Maple letter openers

Very nice Ken, but I don't understand how you acheived the signature on the blade.

Hi Gary, there's two ways of doing that, starting with a reverse printing from any laser printer.
The first is heat transfer, and Penn State offers an electric hand-held transfer tool used to iron the ink through the paper onto most any surface. Follow this link:
http://www.pennstateind.com/store/egtool.html

The other way is chemical transfer, using a solvent to moisten the backside of the paper and moderate pressure for about a minute. On another forum, Ron Sardo posted that Xylene works well and perhaps other solvents. I had no Xylene but had some liquid varnish remover that worked fine. Just a light dabbing on the backside of the paper is all you need--too much, and it smears.

Wow!! Those are really nice. Are you going to enter them in the summer challenge?

Ed

Ed, now that you mention it--
Not these, but possibly a new one!
Thanks.

Wow that is neat...good job

Rick James

Thanks, Rick!