Transferring your wood
burning pattern easily to your wood!
Using Carbon Paper
The traditional method
would be using carbon paper. Position the pattern on your
wood, lift the end and slip carbon paper underneath. Tape
both the pattern and the carbon in place and then begin
to trace your pattern with a fine ball tipped pen.
Do not press too hard or
you will dent softer woods, and tear your pattern along
the pen lines. It is recommended that you use a copy of
your pattern, since you never know when you'll want to make
another.
If you use a coloured pen, it will show up better on the
pattern and be easier to see what you have done so far.
Don't forget that coloured
carbon paper (ie. white or yellow) is available for working
on woods like walnut and other dark species.
See the "Scrollsaw-Pattern
Transfer" section for other innovative ideas on how
to trace your pattern onto your work surface without actually
having to trace it....
