Colwood Detailer Basic Woodburning Kit

I was on the fence on whether I should spend the extra money but WOW. MIND BLOWING HOW FAST IT HEATS UP AND COOLS DOWN. WHEN COMPARING THE OLD SOLDERING TYPE TO THIS IS LIKE COMPARING A MODEL T CAR TO A VEHICLE TODAY . SINCE I GOT THIS I'VE BOUGHT 3 BOOKS AND MORE NIBS. SO MUCH FUN AND VERY RELAXING. HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

This kit comes with everything you need to get started in pyrography. It comes the detailer controller that has very good heat control. One replaceable tip pen and 3 very usable nibs or tips. A writing nib, a skew and a shader. Those 3 tips have a multitude of uses. The tips heat up and cool down quickly. The kit also comes with a couple polishers for cleaning carbon from your tips and an excellent book. Well worth the cost and much easier to use and learn on than a solder type burner with solid tips. You can't go wrong with this kit.

I have looked for and tried several different soldering iron type devices to burn a signature and description in the things that I have made for friends etc. The issue was that it was difficult to write with your hand so far from the burner tip and to keep a consistent temperature it always seemed too hot or would cool off in the middle of a word so I had to try to slow my writing to keep it going. I decided to bite the bullet and try a more robust machine. This was a complete mistake because I should have done this first!!! I am incredibly impressed with this machine. Right out of the box it preformed flawlessly and it is a breeze to use. Granted I am not planning on using it to its full potential by taking up Pyrography because I am only writing with it. So essentially I ended up with some tips that I will not use. I would have liked to have just bought the parts I needed but I could not find the individual pieces I wanted. All of the kits they sell on their website are were too robust for what I wanted so Amazon was the only place I could find a kit that was reasonable enough for me to take the plunge. I did go ahead and buy a ball type tip from their website specifically for script writing as in a signature. They said there that those tips take longer to heat up and cool off, but honestly it gets up to temperature in less than 30 seconds. I understand now why the other reviewer seemed so excited about this burner and I completely agree. It is definitely one of the best purchases I have ever made from Amazon and I have made hundreds over the years. Please if you are even slightly thinking about purchasing this unit do not hesitate I can honestly wholeheartedly recommend it. One more thing they have tons of things you can get to enhance your Colwood Detailer on their website and customer support appears to be second to none. Although they do not sell this beginner kit there they have anything else you could possibly want to enhance it.[...]

I love this woodburning tool. But the customer support is top notch. This was my first time doing woodburning projects. Little did I know that doing something on rough cut cedar is about as hard as it gets. I thought the burner wasn’t working correctly so contacted the seller. They told me what I was doing incorrectly and steered me to their website to see some of their videos. Oh my goodness, it was definitely me that was the malfunction!!! I’ve since done many projects on more appropriate & easy woods and LOVE this little tool. I recommend this product 100%

Love this burner very much.The Delivery was fast and everything was nicely packed, I wished the seller would have included a catalog, for further ordering.The burner itself came with three exchangeable tips and a tip remover,changing the tips is quick and easy . Also in the package was the advertised instruction book,that has some really nice Patterns and an overall guideline on how to burn.Having burned with an old school wood burner before, I have to say I was impressed on how easy and flawless this mashing works. I have burned so far 4 projects and they were done in less then half the time, it would have taken me, with my old one. I have not yet needed to adjust the dial past 5, perfect nbr to burn most projects. All together this mashine, is a true gem and I'm looking forward to burning more projects. You can't go wrong with this one

I've had the Cub model burner for the past 28 years it still works just fine and works great if I'm traveling around this one that's on Amazon is just heavier duty and bigger but I can guarantee it will work just as good if not better since the wattage is actually higher. The only reason that I have purchased this one is that I had some stuff to do and couldn't figure out in the pile that's on my workbench where I exactly put it and figured that was a good enough excuse to buy this one since I've drooled over it for the past 20 some years so now I have to and they all use the exact same pen and tips

I love using this to burn a half moon on my outhouses. Maybe this winter I will use it more for other wood burning projects.

My experience with wood burning has always been limited to Hobby Store models that range from $10 - $30. I had a few wood burning projects I wanted to tackle and decided to finally spend the money and get a semi-professional wood burner. The difference is night and day! First, the tip heats up very quickly - no more waiting 10 minutes. It also cools a lot faster. This system is a replaceable tip system that allows you to change tips immediately because it also includes a tip puller so you can change tips in seconds - no more unscrewing tips over and over again. You just use the small tool and pull the tip straight out of the handle.The selection of tips available for this system is very comprehensive. It comes with 3 tips that will let you do just about anything, but when you are ready to expand your work, there are dozens of tips available to help you get the job done.If you are into wood burning or buying this as a gift for someone who is interested in wood burning, this kit is worth the extra money. It may cost more, but it will increase your productivity at least 10x. I am very satisfied with this kit and wished I would have "upgraded" years ago.