Logs with years on them

[shamus]

Thanks to Jon my co moderator who made the branding iron for me, I can now put rings on my logs

Shamus

 

[Tyson Rayles]

Those rings look really good, now if there was someway to stain em' so they weren't so white?

 

[shamus]

Hi Tyson,
Er, ---They've just been cut!

Shamus

 

[sumpter250]

Thanks to Jon my co moderator who made the branding iron for me, I can now put rings on my logs

OK, You just know that the duty smarta** has to go here.........
Does this make Jon....the....... "Lord of the Rings"??
That detail really makes those logs look good. Neat idea!!
Pete

 

[jon-monon]

Wow it worked! Haven't tried mine yet (only 3/4" dia., vs. Shamus full inch sized "iron"). Fantastic results! Now, is it a branding iron, or a branding aluminum?

 

[Clerk]

Keep this up and it will be inpossible to tell the different between model and prototype.

 

[Ralph]

That's brilliant!
Ralph

 

[rguyett]

the rings look good and i like the answer "eh they just been cut "lol
You are making it hard to tell the difference between real and display for sure
love the rope bridge to

 

[shamus]

Thanks a lot kind people, now finished the High Lead and Heel Booms. will photo that area a.s.a.p.

Shamus

 

[hephaest]

why not use real branches for logs?

I noticed that a lot of photos here and on various logging railorad links show people using wood that was weathered and made to look like a log. why not just take a thick straight branch that looks like a log and cut it into appropriate lengths?

 

[jon-monon]

Welcome to the-gauge!

I think that method would work best for smooth bark species, like maple.