kmmcrafts

Here is the info about the expo.. They will have demonstrations etc going on.. huge tool and lumber discounts.. vendors will also be there.. It's a great time if you're able to make it there.. http://www.theworkbench.com/expo.php Not only the show goes on but also just downtown Charlotte they have happenings going on because it's Charlotte Frontier Days... They have a craft show happening on the courthouse lawn.. different things going on throughout the town and the fair grounds.. Here is a little info on that as well if you or family might be interested.. BTW.. The town is busy so plan ahead of time to go any place to eat... Probably a wait to be seated etc.. https://www.charlottefrontierdays.org/

Yes, next week Friday and Saturday.. Then the following week ( I think it was ) is the deals at their Indiana store.. so if we miss the one... we can always take the 1.5 hour drive to the Indiana store, LOL

Since he is Amish.. I'm betting that is against their religion.. But those that are not insured also get a much much better cash price payment.. Insurance rates are much more costly than cash rates.. This goes for more than just medical.. Autobody repair places have separate rates too.. Just figure how many people and paperwork that your insurance billing has to go through.. when paying cash.. there is no insurance billing and the mess of paperwork that goes with it.. I know a few people who do not carry health insurance and just have a whopping savings account.. pay cash when they need medical.. actually cheaper than many might think.. Though I'm far from being that wealthy but I know some that are.. To me.. all insurance companies is a big rip off..But they have most people suckered into it.. including me.. LOL

Probably will be placing a order around or after the 6-7th... Got a big sale on lumber at a local lumber place during their annual wood expo.. and I'm in need of some more lumber.. always try to buy my whole years worth as they run some awesome deals..

I bought the Wen 2305 tool kit with flex shaft for $19 and then bought the dremel plunge router and a wen drill chuck.. all came from eBay and totaled about $50.. I've been very pleased with the set-up.. However.. the tool motor is a little under powered for drilling 1/2 - 3/4 inch hardwoods.. Unless I crank up the speed to about 5 on the dial.. then it pushes through okay but also from spinning so fast it kinda burns the way through.. Not an issue if you're drilling away from the lines far enough to keep from dis-coloring the edges of your project.. Another issue is the plunge router has some flex to it.. so you can be drilling holes a few degrees off if you're not careful.. It's better than handheld though in my opinion.. After using this set up for a couple months I found that it started getting stiff to push down on and kept wanting to bind and go on a angle etc.. Spraying some dry lube ( or WD-40 ) did wonders.. Had I thought of that when I first got it.. I think it works sooo much smoother and better than even when it was new.. Over all, I'm very pleased with it and can't imagine not having it at all.. For real precise work... I do go to my big drill press though.. but for drilling the pilot holes for fretwork.. I use the little set up about 98% of the time.. Just thought I'd give a little of my experience and thoughts on the tool.

I'll bite on this one.. There are a lot of those patterns I want. in fact if I had the cash I'd buy the complete set that you have on site.. I see he has some more transportation ones on WTB site.. Maybe you have them on your site too? If not it's not a big deal because I need to stick to the easier ones to make anyway.. I bought the complete set on disc of the woodimal pattern sets a couple years ago but I like Harveys style better.. Not sure what that cost would be.. I have a budget this year and have to be careful of my spending.. $2200 a month for my daughter to go to college is killing me and she's just starting in her program so got about 1.5 - 2 years of this.. That's what I get for living in the middle of no where... If I was in district it's half that cost.. so trying to be smart I moved her into an apartment just 10 minutes from the school.. but now they're saying she has to have lived in the district a minimum of 4 months.. so gotta pay the big $$ until the new year.. Ugh LOL This is just community college too..

Spirals like to follow the softer grain in the wood.. and they take some getting use to.. To make it easier for getting a wider kerf ( veining ).. you can cut it with a flat blade and then come back and use a spiral to make the wider kerf.. The blade will follow the kerf of the flat blade fairly well when doing it that way.. Also will say that my opinion is that the Pegas spirals are a little harder to control than the FD spirals.. and the FD-NS are even easier yet to control.. Maybe because the FD-NS blades was always my go to blades for a long time.. I can cut with either but for me the FD ones are easier..

Either the rubber band trick or do as I did and take it apart.. put a little blue loc-tite on the threads and re-assemble everything.. Mine hasn't moved since then.. except when I purposely move it...

