Making a Wood & Leather Branding Iron

[@billydengel6647]

Looks great. I think cutting it down thinner would make it easier to heat, so you don't have so much thermal mass to heat. You've given me inspiration to make my own! Thanks

[@eddyleast8684]

Same thought

[@СашаРоманович-м9р]

This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection kzbin.infoUgkxkNYRBJuiJ6EwD-tQSAlxg0eFKsnR2cgz I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.

[@Yanoula1]

I've been thinking about buying a branding iron... Not now! Handily i've got all the tools to make my own, and thanks to you, now have the necessary knowledge too. You just saved me $200 which makes you entirely awesome!

[@1duskyknight]

I have recently started crafting leather and I was thinking of a branding iron or stamp for my logo. My friend suggested making my own, I initially frowned upon this idea. However, after watching your video you have given me the confidence to try and make my own as I have all the tools except the tap & die set. Thank you so much for sharing your phenomenal skill. Keep up the great work. God Bless.

[@MakeThings]

Loved the music that went with it. Really made it that much better. Great video!

[@SalvageWorkshop]

Great job with the branding iron! I love how simple your logo is! I plan to make one soon!

[@lowrider9367]

Nice. Just starting to do a little metal work on my CNC. It's completely different than wood. I need to get a buffing wheel for my grinder. Looks great. Thanks for sharing.

[@ColemanOutdoors]

That's sweet! That huge piece of brass must take a long time to heat! Made one for myself in much the same way a few years back, but with a piece of copper about quarter the size.

[@RobertKreese]

8:07 - I thought it was the fire alarm at first. Great video. Great tool to brand your creations!

[@FargoFX]

Great video! Very clear and concise, step by step instructions.

[@guyh.4553]

Good idea. Love the use of the Dremel.

[@johnathangreay987]

Will Matthew's. You are the definition of badass/kickass. You unviel the Secret to making a stamp. This is way cool.

[@BruceAUlrich]

Nice looking branding iron.

[@Blfisher82]

I have watched a ton of videos about metal work and a lot of times by the end I can tell those projects are just a little more than what my skill set could accomplish but this video is not one of those. Great job! You made it clear and easy to understand each step and I feel like this is something I can do.

[@WillMatthews]

+Britt Fisher thanks for watching! It's definitely accessible to regular folk! Give it a go :)

[@garpikemike1]

Nice work! Thorough. I need that belt sander. Not that id use it much..its just cool.

[@purple-np3np]

Love the design. Your initials really lend themselves to the shape/style, it looks really cool!

[@WillMatthews]

+美しい川 thanks for the feedback!

[@RichGrimshaw]

Thanks for sharing, Will. Really good stuff.

[@DialMforDavid]

That is so good thanks - I had been trying to think of how to build material up to make the mark - now I realise a touch of carbide to remove material is the way to go.

[@craigjones1115]

Nice work. Enjoyed the video. That'll save me a ton of money and be fun too.

[@robertbrunston5406]

Very good! Lot of work! Thank you.

[@KagedBooks]

Really awesome build, looking forward to seeing more.

[@oakmoonlifeleathercrafting4337]

Nice work man. Loved the fact that it was 100% handmade without using a CNC. My logo would have been a pain in the ass to manually carve out haha.

[@WillMatthews]

+Oakmoon Life // Leathercrafting & more thanks heaps. Yeah it's challenging doing it by hand, but all the more special and unique!

[@richardbabin7309]

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[@Ze_Bee4828]

If it's the same as your profile picture i'm gonna agree with you for 100% on that

[@ElectronicDrug]

You could make a negative version of yours which would be pretty easy. :)

[@rhinomite5203]

Awesome build....cheers

[@flaviopinho2393]

Will Matthews you could have made the block smaller, if it was smaller it heated faster. You have to spend a lot of energy to heat it.

[@walkermayer2666]

It will stay hot longer... but still would probably be a good improvement.

[@DaddyBear3000]

See I knew someone else would have already said it. If you're only getting one decent compression per heat, thinning the stock definitely wouldn't hurt lol

[@intjonmiller]

Yep. The specific energy is too high with such a large, dense iron. No need to remake it. Just have someone with a metal lathe shave down most of the excess.

[@jeric_synergy8581]

Just cut off the body. 1/2 inch should be plenty of branding iron.

[@samlsd9711]

You have to remember that, the smaller will lose heat faster, so you frequently need to heat it again to do a big batch of something. So I think this is good size

[@danielpedersen7490]

Awesome work! i would put an ironsight on, so you always get the right angle

[@marlawhite3682]

so cool!!!! will have to make me one soon!!! working on my makers mark now

[@lightningstrikelures2393]

Nice work...good look

[@lyndaevans1132]

Gorgeous! Very impressive.

