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I've never seen the one HF has.. I bought mine from Menards.. other than the one that came with my Hawk.. I just like the lens cover.. but I assume I could probably make something that would work..

I'll look to be sure as the tags are still on them.. but I think they are Bella brand.. I bought them on black friday 2016 at Menards.. but.. I've seen them in Menards since then so i think they carry them.. I've seen them on their site before too... but I cannot seem to find them now.. I've also seen them at Joanne Fabrics as I think Walmart.. I'll look into it more and see if I can find them somewhere..I've actually posted a link to them when Iggy was looking for storage solutions for his puzzles last year.. maybe I can dig up the post to find them.. Edited to say.. I found the topic where I posted a link.. but the link is not what I have.. just similar.. without the lock / latching system.. I cannot seem to find them.. Next time I go up in the loft I'll take the UPC numbers and figure out what they are.. as I am curious too.. since I'd like to buy a few more..

Yeah, i actually thought about doing that with some paper board like old cereal boxes or something.. But actually they stay put pretty well.. the only ones that may slide around much is the short stacks that only have a couple and no other surrounding it.. a piece of non-slip drawer liners from the dollar store on the bottom of the drawer would work well for that.. last year early fall is when I got these.. and set them up.. I should have showed my little numbers.. but I have the drawers numbered and part numbers wrote on the bottom of the drawer so I can see what ornament was supposed to be in the stack if I run out.. which you can clearly see I ran out of a lot of them, LOL.. I also have the part number set up on my web site so i know what drawer and position within the drawer the ornament should be.. Edit to say: I don't think these would work out all that well for those that go to shows.. I'm certain they'd get bounce all around if you moved the drawers and loading them in the car etc.. But I don't have to worry about that stuff..

These drawers are awesome for storing my ornaments.. Much better than the way I did when i first started out.. by just stacking them in small storage bins.. they always use to get messed up and made for digging through the bin to find the ornament I needed.. These stay in their select location for the most part unless i get rough and close the drawer too hard.. Just thought this might be of help to others that sell ornaments.. and the frustration of spending an hour digging for one in a storage tote, LOL

Hoping you do better than expected..

Yeah, I know what you mean.. also same thing happen when you get a foot switch..

Pick me up a couple .. I like those better than the ones I have.. while mine was about the same price.. mine don't have that flip down lid. my saws sit by two windows in my shop and I am always having to cover the lens.. as I worry about the sun shining in and setting something on fire.. I remember playing with magnifying glass as a kid setting papers and things on fire with them LOL..

I switched mine over to LED's.. The bulbs I bought were just plug N play.. NOW... I did upgrade some very old 4ft shop lights to LED and the old ones do not have electronic ballast so I bought the direct wired LED bulbs.. I also bought some LED shop lights from Sams club.. I ended up taking them back... because the direct wired tube replacements was much brighter than the standard LED shop lights i bought, LOL... I also have some shop lights with the electronic ballast.. and bought the LED's that are plug and play with the ballast.. Those are very bright too.. Not sure if using the ballast requires more energy or not.. but the LED bulbs that run on the ballast are about half the cost of those that are direct wired... As for the magnifier light.. all the LED bulbs I purchased was much brighter than the standard florescent.. But the one I purchased off ebay was much brighter than those I bought at Menards locally.. Also the one from eBay has a rotating plug pin connector.. the other bulb didn't have this and the angle of the pins vrs where my plug is on the light do not match up very well and is quite a poor fit for my light.. I won't buy another one without the rotating connector.. All that said.. This is the bulb I am most happy with.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-inch-Circline-T9-6000K-Daylight-LED-Relamp-FLOUR-FC8T9-Bulb-w-o-Rewiring/273016883142?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Edit to add: This is the bulb I used from Menards. It doesn't have the rotating pin plug.. and doesn't fit the fixture real great.. but it does work great.. and a little lower priced.. it isn't as bright as the one from eBay either.. though still brighter than the 6500K florescent bulb that I had in there.. https://www.menards.com/main/electrical/light-bulbs/led-light-bulbs/meridian-22w-equivalent-general-purpose-cool-white-8-circular-led-light-bulb/13144/p-1463764639381-c-7482.htm?tid=4568103942767000130&ipos=165

Couple of pictures in the little gift boxes I use.. maybe a little better pictures too.

