This is a follow-up on last months post concerning when to put on your walking stick making project. Wood burning images on your hiking stick and walking stick project is a great way to add uniqueness to your project. You do not need to be an artist to learn how to make a hiking stick with wood burnt images. What you will need is a wood burning tool which can be purchased from as low as $15 or a professional grade wood burning tool for over $150.
The first step is to get he wood ready by sanding it to very smooth finish. You need to sand in steps from rough to very fine paper. The how to making walking sticks guides is a great reference and how to guide for all steps of wood preparation, staining, wood burning, carving and much more. Next determine the image you plan to create and transfer it onto the wood using transfer paper if you are not an natural artist like me or free-hand wood burn the image. Yes, I do free hand simple images but for more complicated images I always use the template method to create my walking stick project image.
The above image I did using a template transfer method. The wood burnt area is approximately 1.5" x 2.5" which is a typical walking stick making project image. I did not use any wood burning shading or other fine details you see on larger wood burning projects due to the size of this image. Also, this was done using a very simple low cost ($12 on Ebay) wood burning kit. Learning how to make walking sticks is a great hobby hat you can do on a very low budget. Yes, some tools can be very expensive but you do not need them as a beginner. However, the walking stick guide makes it a point to demonstrate all aspect of walking stick making using very low costs tools just as a beginner would own.
The first step is to get he wood ready by sanding it to very smooth finish. You need to sand in steps from rough to very fine paper. The how to making walking sticks guides is a great reference and how to guide for all steps of wood preparation, staining, wood burning, carving and much more. Next determine the image you plan to create and transfer it onto the wood using transfer paper if you are not an natural artist like me or free-hand wood burn the image. Yes, I do free hand simple images but for more complicated images I always use the template method to create my walking stick project image.
The above image I did using a template transfer method. The wood burnt area is approximately 1.5" x 2.5" which is a typical walking stick making project image. I did not use any wood burning shading or other fine details you see on larger wood burning projects due to the size of this image. Also, this was done using a very simple low cost ($12 on Ebay) wood burning kit. Learning how to make walking sticks is a great hobby hat you can do on a very low budget. Yes, some tools can be very expensive but you do not need them as a beginner. However, the walking stick guide makes it a point to demonstrate all aspect of walking stick making using very low costs tools just as a beginner would own.
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