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Selling online all records are kept of your sales right down to what the items are, how much sold for and to what state. / country etc etc. Basically the receipts for every sale.. the customers name email etc etc etc is all in this along with all shipping info tracking numbers date of delivery etc etc.. I can go in and download the sales data from 2010 when i first started on etsy just playing around back in the day .. This is why I solely sell online... I also do not rely on this to be available. so i download these each year and keep copies in my safe.. I file the patterns I make and sell into a file as well with all the legal limit info in them.. What I would like to know though... How can "They" prove how many you sold.. Since this info isn't available to the public.. and only you OR (under legal situations Etsy / Amazon ) can access this info.. You see... They cannot come after you unless they are the copyright owner.. how can they come after you if they cannot access the info about how many you made.. and sold etc?

Yeah I've mentioned many other topics about this... with selling online.. if the wording used is a trademark name or a copyright then they go after you for those words used.. Years ago there was a topic in the etsy forums about someone used the word Hello Kitty.. but what they was selling was nothing to do with the actual Hello Kitty.. They still took it down... because.. they was bringing in all kinds of traffic to their etsy shop based on those words.. Wording titles and descriptions is very important to get seen but also have to be careful of the words used.. as you found out..

I only know of three of them being made, LOL... well.. In a topic way back when this was discussed there was three prototypes and Buston was "testing" the machines before releasing them into production... Must be still testing them.. because the saw never came available on their website.. I was going to buy one.. and was waiting, and waiting, and.... then I bought my DeWalt... because I needed a better saw than the old Dremel 1800 saw I had been using.. but didn't have the funds for a EX or the larger Hawk saw.. Price point for this was was to be around $700 was the talk.. Maybe they want to test it for 30 years to be sure they're making a quality saw as the other saws are, LOL

It was my understanding that the junior Hawk was a very small run of saws and was actually ( I believe) something that Bushton did after the buy out.. I remember reading about the plans to release a "Junior Hawk " to compete with the price points of the Excaliburs etc.. I was hoping to see them come about but never did see them release the saw into production... Update with this page I found.. https://www.tool-rank.com/tool-blog/News/preview-juniorhawk-16-inch-scroll-saw-20100622702/

Yeah it sold

I go and hand pick my lumber to help avoid this issue.. If you look at the grain lines and they are far apart.. better chance for cupping like this... If the lines are very tight ( close together) less cupping.. and... I've never had a quarter sawn board cup like this ever... The thinner boards are more prone to cupping because there is less mass to it to dry out.. or absorb moisture... but all of them will do it.. To help..prevent it.. clamping them to other flat boards with some clamps can help keep them flat if you can't sticker them..

I was just at my local Sam's club and seen they have a 2 pack cans of the spray for ( I think it was ) $8.** probably rounded up to $9.. I'm not sure what the stuff cost as I don't buy it very often.. Think the last can I bought was around $12 and that was some years ago.. I thought 2 cans for less than the price I bought one can for 5+ years ago probably wasn't bad priced? Anyway.. Just thought maybe someone might find this useful..

That was another thing I read in the reveiws of the newer Fein... and exactly why I have not bought one of those... They are cheaper than a Festool and an older model one ( at a good price ) I would look at.. but the new ones... NOPE..

I don't think I've ever used a spiral blade without stack cutting.. so yes.. spirals work well for stack cutting as any other blade would.. the trick to that will be to use the proper size blade to the type of material cutting.. as with any flat blade.. I will say though.. I run a smaller blade on spirals than I do in a flat blade... I've never used a larger blade than a #1 with spirals... actually I have used a #3 but I found the larger the blade the more rounded the detailed fine point cutouts get... and the rougher the edges of the cuts get.. so I almost always use a number 2/0 or a 1.. usually I stack cut 3-5 pieces of 1/8" BB ply just for a reference for you.. Where I normally would use a #3 or 5 flat blade.. my flat blades are normally either FD- ultra reverse or Pegas Modified Geometry.. or your reference.. Glad to see you're getting a good jump start on the Christmas stuff... since you enlarged it and running into the small issues along the way... hoping you're able to finish it before you're too late for this years Christmas

You have one of the nicer older vacs that are both quieter and better filtration than the new ones.. There are some not so great reviews on the newer ones from owners of the older model that needed to replace the old one for one reason or another.. It's too bad a company compromises quality for price competition.. when you add the necessities for a "Good" dust filtration the price of the fein is right in line with the Festool.. Many complaints on the new ones about the canister fitment being pretty sloppy and not sealing up will etc.. I've been keeping my eye out for one like yours..and have found some at $350 ish which is steep in my opinion for a old vac that who knows how long parts would be available... Maybe I'm just a cheap skate.. but I'd rather spend the $500 for the festool or buy this little system from Seyco.. then to spend 250+ for one of these older ones that who knows how much use and abuse it's had.. You got a steel on yours!!

