[Woodartist]

Sorry but I haven't seen any quick replies from you

[pat hyndman]

Sorry my internet has been playing up. what I was after was a E Mail address for Saral wax free graphite paper , as I would like to know if I can get it in the UK. (I live in Scotland).
hope some one can help ,as I,am just itching to get burning on all of this leather that I have, Thank's again , Pat

[pat hyndman]

sorry but there it goes again I must be doing somthing wrong some wereI'll try tomorrow and see what happens. Pat

[Pyrographer]

I'm not sure what you mean but the last two messages are here

Nedra

[BobD]

Hi Pat,
Sorry...as a new member, you got caught in our spam eliminator. Your first few posts have to be approved...you should be all set now!

Bob Duncan
Technical Editor

[Pyrographer]

Originally Posted by pat hyndman

Sorry my internet has been playing up. what I was after was a E Mail address for Saral wax free graphite paper , as I would like to know if I can get it in the UK. (I live in Scotland).
hope some one can help ,as I,am just itching to get burning on all of this leather that I have, Thank's again , Pat

sorry Pat, I just saw this. Saral has an email address but the owner doesn't respond. I have his phone number if you want to call but he is very hard to reach. Also he does not sell direct you have to buy from dealers. If you email me privately I will give you some information on dealers that might ship to the UK... nedraspyrography@aol.com

Nedra

[Lindy]

Hi Susan & welcome. I've just started burning on leather which I use to wrap my talking Sticks as a finishing. So far I've only burned lettering into it and I'm using thin deer skin but here's what I have learned so far. If you are using a soft or thin skin you need to stretch it so that you have less movement in the piece as you burn. I would think the same could be done for tracing. I use pins to tack it down to plywood so I have a solid surface to do the burn on as well as keeping the leather from moving too much.

Okay, now I have to duck *G* but I use old fashioned carbon paper to transfer some of my patterns. Now before anyone hurts me for that, I will give you the caution that carbon paper fumes can be toxic and it doesn't erase off. When I use it, I use a very light touch so it doesn't come through really dark on the piece I'm tracing onto. I also only put my outline on with it. For pieces where I need to put in more detail then I stick with the graphite paper. Other than having a very sick sense of humour I can't say I've had any reaction to using carbon paper.

Please post some of your work as we would love to see it.

Have fun and good luck!

Linda

[Pyrographer]

Originally Posted by Lindy

Hi Susan & welcome. I've just started burning on leather which I use to wrap my talking Sticks as a finishing. So far I've only burned lettering into it and I'm using thin deer skin but here's what I have learned so far. If you are using a soft or thin skin you need to stretch it so that you have less movement in the piece as you burn. I would think the same could be done for tracing. I use pins to tack it down to plywood so I have a solid surface to do the burn on as well as keeping the leather from moving too much.

Okay, now I have to duck *G* but I use old fashioned carbon paper to transfer some of my patterns. Now before anyone hurts me for that, I will give you the caution that carbon paper fumes can be toxic and it doesn't erase off. When I use it, I use a very light touch so it doesn't come through really dark on the piece I'm tracing onto. I also only put my outline on with it. For pieces where I need to put in more detail then I stick with the graphite paper. Other than having a very sick sense of humour I can't say I've had any reaction to using carbon paper.

Please post some of your work as we would love to see it.

Have fun and good luck!

Linda

Just a bit of caution Lindy, although you have not had problems now, it might take years to show up much like those poor people who have suffered long term illness due to asbestos and other toxic materials.

The reason most people avoid carbon paper is the fact that it is almost impossible to erase and it smudges, not to mention the fumes. It might be safe for carving but not burning on it.

Nedra

[pat hyndman]

Well I had a go last night as you said it did smell a bit but got there mayby not as good as it should be but Hii it,s my first one PatDSC00394.JPG

[Woodartist]

Looks good Pat and good subject! If you burn at a lower temperature, then you won't have as much smell. That was a problem I had when I first started burning on leather.

Are you "hooked" yet??