Jim Finn
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I made this hour glass of mahogany for a guy that brought me the glass part only. IT is 12" tall, overall. It is a bit bulky for my taste but he wants it "bulky". He told me he got the hour glass at JC Penney's outlet. I did a compound cut on the three supports with my scroll saw.
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I stack cut yellow pine, which is quite hard, when making letters. I re-saw a 1"x6" in half and then stack cut them in pairs so I am cutting about 3/4" of hard pine. I use a FD polar #5 blade or #7. I just stack the two pieces and tape all around the four edges with 3/4" masking tape. The tape will hold it in place just fine.
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good job......How large are they?
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welcome Tony
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very nice!
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light coats is good advice. I use "Triple thick clear coat" I get at Walmart. It is a clear, acrylic, gloss, finish.
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wood-n-things has it right. Need to back up the poplar with a piece of wood. High drill speed, sharp drill, low feed rate, all helps.
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I prefer no liners on these. One idea is to put in aromatic cedar liners though. Beautiful boxes!
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Welcome. I also do a lot of boxes. Most with inlayed images on the hinged lids. Doing a little Intarsia now, also. Lots to learn here ....enjoy
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way to go! +1doc
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Mine had the washer there but the nut still spun off immediatly so I locktited it in place. I disagree , I think it is poorly built machine so... I got rid of mine.
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I am working on a replacement intarsia for one of the ones I sold this past weekend at a local monthly street fair. I have another indoor sale this weekend. I sold a lot of toy guns and some cedar boxes with inlayed images on the lids. Also sold some lettered plaques, 20 inch tall crosses and stars. This month there were only 7 vendors where there is usually 25. Few shoppers but enough buyers to sell 50% above my average there. This was my first sale of the year and I plan to be there every month now up until Christmas.I am working on making more name signs, hoping to get orders for custom ones. I just started doing letters and find it a lot easier than it was a few months ago when I first tried them. I spend about 5 hours a day 7 days a week in my workshop and still have more ideas than I do time.
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nice scroll work! A background with less grain would make it stand out better. Sure is pretty .
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I cut these chairs and tables on my scroll saw. Our club makes these each year and gives them to Ronald McDonald house who has local artists paint on them and then they sell them at a charity auction here in Lubbock. I also made a toy box for them that brought $800 at auction last year.
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I had that same nut to fall off and had the knocking sound too. I installed the nut about 4-5 times and it kept coming off. This was after other repairs to this saw. I ordered a new Hegner then. Before it came, a friend suggested I locktite the nut on, and it worked. Knocking was gone. Then the new Hegner came so I sold the 788 for $175 on Greg's List. That 788 lasted me only 20 months. It cut well but just did not last.
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I use "word" to make my lettering patterns. I select "outline,underline ,italics and bold with whatever font I use. Oh yes, and spell check.....
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Nice looking bowls. I need to try that. $5 is a good price. They will sell and then you can make more. Thanks for sharing with us.
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You just need to try selling a coupla' times. I found a sale where it just cost me $25 for the space. I only do Sat. sales. Two day sales are not for me. Second day, you sell about 20% of the amount you sell on the first day. Good luck.
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Old Joke but still amusing. Oak plaque with purple heart lettering.
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Good luck Doc. I was, where you are, 3 years ago. I enjoy making sawdust more than selling my crafted items but it is very encouraging to hear what folks say about your efforts. Selling requires that you interact with the potential buyers. You need to speak with all the lookers. Just a nice "good morning" will do wonders for sales and will make the whole experience more fun. My attitude is: I sell my stuff just so that I can make more and not just throw it out. I eventualy got a credit card machine, last year, and it doubled my sales.
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Welcome back to scrolling.
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If you are at a venue that is worth your while (enough sales) you will be too busy to be doing anything but selling and taking orders. If you have another person with you to sell your items then making them at the sales point may work but then you have doubled your sales staff. One problem one may have, is finding a way to display all the items they make. I usually display about 100 different items at a show. I have made some, collapsible, book shelf looking, displays that work well. In only approximately a ten foot by ten foot space it takes some planning to display that many items. I have seen vendors that make some very very nice items, like crosses, but they just have 3-4 different styles so display space is not such an issue for them. If a buyer does not want their one item ,a cross, they just walk on by. I know I outsell most of the other vendors at the sales I attend and still cannot sell as fast as I can produce between shows.
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I make and sell some scroll saw items. I sell at local festivals and street fairs. If I could sell it as fast as I can make some items ( like children's toys) I could make a living at it. I do not sell enough to do that though. It seems to me that many folks that are making almost enough to live on are those selling to us. Books and patterns etc. There are plenty of hobby folks willing to spend money on things to help them with their hobby.
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Thank you for your efforts to write to us in an unfamiliar language. We look forward to seeing some of your scroll saw work.
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hello and welcome