[@stuartmcqueen7862]

Thanks for the vid. New and up an comming Chippy myself need the helps. And great way to get the brand seen

[@frederickmiller5492]

Excellent job at carving with a Dremel. Once I bought my Foredom Flexshaft - I never went back to a dremel - being able to control spin speed with my foot control allows for much finer carving of metal details. Cool video!! FYI - you can etch brass and copper with PCB board etchant - might have been another interesting way to do the logo.

[@dougbryce5892]

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[@SWGEZTargetYTAccount]

I've made a couple brands from scratch for my local pool and a couple projects to help my son. I found that keeping the rotary tool stationary and instead moving the brand around the bit works surprisingly well (kind of a manual CNC). I can move the brand along a straight edge under the cutter for those nice straight lines. You can also make a quick curved jig out of 1/8" hardboard. Nice work.

[@S....]

Or you could move the rotary tool itself, like normal human, have more conrol and detail.

[@marie-lenaickletroadec2457]

très bon boulot, chapeau, vous avez pas mal de matos aussi, et savoir faire !

[@kathrynrotsaert1620]

This is awesome! Thanks for the inspiration

[@tonyy5482]

Nice work. So that's what a Dremel is good for! I have one but haven't found much use for it - until now :D Thank you for showing at the start what will be made - so few video do that. Good editing, thanks :)

[@WillMatthews]

+Tony Y no problems, thanks for watching!

[@bwhite220]

My man! Great job!

[@thefrozenthrone6614]

Now, I´m going to mark this an that. My car, my dog, my wife...hahaha very cool. P.S. I´m dying to have a workshop like yours, have everything I would like to have. Amazing job.

[@christosvolikakis1523]

Don’t forget, marking all of your barbecued meats

[@eloyworkshop541]

Very very very good!!!!!!!!

[@mikekim5135]

Great job on the iron and well done with the video editing!

[@WillMatthews]

+Mike Kim thanks!

[@ericw1261]

lol at the smoke alarm at the end. amazing job dude.

[@arunparamasivan9224]

Eric W conical article screenprinding the

[@lovefist208]

thanks for the upload, looks simple enough with great results, heating up that chunk of brass seemed slow, i'll be streamlining the stamp to reduce weight and required heat?. great work and helpful tips

[@ealfarole]

Que meta es ? Bronce?

[@s.l.3673]

There is something wholesome and totally satisfying, to see true craftsmanship and in seeing something made from scratch. Thank you. Do you made-to-order on etsy or sell from your website? If so, could you post the link?

[@drewnoakes]

Really appreciate the time lapse intro. Wish more videos did this.

[@Wienerman5000]

Awesome video what does the copper do?

[@evanhepburn8346]

Cool video! I need to think about making myself one of these. Couple of things: first, what was the point of heating the threaded rod when mounting it to the handle? Secondly, I'd use caution heating up threaded rod. the zinc coating on those suckers produces toxic fumes when heated hot enough. All in all, excellent craftsmanship!

[@kbbjedi]

Great craftsmanship, just watched all of your videos. Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Aloha!

[@WillMatthews]

+kbbjedi thanks!

[@MrMdams70]

.....great video, nice music and congrats for your skills! just wanted to say hello from Brazil! thanks and just subscribed for your channel!

[@WillMatthews]

+MARCOS A M S hey mate :) thanks for watching!

[@marciofernandobarci]

very nice -congratulations

[@pixelpatter01]

I like the idea of a brand for wood and leather. What purpose did the copper wire around the threaded handle serve? All it will do is bring heat to the handle more quickly.

[@pairaboots]

That's a really nice brand that you made , if you made it only 1/2'' thick it wont take so long to heat up. Right now it's a giant heat sink . Not hating on this its a thing of art and beautiful !

[@hagenohea]

Absolutely fabulous! I would agree with some other comments to make the body thinner for quicker heating.

[@alibronx2112]

Nicely done! What’s the name of the book you referenced to when you drilled and tapped that hole?

[@abelinkin]

very cool video and music too..

[@Reneromero08]

Beautiful job! :3

[@jonmoreno9703]

Entertaining video and nice tool to pass on to your offspring.great job!!!

[@michaelwilson2916]

What is that contour/radius layout tool?! That's so cool

[@GriffinBenchmark]

This reminds me so much of myself it's not even funny! Just trial and error untill you get it done! Who needs fancy tools!? 👍😊

[@WillMatthews]

+Griffin Benchmark thanks for the feedback mate! You can do plenty without fancy tools that's for sure!

[@tommylein8000]

Great video I hope your channel takes off so that people get to see more great videos like this one.

[@WillMatthews]

+Tommy Lein thanks for the feedback, appreciate it!

[@suzanhasanin461]

Super cool!!

