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There is 2 types of blue painters tape so be aware of that. One is low tack and the other is medium. From Scotch. Yellow Frog tape is good also. low tack.

Is this a pattern available from a designer or pattern maker?? Sure would be interested to get a copy. O know you mentioned the web site but was it in a magazine and if so do you remember which one?? My memory is fuzzy but I can picture either it was this or a set of interlocking hearts on the cover of a magazine but was not a scrollsaw magazine. Just can not put the mind working in the right place. Thanks. Found this https://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/wood-market-trends/woodworking-industry-news/production-woodworking-news/woodcraft_acquires_woodcraftplanscom_127779258.html

I have seen other shapes as well. I also seen people who actually nail the pieces and to me that looked unprofessional. The thing with these is the layers lock in the next layer and makes it very strong so no nails needed. Now I do glue and nail the feet on because that is where the most stress can become. I also seen the design used for outdoor planters and wishing wells.

Thanks Dave your boxes are always nice to look at. I bet though there has to be one item over periods of years selling stood out and made you continue to keep making. Those are the tried and true projects that stand the test of time. I do know how shows can be fickle. Some people can make items they think would be good sellers and then make $5 ornaments and they sell out every year. Just the nature of the hobby.

When I say system it basically steps and I make each step a part of the process. Such as one day I will run boards through the sander one side. . The next step would be to mill the correct width and thickness of strips that I cut from the sanded boards. The next would be to cut to proper size pieces and sort them in boxes(different species) . I will cut thousands of pieces at this time. Next I pull out my jigs for building and start to build. This takes the longest of time in this project but I will have two baskets going at one time. One with the one side done already and working on second side, and the second just start the first side. I keep doing this because it takes time for glue to dry so can not rush things. Works out well. After all are complete I have a dipping day and dip in Danish oil and let to dry. That is it.

Dave nice set up and great to read you did well. Guess that show is now on your list. Can I ask what were the top sellers that people bought?? Thanks for showing.

Those that sell your finished products and projects, what has been the best of the best projects?? I know many times through the years things change and they can change from show to show and I get that, but what the question is, over the long haul what has been your top of the line can not miss seller?? If you choose to show off a little please do so we always like to see photos and bragging is a good thing. We all probably go to shows with various projects which is always a good thing to try to help in sales. I get that. I also get some people here specialize in one particular area such as puzzles. That is cool too and if you want to show them go for it. It would be nice to include where and what type shows you do. Any other facts or tidbits you want to brag about go for it. Such as what price range have you found to work best. What woods or materials you use work best and help in the selling. What type shows seem to work best for you and your area. Did it take awhile for that project to take off and did you have to tweak it over the years and are you still tweaking it?? I post this here to maybe in some small way help those that are just starting out and wanting some examples and helpful hints. I will start it off since I am posting the thread. I make a large variety of projects and have made over 900 different ones. I have narrowed my inventory down to ones that do well and are easier for me to carry to shows these days as I get older and not as nimble any more. Clocks of all kinds have been a great line to sell and will always continue to be. Thought that is a broad field I will bypass that. But surprisingly enough I would say I added a line of baskets that are great for table center pieces and other things that from the very first show till even today these are good sellers and have to say my best sellers of all time. I say that because of the numbers which I have no idea but do know it is many. I tried thinking when I introduced them but have a hard time pinpointing it but will say early 1990's. Seen the pattern in Wood magazine and decided I want to try these. In the magazine there is one size and two different versions, one wall mount which was half a basket and the large version. I made both but found the wall version a bust and stuck with the center piece. I then after a couple years scaled it down and made my own version of a smaller size and those are the ones that have taken off and even today still outsell the large ones. The large version uses 125 pieces as the small ones use 85. Have no reasoning as to why one sells more than an other. I sell them $50 small and $65 large and have kept this price through out with raising $5 half way through the years I have carried them. Could I get more probably but have found this price range to be the best and it works for me. I do these in batches and have a system to make and works well. I make them in all varieties of domestic woods and a few exotic woods. I have started introducing spectraply woods and for those I make only small but have to charge $65 for because the wood is very expensive. I hope to add more colors this year. But I have included a photo of them as well as photo of the baskets I am talking about. They are fun to make because I know they sell. Sold 3 at a show this Sat. Have order on another. So what say you and lets brag a little. The best of the best.

Good to hear. What were your big sellers??

Have to say I have never seen or heard of that Knew Concept precision saw. That is strictly a jewelers saw from what I see. But it is a different looking saw for sure. Thanks for the link. Learned something.

