Wood Burning Device

If you decide to do noble art - pyrography (drawing by fire), then you need a burner. Mastering this art master began in the XVIII century, and nowadays burning in wood has become an accessible and interesting hobby, even for children, through which amazing crafts are created. Perhaps, the reason is the availability and ease of use, which modern instruments give for wood burning. This exciting activity is constantly being improved, new techniques for patterning appear, technical tools for wood burning are becoming technically more sophisticated and safer.

Types of appliances for wood burning

This section will help you to understand which device for burning out will serve better in your situation. The first category is burners with firm feathers, and the second - with wire feathers. Both types are powered from the mains to 220 V, but wire burners allow you to adjust the temperature of the feather. To understand how in your situation it is right to choose a burner for wood, it is worth to familiarize more widely with the specifics of the design of each species. Burners with solid feathers have a constant feather temperature, their choice is usually limited to a few options. Pay attention to the power of the device, if it is less than 20 watts, then this burner will be very slow in operation, than the model is more powerful - the faster you can work. Make sure that the chosen model of the burner is equipped with additional nozzles that will help you to perform a variety of works, starting with a large picture, ending with a miniature ornament on a wooden pencil. The models of burners equipped with wire feathers are presented in a much larger assortment. The uninitiated user will find it difficult to get to the bottom of what to base the choice on, so the next section will show the pros and cons of each of the modifications of the burner.

Features of burners with solid feathers

Let's start with burners with solid feathers. Their advantages include democratic price, ease of use, high strength. It is for this reason that most of the burning kits that are suitable for children contain burners with hard feathers. With devices of this type, it is convenient to burn large and medium-sized drawings. But there are a lot of disadvantages to this device:

• they very long warm up and cool down (more than five minutes);
• The heating element, which is located in the cavity of the handle, is subjected to very strong heating;
• does not allow performing fine work during burning (large handle and its considerable distance to the end of the needle);
• if used for a long time, may burn out.

Features of burners with wire elements.

Pluses in favor of burners with feathers made of wire are much greater, they are used for the most delicate and painstaking work. The power of the device is enough to work even with the hardest wood species. Heating and cooling of the device is a matter of a few seconds. The temperature of the wire on most burners is regulated, it is possible to heat the wire white-hot, or it can be heated slightly. Work on products takes several times less time and effort. Even if the wire of the element burns, it can be easily and inexpensively replaced. Many European brands of burners use nichrome for heating elements, and this metal serves for a very long time. By the minuses of wire burners can be attributed to their high cost. In addition, they are difficult to acquire, and repair is usually associated with a lot of problems, if you bought the device on the Internet. The tips of the wire are often deformed and burn out, and if you frequently change the heating elements, the handle with the fasteners quickly becomes unusable.