It seems as though the Christmas shoppers are getting a nice early start to the season.. Believe they may be ones I turned away last Christmas shopping season because I was simply too busy.. Funny but when I first started selling, when it got too busy I remember telling shoppers to get with me the following year in mid Nov.. because Dec. was always way too busy.. Then mid Nov. got too busy so I started saying early Nov.. Now I'm telling them Late Sept. early Oct. LOL.. Think they are figuring it out a bit.. many start shopping mid Aug. now.. Anyway, Patterns here made my me.. Cut the clock from Cherry and the Olds Cutlass ornament BB ply..

I've also been wanting to do this... and also for a long time now.. Probably a good 8-10 years now I've wanted to do this LOL... I'll get there someday.. anyway what good is it to fulfill all your dreams and wishes anyway.. I'll do it in a couple more years, LOL

Congrats on the decent event.. hoping your next few events are better so you can finish the year out with better than last.. My Etsy orders are down 16% but revenue is up 8% ... Guessing Amazon orders have more than made up and then some of my lost 16% in orders from etsy .. Not sure how well overall I'm doing as I haven't entered all my stuff up in my bookkeeping.. certainly better than last year for sure.. Hoping this holiday season kicks butt for everyone.. I really need it this year.. $2000 a month college bill plus paying rent for my daughter to live closer to school is going to hurt for the next 1.5 years.. LOL.. Some of the slow down I believe is because of the talks of the next election... and.. news media pushing their agenda of a speculation of a possible recession looming.. When there is uncertainties of future happenings etc... people spend less money.. They claim this happens about every 10 years or so.. and 2008 is the last slow down..

Wow that is cool.. I have yet to cut this type of works.. Maybe one day I'll give it a go..

Beautiful cutting!!! Cute Bunny.. I've recently started doing a few new puzzles... I've been swamped with work both as in family things and getting busy with orders.. Turned a lot of work away last Christmas season.. They are now coming back to get their orders early... and I'm just not ready for that yet.. Moved my Daughter into a apartment last Wed. and it had to be the most humid hot day there was to move but we had to get her in and settled because she started college the very next day.. In getting that done I guess it didn't hit me that she's moved out until the next day.. and gave me the empty nest feeling which in turn made me not feel like working at all.. Not empty nest either since the other two are still home.. But anyway.. I didn't do ANY shop work last week.. this week I've gotta play catch - up and then some since I've received several custom request.. Hoping for a very busy year... since now I'm paying for her rent and things plus college Etc.. No new tools etc for me this year, LOL

If I keep my table waxed good I don't get that with my Hawks.. Might also be because I sand my work down both sides to about 320 grit..

You did good on that deal, LOL

Powder coating in my area is quite comparable to the price of a body shop to paint.. Probably talking around $30 - 50 is a rough guess.. Though it's been about 3-5 years since I've dealt with any of that stuff so maybe more now..

Thinking that might be the black primer... Mine is reaching that point in a few spots.. If you don't care too much about the appearance you could seal that off with some good clear coat spray.. Automotive urethane spray on the table would last a long time I think.. if you could get your hands on some anyway.. They have gotten pretty strict about selling automotive type coatings ( the good stuff anyway, not the cheap touch up paints ) to the general public in some areas.. The stuff they put on these is ( I believe) some fairly cheap paint.. A quality powder coating would even be better yet..

How old is the Excalibur? My Excalibur has a silver / grey painted table.. and yes the paint doesn't stay on the table after a hundred or so hours use it's wearing off.. But I've not had any issue with it getting on my projects.. My saw is I believe to be a 2017 model.. I think they painted them all for most of the years they was made.. but I never seen a black table one.. The new Jet 18" saw has a black table and maybe the new Pegas? As for taking the paint off.. I'd use either two options.. sand it off with a orbital sander.. and make sure to hold it flat to the table surface.. don't get into a hurry and angle the sander to the edge like i see a lot of folks do.. doing that will just create a un-flat surface which will drive you crazy when trying to saw.. Other option is to use a aircraft paint remover and soak it down good... then use a hard plastic scraper and scrape it away... going that route.. I'd remove the table so you don't get the stuff dripping off the table into other parts of the saw.. probably still need to sand the table smooth and apply a good coat of Johnson paste wax.. and keep it waxed or it'll rust..

