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  1. steviegwood
    I appreciate your offer of help but I have no idea what anyone could do to help at this point. I come to realize that we are grossly under insured as I really had no idea of the replacement cost of all of the wood and equipment. Adding a little here and a little there over twenty five years I never really thought about all of the value. Now after calculting everything out I am very depressed looking at the numbers. If I had all of the value in cash in hand the wife and I could retire to a remote island somewhere. Being disabled I will never be able to replace it all. I do hope that the insurance company does not give me any trouble and if they don't I do plan to rebuild what I can. If you would like some advice on safety with your set up pm or email me at [email protected]
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    The worst part of all of this is after calculating just part of the wood supply that I have been hoarding and gathering over the past 25 years is that I am drastically under insured. I am about half done with the equipment list and barely have enough insurance to cover that. What happened is that I adde a machine here and a machine there and not once thought about adding more insurance. I had thousands of board ft of wood lining the walls of a 40' shop 9' high and the replacement costs are astonishing. If I had that much cash at one time I would have to carry it in an armored truck, I may have forgot to say that the fire did not get my scroll saws as they are in a room in my home. Luckily I do that part in the house but it got all of my wood and my ways of dimensioning wood. It did get a file cabinet full of patterns though.
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    Yes I had a wood stove in the shop as it made sense to me with all of the wood scrap that was created. I also had a total metal building including the studs. Steel flu 35' in the air. I thought that I was safe from fire.
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    The only cause that I can think of it had to be the stove or flu.
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    Well the title says it all. My shop caught fire on Thursday afternoon and is a total loss. I am sure the insurance will not replace all of the machinery,tools and wood supply. Thought I would let you all know. Steve
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    http://www.woodworkingshop.com/ Klingspors has the best sandpaper deals that I have found. I use their sanding belts all the time and the boxes of sandpaper can't be beat. Great quality and service. I highly recommend them. Steve
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    Hi, my name is Steve and I am a wood hoarder, not just a member but should be the president.HA HA If a cut off is to small to use for a project it can still be used to test a stain or varnish or shim or etc...etc...
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    I am still cutting some little forest leaves by Sheila Landry for my shows this year. I got some more of her patterns for Christmas and I am adding stock to my inventory. Steve
  9. steviegwood
    I am going to make some smaller things in the manner of the log furniture. Using some cedar and hickory limbs in making end stands, coffee tables and such. Steve
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    Hi Karen, if you can use the spirals God Bless You Girl. Them things have a mind of their own. I use most all hardwoods and spirals want to travel in the soft grain instead of following the lines. I mostly cut 5/8" hardwoods such as redoak,hickory and maple with a lot of 3/4" also. I use the FD-UR #7 for intricate work and I also use Olson PGT blades for the less intricate work. Steve
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    Yes, they are going to be expensive. I may have to put a couple of projects to the back burner until I can come up with the funds. Thanks. Steve
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    Hi Folks, I am looking for a set of mini tenon cutters under 1"dia. Veritas is the only one that I have found so far and they are singles. I was wondering if there might be a set somewhere? Singles might be what I have to end up getting but really want to know what all is available. Thanks for any help. Steve
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    I have made items and tipped them off with a tip board. Work was always a good place for that if it is allowed. Also by talking with establishments that have tip jars can get you some orders. Some establishments will tip off your wares and split the profits. Just a few other ways to sell your wares. Steve
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    I have also found that if you have an item that you are constantly selling out of it is usually because your price is to cheap. Don't adjust your prices in front of your customers though. Raise or lower the prices between shows. I have people wanting discounts towards the end of a show all of the time, they think that they can get something real cheap but do not understand that I may have other shows to go to and it would not be fair to anyone who may have bought at full price earlier in the show. That will get you a bad rep if they find out that you discounted also. Just some things learned on the craft circuit. Steve
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    Another way to get rustic lumber is to check with local lumber mills. Most will have culls or off cuts that they will sell cheap or free. Several lumber mills will have stacks of older warped lumber that did not sell for one reason or other that they will give away or let go cheap. You can still get some great lumber out of these and if you watch what your doing while planing you can leave some rustic marks still in the wood. Steve
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    Yes it is 1/2" solid maple. Steve
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    I ain't talkin neither!! Almost had to learn to write left handed or with middle, ring and pinkie of the right hand in Jan.2010. Tablesaw that I have used for over 20 years short board, home alone, new leather Stanley gloves. Well got the picture yet. Thumb on right hand is about half the width that it was in Dec 2009 index finger has very little feeling and first joint does not bend at all second joint bends about 40%. Cut into joint at the hand and when I looked down I thought they where completely severed, index finger layed over the back of my hand poniting to my forarm. I use push sticks now and don't wear gloves around anything that moves. Steve P.S. That is my trigger finger.
