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Now we need someone to make a pattern for each type of Trophy and then someone to scroll it. So when you get a trophy we can actually see one.

And the Oscar goes to--------------------------------------------------??

I am guessing you got good news all around today so that is great. Have no idea about the trophies. never seen that.

No that is the short answer. Now that is if it is a direct hit and then the only way to protect electronics is to have them unplugged. Surge protectors such as whole house protectors and those ones that you plug small appliances in are protection from within the house. Every motor in your house such as tools, refrigerator, air conditioners, dehumidifiers and such change the voltage on the wires within your house everytime they start. Without getting into the tech side of things power reduction and then power surge when up to speed increases amps and if a piece of electronic equipment is sensitive it can over time wear it out. Todays modern appliances take these things into consideration and are (hopefully) protected to a certain degree from their own start ups and shut downs but do not take in the whole house. You see this happen when something kicks on and the lights dim for a bit. Even if you have switches in off position or starters not energized, if you get a direct hit to your power system the amperage generated can jump an air gap very easily. If a transformer down the street gets hit, it will send that power through the lines and down stream. people put lightning arrestors on their houses and use a ground grid to help dissipate a strike but it is not 100% guaranteed to stop all damage. Are you better with surge protector than without, the answer is yes but I explained why. Now we are even more vulnerable in the summer months because power companies cut back on power delivery or else you get brownouts and could lead to blackouts because so many houses and businesses have air conditioners and so much electrical equipment today.

I put a piece of plexiglass on both my Hawks and a piece of BB on my Hegner to increase table size as well as make it slicker.

Now were the original Dewalt saws made in the same plant as the Excaliburs. I believe so. look what happened to Dewalt and all their problems.

I am me

You can make any tool with an induction motor have a mag starter. Not a good idea to have a foot switch on tools such as tablesaw, routers, lathes, jointers. Tools that you sit at not bad such as scrollsaw, dremel carver, and things of that nature.

My head hurts.

If your saw does not have a magnetic controller it is important to remember to shut the switch off or else when power comes back on there could be a problem. Always know where your hands are when working with power tools.

Never really gave it any thought. I am sure I have worked in the shop during storms. Never had power surges that caused damage. My computer and tv are both power protected and cable protected. At least that is what the protectors are suppose to do. I am sure there maybe a potential that is above normal that can take things out. If you are prone to power surges you should look into a whole house surge protector.

It is starting to get clearer. Have you been doing this long and have you just started having problems?? Is this something new you are trying or is this something that just started happening. I do not like the idea of gluing photos or anything to wood because wood moves and always will,even if sealed. MDF or even particle board.(which probably would not look good on the edges) something of this nature would be a better substrate in my opinion and it needs to be sealed also before attaching any photos. Looks like you use plywood. If you do not seal the substrate it will absorb the adhesive and starve the joints or in this case layers. When doing veneers in woodworking you always need to balance both sides of the veneers or else they will creep is what it is called. You top coat a veneer and the bottom side moves more that the top thus causing lift and usually air bubbles under it. In pen turning when people use decals on a tube the tube is solid and does not move but being it is cast in clear resin moisture is an enemy so it needs to be sealed and usually some people use modpodge or just clear acrylic polyurethane sprays. Then the can cast.

Same here. This is not the best answer or at least for me because almost always the pattern is smaller than the work piece. If doing multiples I will paste many patterns on a board. If i did what you said now I am sticking to the unpattern areas.

Yep Kevin. Generation "X" Amazon will be taking over the world. They are now getting into the food sector of selling. When I was still working I worked on 2 Amazon warehouses in my territory. The product they have is mind blowing. The buildings were massive and more to come. They are tasking the Walmart ideas and taking another step up and now Walmart is trying to keep up by adding food sales to their stores and trying to make things a one stop shopping and now on line sales have increased for them also. The cars of today are just tapping into technology that will be coming from smart cars to flying cars.It is progress but as I said I will not be around long enough to witness many of these changes but I was also glad to live through the craft show era. I am now at the point in my life I make one of a kind items and if I sell them fine and if not I will leave them behind for others to decide where they should wind up. Have a to do list that I want to try that is so long I know will never be completed. My mind continues to create faster than I can produce. It is a fun ride.

So what is it that you do?? What are these photos and what kind of paper. Are these paintings or photographs or decal. Need more info. What are you mounting to and how is that substrate prepared?? Sorry but I really have no idea what you do.

that is because when Travis changed format the old gallery did not come along. I can not fix that and neither can he. Sorry.

Interesting. learn something every day.

