Fractal Wood Burning

The pre eminent association for wood.

Fractal wood burning. Tekchic wood burning kit 23 wire tips including ball tips wood burning tool 110v 50w pyrography machine dual wood burner for wood and gourd red 105 98 in stock 1 new from 105 98. Fractal wood burning process. Fractal burning also called lichtenberg is a process that creates images such as these on wood using high voltage electricity and a conductive solution.

In the fractal wood burning process you need to apply a high voltage of about 2000v usually done through a transformer using two probes. While most woodworking professionals don t recommend doing this activity you can try fractal wood burning at home with a lichtenberg figure wood burner. This technique is known with some different names such as lichtenberg wood burning fractal wood burning and electricity wood art.

We learn from rick how to safely fractal burn black walnut redwood and mdf. The art of pyrography on wood is the art of creating motifs and designs by burning with hot metal tools on objects such as wooden surfaces. This technique should not be confused with wood burning art or pyrography.

The fractal wood burning process is a technique of applying high voltage electricity on the wood to create lichtenberg designs. This craft is known as fractal wood burning while it isn t difficult it can be extremely dangerous since you re dealing with strong electrical currents.