Electric Branding Iron, Personalized Burning Stamp Logo for Wood Leather Plastics Branding Iron (Just Only Electronics 300W Handle 8mm/5mm Screws)

I had been gifted the low tech heat it somewhere else branding iron. It took forever to heat and was almost impossible to get it right for the different wood species. The brand part had 8MM threaded hole, so I took a chance and bought just the iron part. It heated up in 4-5 minutes and let off some smoke, it is a metal heating element that came from a manufacturing process, so I was OK with the smell and smoke, it's normal. Worked perfectly after I added a large washer between the iron and brand because there was a 2MM gap. After that it functioned flawlessly. You may or maynot have the gap.

Perfect gift for your wood worker or leather artist.Quality, heavy duty

The FIRST thing you should know about this product is that there is NO WAY TO CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE. This means that if you leave it plugged into an outlet, it will literally heat itself to death. You will end up with a completely meltdown iron and maybe a fire on your hands. Since it just gets hotter and hotter, it's impossible to have a consistent temperature with this thing - unless you buy a transformer (I highly recommend this). This drastically increases its ease of use.In order to achieve temperature consistency, you *must* purchase a transformer with this item. How it works: 1. The iron gets plugged into the transformer. 2. The transformer has a dial that lets you control how much voltage the iron receives (by controlling the voltage, you're controlling how hot the iron it able to get) 3. Tada! You now have an iron with consistent temperature instead of an inevitable fire hazard. I bought my transformer on Amazon (paste this into the search bar: Auto Voltage Transformer AC Variable Voltage Converter Transformer 110VAC Input, 0-130VAC (500W)) It only cost around $50 and it is well worth it!Using this little transformer/iron system, I am able to use this iron on a daily basis, branding 75-100 items each day. The iron does eventually burn out after repeated use after several months so you may end up having to replace it. It really isn't great quality but for $60, it's cheaper than some alternatives out there.

This lit on fire the first time I used it. It could have been a disaster. I'm still waiting for my email back from seller and the return policy says I won't get Money back since it's been used. Very frustrating

It works very well.

works as described - would recommend

Used it one time and went to stamp several projects and the Arokim Branding iron won’t even turn on. It’s a lot of money for something that doesn’t work

Before I bought just the brand. I would have to heat it up with the yellow bottle of map gas. And then it was difficult to get a clean brand with the temperature differences. This works much better heats the brand up evenly and makes a nice crisp brand