I can tell you exactly what it is sir. Walmarts, Amazon and internet. Once again people are in this hurry state of mind. Too much trouble to go to stores as well as to craft shows. When craft shows were thriving the internet was not what it is today. anything and everything can be bought on line today. So now what we were dealing with in terms of competition at shows it is now competition on the web and you know yourself it is a rat race and you need to stay one step ahead. For awhile there the driving factor was ABC catalogs, Walmarts of the worlds and now Hobby Lobby bringing in the Chinese goods that mimic our craft projects for alot less. It was a time where people would say hey I can make that and make it cheaper. Todays youth does not understand the handmade mantra. They grew up in a world where you ask and it is at your finger tips. In my era you made things to save money and people found out it is also possible to make a few bucks selling and then shows started popping up to accommodate this and if you look it was some older people starting these shows. Of course this got to be a greedy grab thing and too many shows started showing up and the downfall began. Oh I can nail it exactly down for you because I lived through it and experienced it first hand. Look at malls and stores closing down. The big box stores have destroyed the Mom and Pop fabrics of the worlds and now the Amazons just may take out the big box stores. You keep telling us how well you are doing with your sites and your sales and I say good for you but not all people are as fortunate and do not have the internet savvy as you. The computer people are younger generation and they are not into handmade items. You are somewhere in between. There are still many people here doing well at shows and some of that has to do to location. The more rural you get the more old school you probably are. Not to say that is a bad thing. But in the tristate area I live in the pace is so much faster and things change quickly. People are in a hurry from the time they get up to whenever they go to sleep if they sleep. Won't go into the politics of this because it has no place here but it is human nature. There are from what I have read here not many that take this to the heights you have because they do it to pass time and enjoy a hobby. People like you and Iggy have to use as income from what I gather. others like to make aa few bucks here and there to pay for materials which I do. That is all this is for me. And as far as you taking orders this all goes into your business format. You sort of have to so whatever your rules are, is something you spelled out ahead of time. Again if you want to stay that step ahead. You can not do that when doing a show . You actually talk to people face to face and that is what made craft shows more desirable to me anyway. I got to meet different people and get insights right there. I say I was very fortunate to live through the craft show era and say I thrived from it. I can not afford the time and effort to do that all again on the internet. Just not worth it for me. So my choices of not taking on custom orders fits my needs as it probably does others too. Continued success and ride it out as long as you can. Never know what the next era will bring.

Kevin I am glad that custom orders work out for you but it is not for everyone. But again not everyone sells on line like you do. If you do craft fairs such as I do custom orders can become a nightmare because you are stuck with orders that do not sell because they have a name or something in them not designed for the project. I too love to scroll but not mistakes. I use to take custom orders when I did consignment stores but got burned a couple times and that was a couple times too many. My time is precious and limited. Not spending it on a phone or typing and and taking photos of designs. I have so many years left on this earth and way too many different projects I want to do. I had a bunch of customer followers throughout the years from show to show and they kept buying from me because they were able to hold in their hands items. That is a plus for doing craft shows and I know you hate the show circuit but it does have its advantages too. Good luck in your sales. Seems like you have all things figured out and hitting on all cylinders. Who knows maybe things will once again revert back to craft shows being the king of the hill or some format that looks like it.

Actually click on your sig-on name and click profile. On top of that page click on edit profile and follow your nose.

It is a matter of filling out that info in your profile page and it comes up every time you make a post. I had to look up Jes 's name when his topic came to light and thankfully he had in his profile.

I do not know what you do so I can not add anything useful. I wish you would include what you are trying to do. Your sign-on name means nothing to me so the 3D stuff is not ringing any bells. Would like to help. In pen turning we put decals and photos on pen tubes all the time and cast and maybe this can carry over into what you are trying. Maybe a photo or two can help too. If not then I assume the help you have gotten does work for you. Good luck.

Maybe at times it is good to have posts like this pop up but I never seen any need for them here because people here have been friendly and kind and questions do get answered. As many times as the same questions get asked they do get answered but as I explained there is another side to getting those answers and hope others read into that part of it too. I feel responsible for this post being brought up by the OP and that is why I am replying as often as I did here. I feel though he did an injustice too by taking the words he felt were harmful out of context and making it into this. I explained myself if indeed it was I who he referred to. I want to again say I do not degrade anyone because of experience or lack of knowledge in what we do. So many different aspects go into what we do and they all have their own knowledge base that needs to be taken on. From prepping of wood to finishing has a set of skills needed to accomplish this. We all were beginners and questions will always be a part of the learning journey and as always said the only dumb question is the one not asked. Safety is huge in the shop so questions are needed but again that is only one tool used to gain that knowledge. We are living a world where there is so much info available at our fingertips it is mindblowing. From forums like this to videos to books and magazines. use them all and do slow down. I know the world is a me too and have to have it now society but sometimes the tortoise wins the race. And above all when reading responses give the person or persons who responded a break too. They took the time to respond and maybe there is a word or 2 not in sync with your way of talking but it is a typed word and not a spoken word. I have said enough on this. I do apologize if I offended the OP.

Man I must be in the minority when it comes to using 3M77 I find that stuff to be too aggressive. I use that stuff and also 3M90 to glue felt to boards or other light weight materials that need to be glued to a surface and stay. I just bought another can from Home Depot the other day for projects I have coming up. Just never found the need for such tack for patterns. http://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Super-77-16-75-fl-oz-Multi-Purpose-Spray-Adhesive-77-24/100067550 Also always found you need to keep that nozzle clean on that or else it starts to spit in clumps. Never had a problem with the adhesive I had shown I use. I can see where a pattern will never peel off with 77 though, so I guess it is a good product for that too. What you have to watch for too is some glues are repositionable and that makes them less tacky. 77 is not. It is a permanent adhesive. Not sure if Elmers is that or not. If you do not use tape under the pattern and glue direct to wood then you would want something with less tack so it is easier to clean up. 77 would be a bear to do that. Been there done that. And if you use tape under the pattern you now are relying on 2 different adhesives when cutting a pattern. Not sure how many people thought of that. Could be the spray adhesive is staying put but the tape is lifting especially if old. Again you can get different tack adhesion with different tapes.

Over a year if fresh. It can depend on the quality of the insert also. I have a watch I wear all the time and the battery in it is over 2 years old. Basically the same with small inserts.