a few customers using a CNC plasma cutting table. They cost about $50 made in stainless steel and were the type you heat in a fire or similar heat source. A machine shop with a CNC mill could do the same thing, but in our case the cost would have been more. You might check similar sources.

The “Brand-First” and “Brandingirons” links above are a little more specific to what I think you want, however. Brand-First especially seems to have some good pricing for what they offer. The “non-electric” branding tool at Lee Valley, suggested by rivergirl looks good also. Looks like any way you slice it the cost of a branding iron is going to be at least $50 to $110 on the low end.

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Haven’t used them before but was just noticing that Highland has a whole category of items related to branding and personalization:

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/personalize-woodworker.aspx

Whatever you do …. DO NOT BUY A ROCKLER branding iron!!! The base is 13/64” (that’s less than 1/4”) and the first time I tried to use the one I got for Christmas it warped to such a point that made it useless. I can’t get a clean burn on anything. It’s either burned to a point or so light the lettering can’t be read. They told me I have to roll it around. THAT’S BS! Doing that I the lettering is not crisp at all.

-- Don

I would have to agree with you, Don. I also purchased a Rockler branding iron last year and have not been happy with it. I do, in fact, have to roll it around to get anywhere near consistent burn-in. I believe mine was like this when it was made, just slightly “off”. Your technique has to be just right to get it to look decent. It’s useable, but I’d prefer not to have to go through the above ritual every time I want to use it. (That is also the reason I obviously didn’t recommend the Rockler iron in my original posting.) I also wish it had a longer cord.

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I also have been looking for a brand but with my logo.

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I bought from Custom Branding Irons. Terry owns and operates the business and is very easy to work with and talk to. He provides his direct number and either answers the phone or calls you back very quickly. The first custom brand he made for me (a drill press one) had a slight warp in it and when I contacted him about it, there was no questions asked, he made me a new one and had it in the mail a week later! Great guy and I’m about to place another order with him….

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if I can get the image is reversed I think I could pull it off. is there a way to do that on the computer?maybe taking a picture of it in a mere?I got a think about this. 75 bucks {custom branding irons}
seems like a pretty good deal. It would definitely take some time.

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You could just use a runnin’ iron; ie, wood burner. Cheapest and most versitile I can think of;-)

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I will throw out an endorsement for Custom Branding Irons, noted above. My wife got me a custom brand with my signature in Nov. 2010. It works great and the service was excellent. The brands are all one of a kind and Terry will work with you to design something to your liking. It was a great company to deal with.

I bought one from Rockler a few months ago and have been very pleased with it. I do agree that the cord could be longer, but no biggie. I certainly don’t need to roll it around, thankfully. Maybe the others got a dud. Or, maybe they messed up on mine and got it right. :-)

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