Wood branding iron with your logo
Logoiron machines a solid brass head from your logo for marking wood: chopping and serving boards, crates, furniture, boxes and gifts. Heat it with a torch, on a grill or in an oven and press it into the grain. Three sizes from €200 to €240, with a free proof within one business day and free delivery across the EU.
Good for: carpenters and furniture makers, workshops that make boards and crates, restaurants that sign their serving boards, and anyone who puts a maker's mark on their work.
Which size you need
- Smallmark up to ~50 mmCoasters, small boxes and labels on wooden goods.€200Order Small
- Mediummark up to ~75 mmChopping boards, frames and mid-sized pieces.€220Order Medium
- Largemark up to ~100 mmServing boards, crates and furniture.€240Order Large
Free proof within one business day. Dispatch 3–5 working days after you approve. Free tracked delivery to the 27 EU countries.
Why brass for wood
Brass holds heat longer than aluminium and takes finer detail, so it keeps marking through a row of pieces on the bench and keeps small lettering sharp. It is slower to come up to temperature, which matters on a grill line and not at all in a workshop. Wood is not food, so the lead in free-machining brass is not a concern here.
Branding wood, step by step
- Heat the head. Play a torch over the back of it, or leave it in a hot oven or on a grill. Stop well before it glows.
- Take an offcut of the same wood and make a test mark. Every species and every finish burns differently.
- Press square to the surface and hold still. Rocking the head on a flat piece smears the edges.
- Change the time, not the force. A longer hold gives a darker, deeper mark; leaning on it only crushes the fibres.
- Reheat as soon as the marks start to look paler.
Which woods take the cleanest mark
Dense, even-grained hardwoods such as beech, maple and oak give the crispest result. Resinous softwoods like pine colour unevenly, because the hard and soft bands of each growth ring burn at different rates. Plywood takes a good mark: the photograph above is brass on plywood for a carpentry workshop.
Brand before you oil or varnish. A finish sits between the hot metal and the wood and can blister.
Questions people ask
- Does it work on plywood?
- Yes. The carpentry stamp in the photograph marks plywood. Test on an offcut first, because the face veneer differs from one sheet to the next.
- Can I use the same stamp on food?
- Only if you order it in aluminium. A brass head must never touch food, because of the lead in the alloy. If you need both, say so on the order form and you get aluminium, which works on wood as well.
- Will the mark survive washing and sanding?
- A burned mark goes a little way into the fibres, so washing does not touch it and a light sanding only lightens it.
- What do you need from me?
- Your logo in any form, and what you are going to mark. We redraw the logo for brass and send a proof within one business day; nothing is cut until you approve it.
Need one made for your logo?
Three sizes, fixed prices, a proof in one business day.
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