Colwood Woodburners ...My choice

A woodburner, like any other tool has it's plus and minis es and depending on what you want to accomplish, different feathers are important.

I started woodburning over five years ago, at that time I purchased a Colwood Cub model. I still use the same burner. It has served me very well and has made me a lot of money. Colwood has more than one model available but the Cub is my choice. I chose the Cub because of it's price, but I'm not sorry. I use the RT series tips , I own 12 different ones but I have found that I only use 2 or 3. Colwood has, at my last count, about 45 tip variations available. They have about the same in their fixed tips.

If your just starting out, and don't know what you need, here is what I recommend.

1. A Colwood Cub ( Its the least expensive)
2. A tip handle #RT-Hand
3. A #0155 EZ tip puller
4. A couple of tips to start (RT Type)
5. Something to burn on...Wood...Gourd...Leather...140 LB watercolor paper
6. And maybe a woodburning pattern or book
7. A little electricity and a comfortable work area, and your off on a great adventure.

Remember, I'm here to help, so contact me if you have any questions

Ron (The Pyro-Pointalist)

Hi, How is everybody this morning? Just wanted to tell you about a pyro picture I did the other day. It was Sunday morning and I had just read the paper and my wife was watching a chick flick on TV. I wasn't really interested in watching, so I hooked up my burner, grabbed my watercolor paper block and began making dots on it. At the beginning I had no ideal what I wanted to create, but as I progressed with more dots my favorite subject came to the surface, a tree. Yes the brain had this image stored some where, and it was time to bring it out and put it on paper. The entire picture was nothing but dots, but the look it gave, was wonderful. I now refer to this process as PYRO-POINTALISUM, which make me a PYRO-POINTALIST. I think you should at least give this a try, I think you will enjoy.

I have decided to explore this alot in the near future and will share my adventure with you.

Have fun by burning fine art for fun and profit.

Ron