Maybe I was overthinking this? But I figured the tarp or hanging plastic wouldn't hold the heat all that great.. I have 5-8 sheets of Styrofoam insulation the good 4 inch thick stuff.. I bought a boatload of the stuff on a awesome deal of $40 for as much as I could load on the truck.. I bought about 8 loads, LOL... it's what I used in my loft.. I sort of had in mind of making a wall out of the insulation sheets.. I'd probably need a few more sheets of it.. But I wasn't quite sure how to go about fastening them together and also how to go about fastening them to the floor and ceiling? Maybe frame some wall sections together.. make a section with hinges for a door? Not really wanting to put holes in my concrete floor to anchor it down..

Nope.. not talking about the Mexican boarder wall, Thinking maybe of splitting my shop in half for heating this winter... I don't really want to or even have the resources to heat the whole shop.. specifically because I ran out of insulation and the only part insulated is the loft ceilings which isn't finished yet either.. LOL and my shop is 24 x 32... with a 14 x 32 Loft.. BUT, the shop can be condensed to just one garage bay area so I was thinking maybe building a temporary wall down the middle to split it in half.. The stairwell would be on the unheated side to avoid having to make a doorway and block off the stairs etc.. as the heat would otherwise just raise upstairs in the loft.. In all honesty.. I could also build two walls in the back corner of the shop and only heat my scroll sawing station.. which maybe what I'll do.. just to cut back on heat cost.. but splitting the shop in half with one wall might be easier as just as cheap to build.. Like the wall to be a temporary wall that can be taken down.. I like the whole shop to be opened up in the summer if possible.. Plus.. since I also use the shop to work on cars at times.. Working on a brake job etc with a crowded wall right there on each side of the car would be inconvenient.. ( should have made the shop 32 wide instead of 24, LOL ).. I've considered building a sliding wall system much like a sliding garage door.. the track up on the ceiling could stay there and walls taken down.. and or just slide the wall to either end of the shop depending on what end of a car I'm working on etc.. Thought I'd ask here on some ideas and tips etc.. I am sort of a jack of all trades handyman but construction type stuff I,m at a loss.. Yes I've moved walls in my house, hung drywall, wiring, plumbing etc.. but I'm at a loss with temporary wall building, LOL.. Short of just hanging plastic anyway, LOL.. I'd like a little more insulation etc than just a plastic wall, LOL

I made an attempt to make one of these but I didn’t follow directions as usual.

JT, I was merely trying to say that vendors at a craft show could go above and beyond by helping promote the said show... IF all of the vendors did this the show could be a bigger better show.. I was just saying if you don't do great at a show is it really 100% the organizers of the shows fault.. There are lots of things the vendors themselves can do to help better themselves and other vendors.. Not trying to compare online to show sales.. I disagree with a lot of your statements but I'm not going there with it..

Glad to see you're back.. I've been wondering about you and a few others, I just figured a lot of folks doing summer vacations etc.. and they'll pop back in once the summer winds down. Sorry to hear that your case was health issues but glad to hear you're on your way to getting better..

I agree with Melanie... When selling online ( I assume somewhat the same with events ) you cannot determine if something is a hit or not until you offer the product for a good 6 - 12 months.. It's my opinion that anything can and will sell at most any selling price... it's more about getting the item and the price point seen to the right group of people.. That part there is hard to do at events... but much easier with online selling to target a specific group.. Something folks selling at events could do is to show products off that you make online via social media, and message boards much like I do but you'd need to target a local area.. then mention you'll be at "******" event selling them if anyone has interest.. It's called self promoting.. You can't always count on the show organizers to bring you the right buyers for your products.. Just as you cannot expect the buyers to be already on Etsy or any other site waiting for your products either.. I may be wrong... but I doubt many event sellers help themselves and other sellers of events by promoting their items themselves.. I know that most people who try selling online do not so why would a seller of an event do it..

I agree with Jim.. But that said.. did your pegas clamps come with the thumb screws that have the swivel end? If I remember correctly mine did not and I swapped out the thumb screws from my DeWalt.. I had a backup set for the DW so i used the new set of the swivel thumb screws.. I also had some issues with the thumb screws that came with my Pegas clamp.. but not sure now what I had issues with other than I remember the knobs on the Pegas clamps was bigger and smooth.. and I liked the smaller style that I had for my DW.. so I swapped them..