Is anyone using this tool for transferring patterns to wood for chip carving? If so how successful are you at printing out the pattern on a desk jet.

Yes, the tool is used to transfer patterns to wood. We receive no complaints so I'd say success rateis high. Thank You for your inquiry.

Does this tool have tip interchangeability? Can it be used for other functions, such as soldering, wood-burning or adding designs to leather.

The answer for ordinary mortals is NO, but for the gods on high Olympus, it is yes. The little round foot is threaded for a #8-32 machine screw. The hole on mine is drilled and tapped to about 1/2 inch. So, you can get a screw at any hardware store that will screw into that hole. It will heat up the same as the round foot that comes with the unit. Now for more $$$ than the unit cost, you can go to a machine shop and have some special shape foot made for your special needs. Soldering depends on the melting point of the solder. Off hand is would not want to solder with the tool as the thin copper coating will probably dissolve in molten solder. I doubt if it gets hot enough for wood-burning. I would think you could transfer designs to leathery transferring a black and white design from a laser copier onto Clearprint No. 1000HP Design Vellum paper. Laser printers may be fussy about the vellum as the toner powders really do not like to stick to it. When you place the vellum design toner powder down onto the leather and rub it firmly with the hot transfer tool, the toner powder will melt. Then it is a contest would the toner prefer to stick to the leather or to the vellum. I will bet that the leather will win and the design will transfer to the leather. Now you have a very intricate design on the leather. If this is on something like a belt, I would think the design would be abraded off. You probably need to provide some abrasion protection for the design., You just have to experiment to see how it works for you in your application. I do very intricate designs on wood this way, but then coat them with Varathane clear gloss polyurethane water based paint.

ASIN	B00117XEI6
Best Sellers Rank	#231,351 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ( See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ) #369 in Wood Carving Tools
Customer Reviews	3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars (124)
Date First Available	October 2, 2004
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer	No
Item Weight	2.56 ounces
Item model number	L16TT
Manufacturer	Wall Lenk
Product Dimensions	1.25 x 1.25 x 1.25 inches

Wall Lenk Transfer Tool, 18-watt

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