Nice work, thanks for sharing

They are puzzle patterns that I modified to be non puzzles and then down sized to about 4.5" long by about 2' high... cut from 1/8" BB ply..

I didn’t get much shop time on this (finally ) nice day. But I managed to get about 2 hours of saw dust making. I only got 8 of the BBQ and 4 each of the Cow and Unicorn. I resized the puzzle patterns and then edited some of the details. I resize these so they fit in my ornament gift boxes which are 3-3/4 x 5 inches. Thing I like about ornaments over the puzzles is less wood, production cutting, ( stack cutting) less paper used as I arrange 4 patterns onto one sheet of paper. Not much space needed for inventory. BBPly is only $15 a 5 x 5 sheet. Not sure how many ornaments I can get out of a sheet but it’s allot, lol. Then they sell for $16 each quite well for me.

Awesome job!! I've been intending to cut that one one of these days, LOL.. My list is probably 5 mile long LOL

You did pretty good with those.. I'd never try cutting one of those with a puzzle blade.. unless you cut those from thin material?

Appears to be one of the older ones.. Still not a bad deal...

Yes, I freehand the lettering.. Quite nerve racking to turn myself loose on a nicely finished scrolled piece with the woodburner, LOL.. But then... I do like some challenges once in a while...

Nice, Not sure the shop you're building will be big enough ... Seems like it should be but my findings are.. You always find more stuff to put into a bigger shop, LOL Like that old Chevy pick-up in the one photo.. always wanted one of those old Chevy trucks..

That is interesting.. I do know that is the day they say retailers finally show a profit.. guess I never correlated the meaning of the name.. black Friday in terms of meaning black as a profit.....sounds a lot better than green Friday LOL.. Last few years.. I was not in the black until around October.. this year is going pretty well though and so far I'm in the black or was that green

Just thought I'd show one of the custom / personalized orders I got this week.. I actually do this pyrography to a lot of my work.. Typically give the customer the option to have it cut out for X amount of $$ or woodburned for X amount of $$.. Woodburned being much lower priced because they don't have to pay for artwork for custom pattern design, typically less time involved and many times less amount of wood used.. Many times I can woodburn an item that is already in stock too.. so turn around time is better... Not to mention that I can woodburn name or year etc on small areas of Christmas ornaments.. so I do quite a lot of personalizing of ornaments.. Don't think I've ever showed that I do this so... Here it is, LOL... Burning on hardwood is harder to do than on the plywood that I typically do for the ornaments.. Sort of like sawing.. you find the soft spots in the wood grain.. LOL.. I do tell the customer that I do the burning free hand so it's not going to look like a machine did it.. I'm better at scroll sawing free hand, LOL

I can't operate in the black... wouldn't be able to see what i was doing I actually had to look that up.. I've always used the term Red or Green.. ( red being no money made and green being made money ) but you have to consider I am just an ol country boy who failed at school...

Sure glad I don't have to build or worry much about inventory... I Wish anyway.. Insurance company wanted a dollar value of my inventory so we could figure out how much I needed to be insured for.. While my inventory is quite low most of the time as much of my stuff is made as it's ordered.. I still was shocked that that much $ value was stored in a just a handful of totes.. nor did I realize just how many Christmas ornaments could be stored in one of the plastic totes.. I cut most of it as it's ordered.. Though that is a job in itself...simply because much of my orders come as a custom or personalized spin off of something I already stock... but I do typically try to build up some inventory of the hotter selling stuff over the summer for the Holiday sales.. Some days I say I'd like to quit doing custom / personalized stuff and just build inventory... but at least 35% of business is custom / personalized.. I like getting request for things as many times those requested things become the next hot seller for me.. Enjoy the shows, sell out at each one if you can, ..

Yeah I sort of figured that.. Always kind of wondered why do we even do all the extra work and wear on our saws to even make it a puzzle.. LOL..

Do any of you seal the colored pieces? I ask because... I've seen kids running around with blue mouths before .... On a more serious note.. I just wondered if perhaps the wood would bleed out the color if it was to accidentally get wet / damp.. would be a bad day for someone if they spilled a water or something and the puzzle turns someones nice white or light colored carpet blue .. I've been considering doing some of the bases similar to like what Iggy showed with the blue puzzle base..

Very nice work..

Design isn't mine, It's Harvey's pattern available from www.woodcraftbyscott.com or.. hunt down Iggy..