[@christosvolikakis1523]

What’s the copper winding for? Is that the help dissipate the heat or is it so you can also connect a positive and negative DC battery or 110 V to electrically heat it?

[@Magmon]

Well done! Skill, Tools, Presentation and Music in equal proportions..❣😊

[@jockstewart8793]

Burned in handle, old school and wonderful to see!

[@SWWorkshop]

Great job!

[@Crits-Crafts]

I so wanted that fastgrip to set and stick your screwdriver to the block lol

[@RockinChairGoblin]

That's pretty sweet. Think you could make a singlet ring like for wax impressions?

[@g4mmalotus937]

Idk why, but this video inspired me to finally design my own logo, and I just did.... Odd that I didn't come up with it sooner

[@KillingerUSA]

Very cool!

[@likeaduck123]

Great shirt and an even better video 👍 what type of ruler is that, looks really handy

[@marlawhite3682]

great job!!!

[@poratidan5748]

Amazing What kind of iron u use?

[@patwma709]

Outstanding!

[@dukenerd6320]

The copper added is a nice little touch that should act as a heatsink and draw heat away from the upper part of the rod. Gj.

[@harumba]

i love your videos!

[@JaredLucas]

Haha, when I saw the coil I figured it would be induction heated or something. Nice brand!

[@shanesmith9936]

Great video sir

[@walkermayer2666]

Awesome video. Rad to see a small KZbinr getting alot of success for quality entertaining content.

[@WillMatthews]

+Walker Mayer thanks for your feedback! Appreciate you taking the time!

necessary. I can do it too. Thanks for sharing. greetings from Turkey🤝👋

[@harryaynsley6289]

Wow!!!!! You deserve waaaaaay more subs. The filming is great as well !

[@bamideletaofik4247]

Nice machining bro

[@CC_farm]

Very impressive!

[@ElibomKeeg]

I wanted to make one of these until I saw the end of the video. I would definitely go "brand-crazy" if I had one of these! Great work and great video. (no music next time though)

[@colinaskey9777]

it was very well made,I do not know anything about branding irons,but did the head of the brass branded need to be so thick?I would have thought it would have conducted heat more efficiently and quicker had it not been so thick,never the less it was well made,and a good vidio,gets my thumbs up.

[@PORTCITY8302]

Great video and design. What's the song in the video?

[@Lumens1]

Fantastic!!!

[@SamerAalrassul]

Great job.. Did you used ceramic bit the engrave beas ? What bit should i usr to engrave bras ? Thanks in advance.

[@WillMatthews]

You can use just about anything to engrave brass. It's really soft and most bits just eat it away. You want a small bit though so you can control it better and it doesn't "kick" as much and ruin your work

[@SamerAalrassul]

Will Matthews.. You were a big help.. Big thumb

[@b.p.7153]

Another great job, brother! Forgive my naïveté, but what charts did you refer to about half way through?

[@jessicaavidor7473]

totally gonna try that

[@ambientartphotography2245]

Cut that billet into about 1/2" plugs and you can make about 5 of these! :) Thanks for sharing. Nice work.

[@therealprozac]

Did you use a Dremel or similar tool to carve the brass? What bits did you use?

[@ThePointstheif88]

nice build, im going to have a crack at one myself. just a thought on the small blow torch not heating it up enough i wonder if there is too much brass and the heat it just been drawn into the centre and not staying on the surface?

[@WillMatthews]

+iron and wood thanks. Yeah for sure that's the reason, but that's the look I was chasing, just takes a big longer to heat

[@applencheeseses3100]

This is amazing! Your videos have such a high quality to them. I hope in the future that you become a huge channel!

[@WillMatthews]

Thanks Kevin for the kinds words! It really helps to get that feedback to know I'm on the right path of producing decent quality videos :) cheers!

[@2kmotorsports]

What is the rubber tool use to mimic the radius?

[@joaoagostinho5617]

you make realy nnice work !!!!

[@WillMatthews]

Thank you!

[@fjimenezbotello]

Wooooooooow, this is a Man´s World; you are the Man. Amazing work, many thanks for share.

[@jasonCampos-v2r]

what was the drill/ carving tool used on the brass??

[@zeafus]

Oh i need to make one of those

[@tina11ys]

Bro you kill it You definately have to be here in Aus

[@woodwork2663]

I have thought about making this myself earlier but i purchased two set for under $50 and saved me 10+ hours...

[@DixyPro1]

Good job. I was able to make one that works on 12 volts

[@seanc7151]

Good job! I wonder if brazing a nut on would hold up to the heat? (Probably not since the same torch that does the braze would heat the iron.

[@WillMatthews]

+Sean C yeah might be a little risky if you left it heating up too long!

[@inebex63]

Very good in brass . Easier to make . I’m doing one for me . Regards ,Beni from Brazil.