Can I convert a glue gun to a wood burning tool?

No. They use temperature-limiting ceramic heaters or low-power elements that won't get very hot.

Heat an ice pick with a blowtorch. Or buy a wood-burning set.

John

Would a cheap soldering iron work as well?

Yes soldering pens burn wood.

I have to say, nothing beats a laser engraving CNC machine when it comes to wood burning art.

D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com British Columbia Canada

(Regarding that top post.)

Grade 9 + wood burning ??? I'd have some silver sulfadiazine and bandages on standby.. Maybe a 'no liability' note from the parents too..

D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com British Columbia Canada

no, they don't get hot enough, buy a cheap soldering iron instead.

Have each kid buy one (or have his/her parents buy one); that way they can keep them. :-)

And don't top-post.

Good Luck! Rich

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I don't know about that - a CO2 laser could tatoo the whole class in in a very short time ;-)

Teach them to solder! It's a much more valuable skill.

John

Ohhhh.. kids and lead...That ol classic combo.. Like peanut butter and chocolate.

D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com British Columbia Canada

Wood smoke is good for kids? Use lead-free (plumbers') solder if that's a real concern.

Everybody should have to learn how to solder, weld, and use a milling machine.

John

Or lawyers & ambulances.

I solder & have both arc & gas welding equipment that I weld with, but never got to use a milling machine. A few old WW-II Navy surplus lathes, but our school shop didn't have a mill and no place I've worked had one that I knew about. I drool over some of the mini mills I see in the tool stores, but they are way beyond my means. I made a new 5/8" axle for a garden cart Yesterday. I had to drill the ends and use cotter pins, since I don't have access to a lathe. Then I found that I was out of 5/8" fender washers so I had to use a Unibit to open up some with 3/8" holes. Now it will cost $20 for a new pair of tires, instead of $80 + shipping every couple years it needed with the old 3/4" axle. The new axle was $12 & change at the local Fastenal store. I cut it to length, and drilled the holes on my drill press. I slipped a thin wall steel pipe over it, to made up for the extra 1/8" and put the cart back together.

That wouldn't be a tattoo - it'd be more like a brand. ;-)

Cheers! Rich

New stuff anyway. Last I looked it had more lead than electronic grade solder (Sn50Pb50 rather than Sn63Pb37), but I see it's now usually Sn95Sb5.

And make a decent Hollandaise from scratch.

How about like fires and Christmas?

D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com British Columbia Canada

No thanks. My girlfriend's family lost their home in a fire on Christmas Eve, years ago. We were in high school at the time, and I spent every evening, and weekend helping them clean it up, and rebuild. Everything but the concrete block walls, and part of the floor had to be replaced. We were just finishing up, in time to start back to school, that fall. I repaired a lot of electronics that were in house fires, as well.

The fanciest rich-kid high school in San Francisco has an annual tuition of around $40K.

John