I will disagree with Randy on the Hawk and Hegner being a huge problem as he puts it, at least I had not found it to be. I have both saws and have had no problem cutting metals on my RBI. I have cut brass as shown, copper which can be a bear and aluminum with absolutely no problem. Have not tried cutting with the hegner. Have also used the Dewalt and that too cut well. I had mentioned this before that on the type #1 saws they had a flaw of the aggressiveness of cutting due to the table not set up properly to the blade. I had to jury rig the table to make the cuts more parallel. I have shown photos of how I did this here too. Not sure if that situation was ever addressed with the newer ones or if anyone really checks to see on their saws or if it even bothers others. On the RBI saw you need to make sure you are in the non aggressive slot when setting that bottom clamp. From what I read on the new ones there is a way to take that aggressiveness out by sliding the bottom clamp in and out. Setting up your saw is always important to get optimum use out of it.

So what?? The train is just going the opposite direction. As long as the keep all sides the same.

I can not answer any of the Canada questions but I can say Any saw and I mean any saw can cut metals. Weather bearings is a problem that one I do not believe is true because the saw would also be suspect to saw dust. My opinion. . Set a vac up to collect fine shavings then. With metal you do not get the fine air born dust as you do with woods. The use of jewelers blades and speed is what controls. You will also find that a saw that does not have an inherent aggressive cutting mechanism works well too. I would think any of the Dewalt style saws would be great for that because they have a more perpendicular blade movement. I cut brass and other metals all the time. Now I have and cut them always on an RBI saw. The company that took over selling RBI saws has taken it to the dumps in my opinion and getting parts and saws take forever. But with that said I have a ton of hours on mine and have 2 of them 220vs and 226vs. I have recently bought some of Mike's Flying Dutchman metal blades and so called jewelers blades but have not tested them yet. I have been buying mine here and like the Antelope blades. https://www.ishor.com/jeweler-bench-tools/jeweler-39-s-saws-and-blades By the way your work looks great. need to show us more. here is a project I have done a few times and the brass overlays were all cut using the the blades mentioned and on the RBI.

The tree is basically my design, yes. All I did was find a basic Christmas tree on Pintrest and added the wheels to it. Those wheels were shown here before on a thread about napkin holders. I added a star to it. I will see if I find it here. Used the same round base I did for the others and sized it according to the size napkins I used. I believe the 5 X 5 size is perfect for these things. You have my permission to do as you wish. I used the same rings that Don used for his Valentines day one. Open his PDF file and you will see them. I will be making that pattern too for next year. Did not have enough time this year. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32576-my-napkin-holder-for-valentines/?tab=comments#comment-364291

DUH

https://mikesworkshop.com/collections/accessories/products/mini-drill-chuck-with-4-collets

No this is not my idea. This topic came up a few times during the summer . I believe it was this thread that started things but I can not remember. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32348-napkin-holder/?tab=comments#comment-361434 These were popular on some Russian sites and brought over here. I have been working with a couple people to get me some of the designs. Don in Brooklin, and Ivan Nikolaev, members here. If you do a search here you will see these threads about this type napkin holders. Others have created designs and joined in also. I have other ideas if these do take off and will work on them this winter. I have shown the back of these 2 to show you the simple way the napkins mount. These are 5 X 5 cocktail napkins folded in a triangle and slid in the wheel. These are patterns basically taken from some laser cut patterns found on etsy.

Well these have been talked about here and I decided to add them to my show items and hope they sell well and make great gifts for many this season as my shows start this weekend. The cocktail napkin holders. I will give people choice of color of napkins at show. If these take off I hope to add more to the lineup next year. I still think this is a cool idea. Hope others do to.

Great that is what I am going to try and being that is a good price and free shipping it is worth a try. Thanks for the heads up.

So you use it in place of blue painters tape, is this correct??

I thought I would give this a try. How do you use it??

The one thing in his statement that he is not stating about surge protectors, they are good for the occasional power company surge but useless against lightning strikes. It will blow right past those wall surge protectors so be aware of that too. For lightning protection, a whole house good grade surge protector installed at the panel is your best shot.

Just to put a bow on this and to let Bill know that the King and the Excellsior are the exact same saw rebranded and here is the proof. The Vice President of King Corp. was talking. This snipet also explains the origin and trail of all the excalibur saws. I also included the entire link if you want to read the rest. It does explain alot and takes some of the guessing out of these origin of saws. Boy I did alot of homework on a saw that I do not own or even saw. The only Excalibur I tried out was the EX30 when they first came out. I did not like them then and probably still wouldn't like it. I do not even like my Dewalt788. Scroll down to where it says in action. https://scrollsawer.com/2018/03/07/product-review-its-good-to-be-king/

There should be a rating on the old fuse so just match it. Unless it was a used saw then all bets are off. Boy Bill you know how to make an entry. 5 page thread

I could not answer that and have no knowledge of any of these saws. I think my work here is done. By the way what size fuse is used on the Dewalt?? Just checked 3 amps.

http://files.kingcanada.com/catalog/products/servicemanualxm/KXL-16 service manual.pdf 4th page down part #38