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    I liked the Duro best out of all of the spray adhesives out there and yes I have tried them all at one time or other. The duro brand was a product of Loctite also but I think it worked better than what they sell under their own name. The duro was also the cheapest that I could find around also. I would like to find a skid of the Duro that was left over somewhere. Steve
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    I had the same problem with some very old and dry cedar several years ago. I was told that I could have coated the wood real good with mineral oil (several coats to soak in good) before I started cutting and it would have been less brittle. I have never tried this. It does sound reasonable to add some moisture to the wood on very dry and brittle woods but what type , how long and how much, I would have to try some scraps to see if it helped. Anyone have any experience with this please share your tips. Steve
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    Hey Kevin, I can find you some cedar if you need some (cheap if you come after it but you have to bring some sunshine and warm weather). I will not make things for shows out of cedar for the simple reason of not having that kind of supply. It is readily available at several wood yards around my area for a price. I have a fair amount of cedars on my property and have taken down a few and had milled. I have also made trades for a good deal of cedar,walnut and cherry.
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    A couple of tips if you decide to sell at craft fairs. Make sure that you set in the fairs that are for all handmade items and no reselling or manufactured goods. Also do not try to sell your goods along side a flea marketer. Use nice covers on your tables and make sure that you display some items up in the air (EYE LEVEL IS EYE CANDY) and creates impulse buys. Have pieces in a vast assortment with a wide variety and from a small price to ? on the upper end. If you can demonstrate on the saw at a show it draws a crowd and you do not have to demo all day set some specific times. Steve
  22. steviegwood
    If you make a stand for your saw you might want to make it so that you can raise the back a few inches to tilt the saw forward. If you have not tried that yet I suggest giving it a try. It certainly helped with my back trouble. Steve
  23. steviegwood
    You also have to be careful with a lot of the ply that you by. It is treated with formaldihyde and can reek havik on your health if you breath/ingest much of it. I know that the cabinet factory that I worked for and my wife still does had some of us wear badges to detect the amount that was in the ambient air. It was quite high at times and off the charts around the sanders without the blower system going at full tilt. So be very careful with any of the manufactured products that you use and wear breathing aperatis when sanding. Ingesting formaldihyde stil does not make a good looking corpse. Steve
  24. steviegwood
    That works great for cutting in Ply, I use solid wood (mostly maple for portraits), so stack cutting does not work for me on those. I do stack cut some ornaments and anything that I use ply for which isn't much. I have found that in my region that using the solid woods that I do does give me edge at shows for those looking for solid rather than ply. Not that there is anything wrong with ply for any of the works that we do. I use the solid wood as a selling point or feature that most others do not use. I also find that being able to make at least some of your own patterns will set you apart from anyone else who might be selling the same types of wares.Just some thoughts .Steve
  25. steviegwood
    I spray the pattern with adhesive, wiat a few seconds and let the adhesive start to set(gets very tacky to touch) apply the pattern to the wood and rub over it with hand to smooth out and press down firmly especialy around the edges. I cut it out and then wipe with a good coating of mineral spirits lay aside for several minutes and then the pattern almost falls off by itself. Wipe down the existing residue with the spirits and wipe dry. I then let the piece dry at least overnight before sanding. You do not have to wait but it is less likely to clog your sandpaper so bad. Just the way that I do it here in the hills. Steve
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