How to make a branding iron?

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Anyone have ideas on how I can make a custom branding iron plate with my glowforge? What material/settings should I use? I need to hot stamp wood that is too big to fit in my Glowforge Plus. Is there a way to craft a custom logo hot plate that I can heat with my Hot Stamp handle ( or a blow torch)? Any ideas and workarounds would be appreciated.

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There are services that can make brands for you.
http://www.brandnew.net

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If you want to DIY it, you will likely need to CNC mill it out of brass or something. In theory, if you or your local maker space have a Carvey and the know how/software to create the gcode for it, then it shouldnt be too difficult to make one yourself.

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This was just discussed some here:

https://community.glowforge.com/t/making-a-branding-negative/24218

@rbtdanforth, @jbv, and @markwal both seemed to know a thing or three…

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Acid etching??? Not sure the materials involved, but you could probably cut the resist with the glowforge and eat away the rest with acid.

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Thank you!

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Thanks! Appreciate the idea.

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good food for thought, thanks. I’ll have to check out Rockler

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Hmmm, that could be interesting. Thanks for the idea.

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