I'm scared of using my wood burner...

[preciousbows]

I think I've burned myself maybe twice in over a year of using mine. It's awesome! Hold it like a pencil... it's so precise and really makes your bows look more proffessional, in my opinion.

[savannahsmom]

i was scared too but now i use it every day. i have never hurt myself yet. and you will mess up a couple of times but it just gets easyer every time you use it goo luck

[Dana]

Originally Posted by *Jill*

do they make one with temp control? i would so rather have that!

That would be great!

[Dana]

Originally Posted by *Jill*

i use mine at times and i still have a fear of it and have been burned~ it was a small deep burn and huuuuuuuuuurt~ so be so careful~!

Ouch! I don't wanna get burned!!

[Dana]

Originally Posted by Amber427

I HATE my woodburner. I either burn myself, my table, or a perfectly good bow. This coming from a person that burned a huge whole in my foot with the glue gun.

How??? I'm too afraid of the hot glue gun so I don't use that either.

[Dana]

Originally Posted by dkazoriginals

aww stop being a bunch of babies! lol just kidding. here is what you do: keep a soaking wet washcloth in a bowl, not only can you use it to clean the tip but it comes in handy when you have an accident. you will burn yourself i do it all the time. but when you do it only hurts for a sec (providing you don't HOLD on! (ainsley lol) when i get burnt it corterizes (spelling) immed and basicaly you cook yourself so i dedens the nerves. I leave it on almost all day , but i have a special "work area" that the girls know they do not go into. Anywho once you get over it, you will be fine, oh and by the way, i have been burnt worse by the hot glue gun and my hot pen is 910 degrees!

I don't wanna have an accident!! Oh well, I know it's inevitable, that's why I haven't touched it yet!

[njzmom]

hey leatrice

what is a hot pen?

[Dana]

Originally Posted by preciousbows

I think I've burned myself maybe twice in over a year of using mine. It's awesome! Hold it like a pencil... it's so precise and really makes your bows look more proffessional, in my opinion.

Yeah, my lighter burning is getting more & more sloppy looking.

[Tonya]

My bits of advice to avoid getting burned (it's worked for me so far ):

1. Secure the stand somewhere at the back of your work area. Mine is glued down at the back of my cutting mat - still convenient to use, but far enough away I won't accidentally hit it, and doesn't bounce around everywhere.

2. Just be mindful of how you handle it - you'll develop 'muscle memory' for the way you use your burner. I always try to keep the hot part away from any skin - seems to work alright.

[Amber427]

I was wearing flip flops and was making bows. My daughter bumped the hot glue gun- and it fell of the table- directly on the side of my foot!!! It burned a DEEP hole.