This is the one I have... but mine came with lights, book on photography and several backdrops..along with a suit case.. large nice suit case.. almost better than the one we use for traveling LOL.. But it's quite old and I always just left it popped up and ready.. but doing so over the years had collected quite a lot of dust that I couldn't get cleaned off it very well even after washing it in the washing machine.. This cardboard box set up actually works a lot better than that thing did anyway.. Maybe the cloth was too dense as the lighting was never all that great.. but seems great with the box and tissue paper..The poster board I bought was a nicer plastic / vinyl and wipes of and washes well... I just need to make it about the size of my old setup. 2x2 foot cube.. https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Shooting-Diffusion-Backdrops-Photography/dp/B00GKGGICC/ref=sr_1_15?keywords=photo+box&qid=1579222075&sr=8-15

You might check and see, as if I recall the reviews mentioned reviews from both iPhones and android users. I’ve used both over the years, and don’t have any preferences of one over the other. More about whatever one is got the best deal. I buy the phones from either Walmart or Straighttalk and avoid the contract phones. Since I buy the phones and I’m not rich yet, I buy old phones cause the are cheap, lol

One thing I’ve thought a lot about between the seyco vac system and the fein / festool is, the seyco is mounted right on the saw stand which is small and out of the way BUT it also puts it right near the saw where you get to hear it up close and personal, The fein / Festool can be several foot away from you. Guess it’s a pros and cons and decide what is more important space or sound lol.

I do the videos from my iphone.. Did some research for free apps and the one that was highly recommended was Prism Live.. It's super easy to work with so far.. I've only played around just a couple videos but so far I like it.. and Free is Awesome, LOL

Look how fast I'm cutting.. but also how fast I change the blade out to the next spot, Hahahah.. Just downloaded a video editor and sped up the video 4x.. as I have many videos I'd like to share but nobody watches more than a couple minutes of video so this is a way to get more viewing time in the same 1-2 minutes.. Just experimenting with it..

On the etsy forums a couple years back.. there was a shop being sued for a customer that cut themselves opening the box after the mail delivered it... LOL.. You're right... Sue happy world we live in... I do suggest one get at least some sort of a liability insurance if you sell your stuff... even just a minimal policy to help cover cost.. I ever followed up on the topic to see what ever become of it.. seems like it would be thrown out... but then... it could have been the insurance company going after to recover their payout cost.. My daughter several years back got hurt on a quad 4 wheeler at her friends house.. Noting major just a sprain nothing broken etc... The insurance wanted to know all the details and the people names etc where she was hurt etc etc.. looking to see if it was a sue worthy case probably.. So.. it may not always be the person suing.. it could be insurance companies behind it all.. when it comes to liability stuff...

I just passed by three homes this morning ( we have a road closure for a bridge being repaired ) that had their Christmas trees still up and lit when taking my kids to school.. So I guess their are some out there with their trees up still, LOL.. My daughter would be one to do this, LOL ... She gets the decorations out well before Thanksgiving, LOL... and she has some lights that goes around her room that stays up all year... and lights them up about every night..

Very nice work!! I also never thought about painting the bridges.. Great idea... Never forget the first time I seen one of these in a Motortrend? magazine.. I thought they was the coolest car.. at the time Dodge was making several new and unique styles of cars..

Very well worded,

The lights I got with my " purchased" booth was CFL and they was the big ones.. I think maybe 100 watt.. and I think the color temp was 5000.. One of the bulbs burned out and I replaced it with a LED of around 5000 color temp.. which is just a standard size bulb.. I think a 4000 - 5000 color like is probably best.. The 6000 watt seem to give off a blue tint to the lighting and also makes the photos odd looking.. I like the LED because it's instantly on. The CFL's in the colder weather especially.. I'd have to wait several minutes to get the light at it's full brightness... Many times I just need a quick shot to show a customer.. and I hate taking photos to send out to customers that has a bunch of background stuff.. like if I was taking a picture in my house or something.. That just distracts a photo in my opinion..

A FD-UR blade of any size is going to make the job harder when cutting thin stock.. They are great blades for thicker stock but all those teeth that are facing up on the up stroke will make the whole piece try to jump around.. Not saying it cannot be done.. but cutting fragile fretwork on thin stock.. those blades might make a mess of the piece before you even get close to being done.. Which is a good thing.. as I hate breaking a piece on the last cut anyway.. If it's going to break... do it on the very first cut..

Some folks are just way early on their prepping for Christmas I guess...Here is a custom order request for a 92 Camaro ornament.. Sold 5 ornaments today. Kinda weird to still be selling ornaments.. at least as many as I've been selling... I usually have a few after the new year.. and also throughout the year.. but not like it's been this year so far.. Stack cut 10 of these tonight.. Not any finish on this or anything... this is fresh off the saw.. still needs some sanding.. Also cut about 5 new puzzle patterns from Scott... No pictures though.. didn't think about it... LOL

I just wanted to thank everyone for the nice comments..

Denny, do you think the Seyco dust collector vacuum has enough suction that one could put a T manifold type thing on it to make a upper collection added to what they have set up? I'm just curious.. I wonder why Ray never designed it to have a upper collection port.. other than when this came out there was no other type of systems and not much research done..

Very nice set-up I'd like to hear your thoughts on the two additions to your saw after you get some hours on them.. I'm going to need a new magnifier light soon as my original one that I bought 18 years ago is getting worn out.. it won't hold it's position very well no matter how tight I tighten the pinch bolts to hold it.. it still will move on it's own.. I've even took the screw out and made a small piece of sandpaper as to give it some friction to stay put.. helped for a short time.. Also like that dust collection system and have been tempted for about 2 years now to take the plunge to buy that same set up... What's been holding me back from that lately is I read from someone in the know.. that Pegas is working on designing both a dust collection system and a larger table for the saws.. SO.. I've been kinda watching out for this.. Then I might take the plunge for a new saw and dust collection system all at one time.. Edit to add: Where did you get the Magnifier light?