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  1. dansnow
    Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and has recovered from the subsequent food comas! Lin and I were set up at a 2 day craft fair the Sat and Sun after Thanksgiving. It was our first time there, but we had heard good things about it from other vendors. It was indoors, the building had heat, and we got to go iin Friday afternoon and get everything set up! What could be better? Saturday was a great day! People came ready to buy so sales exceeded our expectations. We looked forward to Sunday. Sunday was the exact opposite of Saturday. Foot traffic was lighter, but still pretty decent, but they were looky-loos. We ended up making about 12% of the sales we'd made the day before! Not complaining at all, as the average for the two days was still pretty good. It was just weird to see how different two days at the same venue, with the same weather, could be. It's what makes craft shows both fun and exasperating at the same time, you just never know what will catch the buying public's interest!!
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    I have finished the Osprey. I've wanted to build one for a while, and now that I've built one, not in a real rush to do it again. The finish is krylon with a clear lacquer top coat. Lettering and lines are vinyl. Thanks for looking.
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    The font is called Word Art, I got it off the web. The shellac fills in the fibers somewhat like a primer, and allows for a more even result with the dye.
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    Before coloring mix shellac 50/50 with denatured alcohol. Apply thin coat to piece and let dry. I mix the food coloring with denatured alcohol, (rubbing alcohol can sometimes precipitate out the dye pigments) to the intensity I want, then apply thinly, allow to sit for about 5 seconds then wipe off excess. Re-apply till you get the results you want.
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    This was a commissioned piece for a friend to give to her Granddaughter. It is made from two layer of 1/2" Baltic Birch ply. Letters colored with food coloring, clear lacquer top coat. Letters are 4" high, the whole thing is 23" long. Thanks for looking.
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    Looks good so far! I had a similar happening a while back on an Easter decoration I decided to cut out. Once I started I realized that there were over 95 cutouts just for the dang flowers! Was well over 100 by the time it was done!!
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    new pics in post #1
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    Since this is to be a toy, I will be rounding the edges and doing a little shaping but that's about it.
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    Been toying with making one of these for some time, finally decided to give it a shot. It'll be about 16" long, about 21" rotor tip to rotor tip. The nacelles will rotate but I decided not to try to link them together since this is a toy rather than a scale model and the linkage would be a vulnerable complication. Thanks for looking, will add more pics as it comes together. Added more pics: I've added the main landing gear pods and the fairing pieces for the wing and horizontal stabilizer. Still need to make the pieces for the nose wheel and then I can start the gluing and shaping.
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    Very Well Done!! Thanks for sharing!
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    Very well done! I have made several of these from different woods. They are a good seller this time of year.
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    For those from the California area you might recognize these. They represent the Tower Bridge towers from Sacramento. I was commissioned to make them for the city play table at the Sacramento Children's Museum. Each tower comes apart into 6 pieces that interlock with dowels, and all pieces are interchangeable. That was a bit tricky, never underestimate the value of a good jig! Would you believe that, counting the pins to lock the dowels in place there are 102 pieces in the two towers, and they are only 13.5" high by 8" wide!! The center sections are 1/4" oak laminated to a 7/8" birch core, the towers are made of two pieces of birch with a 1/4" oak strip on the outside face to hide the dowel locating holes. Yellow food coloring and poly used for the finish. thanks for looking.
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    Hi Scrolling Steve, I saw the picture here I thought $15 was a bit steep for the plans so I got some paper, pencils, straight edge and a french curve and had at it. Mine is much simpler to make, and by using a 1" thick stair tread for the bodies, I didn't have to laminate any stock.
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    I sand using 220 then 320, one coat of Krylon Primer then two coats of Krylon color.
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    I saw a picture of something like this a while back. This is my take on the idea. Thanks for looking.
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    This is a pair of Steve Good designed crosses. I didn't have any stock in the right thickness in a large enough piece, so I made use of the leftovers I had. Thanks for looking.
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    A windmill

    dansnow replied to helmut's topic in Bragging Rights

    That is very well done!!
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    Finished the custom order for an Irish setter, will be delivering it tomorrow. The customer is happy, which makes it all worth while! Thanks for looking!
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    I vote for A
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    As some of you know, I first started dog pull toys by reverse engineering a 60 yr old toy doxie a friend gave me. I then added a German Shepherd this year. A few days ago another friend from the dog park where we exercise our Shepherd asked if I could make an Irish Setter version. This is what I came up with. Minwax Gunstock stain will be used, which is amazingly close to the actual color of an Irish.
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    Wow, that is some fine work!!
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    This is the second Steve Good Ribbon Box I've made. This one is fun, while being a little persnickity. The "ribbon" is black walnut, birch and purple heart, while the box is ash and walnut. It did take a bit to figure out how to tie the bow!
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    Thanks for the kind words everyone, and I hope a few were inspired to make some. The great thing about these for me is the only thing I had to buy was a coupe 1" and 3/8" dia dowels. The 1/4" x 3/4" slats and the 1" x 3/4" end pieces were all ripped from a 3/4" x 11" pine board I had in the shop. This gave me a total shelf thickness of 1". I glued a 3/8" dowel into the ends of the legs, left 7/16" protruding, so when I stacked the pegs would be about 1/8" apart in the shelf. Some wood glue and a brad nailer with 3/4" brads made short work of shelf assembly.
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    Everything comes apart for storage and fits in a single box. The legs are pegged into holes in the shelves so if I want to add shelves or change heights or layouts I can just make more legs!
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    Persistence paid off! After a summer of monumentally bad craft fairs we finally had a good one! It was a two day affair about 15 miles from home. We'd done well in the past so we were looking forward to having a good one again. Well, this year we far exceeded our wildest expectations! Each day we came very close to matching the two day total from last year. We have 5 weeks to rebuild inventory for another 2day the Sat-Sun after Thanksgiving, then another 2day in mid-December. Will be ready for a break after that one! This is a shot of 1/2 of our 10x20 booth. The other side had the flat tables for the puzzles and pull toys.
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