Clayton717

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent job

nicely done.

great job Dan. Added to my ever growing to do list

I use so many it's hard to pick one. If I had to it would be ambrosia maple followed closely by walnut. because with the streaking worm holes in the maple it is just unique. walnut is just a nice wood, with different shades and sometimes interesting grain. But I like using all kinds of woods.

all patterns are saved to my computer and organized in folders by type/subject. And backed up on an external hard drive.

great cutting Dick

I personally don't use stain, I like the natural shades/ colors of the wood to show. It all depends on the person and how dark/ light you want to go.

Hi Skip. Welcome to the Village

Great page. I " liked" it

Great cutting. And very thoughtful. I'm sure he will love it

Great job.

excellent cutting.

I use pvc pipe, similar to Rusty's. I just have mine mounted under a shelf above my saw. This is for my new blades. When I'm cutting and switch blades I usually throw the one I take out of the saw away, unless I' m going to use it again within minutes. Otherwise I forget which size it was.

Hi Ken, welcome to the Village. There are lots of great people here, so if you have any questions just ask.

thanks Travis. I have been teaching a guy and his 2 sons scrolling, intarsia and pen turning. They have asked more than once about how hard certain woods were.

great idea. and great job on yours

I use elmers and 3m. both work well for me.

Thanks, I have liked your page as well.

as Travis mentioned above my page is called Clayton's Wood Creations - www.facebook.com/pages/Claytons-Wood-Creations/218353834956019

I sell close to 90% of all my work, the other 10% I give away as gifts. I too have people telling me my prices are to low (it's usually my paying customers), and a lot compliment me on the piece but don't want to part with their money. I have a set rate I charge per hour( actually calculate it per minute), plus charge for all wood used and add a set fee for shop supplies. You are always going to have people that think it's to much, these are the same people that would go to the store and buy something similar for less but also mass produced not handcrafted. When I tell a "customer" a price and they say its to much I don't sell it. Unless I know there is a little wiggle room in the price that still pays for supplies and most of my time. This is my hobby not my Job, so I look at it like this- If I can sell most things I make to fund my hobby great, if not I will have lots of gifts for family. I enjoy woodworking/scrolling so I'm going keep doing it. Don't sell yourself short. Get some of your stuff out there, word of mouth is the best advertisement you can get. I don't do shows all my sales are from word of mouth, and I have several repeat customers. I recently started a facebook page which also seemed to help spread the word about my "crafts". my page is Clayton's Wood Creations if you want to check it out. Hope my rambling helps out some.

that is pretty clever. looks great. have you ever used bamboo before, how does it work?

looks great. nice cutting.

GREAT JOB. great idea

Hello Robin. Welcome to the village from Bowling Green,Ohio.