what's happening guys, welcome back to theworkshop. it's been a very successful and busy weekhere at zebrano hq, and i thought i'd top the week off by proposing a toast to all ofyou, my customers and followers. we all know there's no better way to proposea toast than having a couple f frothy ones with the boys!
used woodworking machinery ebay, (look at me mr fancy with the bottle of peroni!). so in order to get this party started i decidedto make this bottle opener that says “blood, sweat & beersâ€. i made this project with a few simple tools& materials including: this “bar bladeâ€
bottle opener (bar blade); my trusty pyrographytool; some serious glue; and a load of old wood veneers. i've included links to the tools and materialsi used to make this bottle opener in the description so go and check those out. if you also like this swanky pyrography designthen you can purchase it from my etsy shop, download it instantly and use it in your ownprojects! without further a do, let's have us a party! to begin the project i glued up a few piecesof wood veneer using the serious glue. each piece was roughly 80mm x 40mm.
i made a lamination for both sides of thebottle opener using maple and walnut and after gluing all the pieces of veneer together iclamped them up and left the glue to cure. then i trimmed each piece on the bandsaw sothe edges were perfectly flat and sanded the faces and edges with a few grits of sandpaper. i once again used the serious glue to stickthe pieces of wood to the bottle opener. i just applied a generous amount of glue tothe wood, smeared it all in with a brush and then clamped it down between two pieces ofwood to ensure an even amount of pressure was applied. time for the boring bits.
this is how i transferred my design to thewood and for this stage i need to show you how i used technology. this is a free image editing software calledgimp. all i did was open a new project, ensuringthe resolution was set to 300dpi for good quality. then i changed the dimensions of my canvasto 40 x 80mm. with my canvas set up i opened up my “blood,sweat & beers†artwork in .png format so it was just a line drawing. then i copy and pasted this into my 40x80mmcanvas and resized it until it was a good
fit. i printed the artwork, cut it out and tapedit to a piece of carbon copy paper. then i taped my paper to the bottle openerand began transferring the design. to do this i simply traced over all the lineswith a pencil which left a magical blue imprint on the wood. and that is one way to transfer a pyrographydesign to wood! let me introduce you to the burny star, mypyrography tool. the reason i like this tool is that it hasa variable temperature gage so you can choose what temperature you want to use and it hasa really nice ergonomic grip (it comes with
a couple of nice tips too). that's what i would recommend, if you're goingto get a pyrography tool then get one with variable tempetatures, it just allows youto do more professional work. speaking of professionals at work, here'sme burning some lines like a boss. this is sped up quite a bit but i just tracedover all of the lines carefully and slowly until i had a nice outline of the design. next i did a bit of shading by turning thetemperature down on the tool and picking out a few details like where the scroll over lapped,the beer inside the bottle and a few shadows here and there.
these darker bits really brought the designto life and here's how the finished artwork looked. to finish up i applied a few layers of oiland this really made the grain pop! so that brings me to the end of the projectand honestly i'm not even sure if i like this one that much! it's not perfect by any means, it definitelyhas a few mistakes but i guess that just adds to it's endearing “handmadenessâ€. it's no oil painting but it facilitates meindulging my drinking passion. as always thank you for watching, check outthose pyrography designs on etsy, check out
the links to the gear on ebay, and party hardbro!