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I use shelf liner. Very inexpensive and sticks well. Spray adhesive on that and stick pattern. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AS9NC6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Good day Ike. I have 4 events over the next 5 weekends. Holiday season is cranking up!

Took me a split second... but Noel to you too. :-) Nice work.

Looks nice Casey, what size and type blade did you use?

Breathing is highly overrated. ;-) Alright, alright, I'll start looking into setting up the Dust Deputy.

Oh, there's definitely dust, but it isn't escaping the plastic bubble and that's all I care about. I can sweep it up when it gets ankle deep in there. ;-) The issue with dust collection is noise. I enjoy the peacefulness of sitting and cutting and only hearing the hum of the saw. I have thought about setting something up in the attic space above my work area and I may pursue that eventually.

I haven't had any issues the past 2 months, but it has been summer time and I run the portable AC to keep cool in there. Now that fall is here, I hope to be able to work in there without it, but may have to turn the fan on to circulate the air a little. I do have a gap over the grey wall cabinet. I didn't totally enclose it as I didn't want Mrs. Ig to come out and find me dead on my stool. :-)

Being a joker and prankster, I refer to it as my Dexter Kill Room... for those familiar with the TV show Dexter that used to be on Showtime.

I bought a Dust Deputy and a ShopVac (seen in pics) but I haven't done anything with them. I've had no issues and haven't felt the need to try to set anything up. Sure, I have dust all over the floor and on the saw and the little shelving unit, but personally I don't care. I sweep it up every few weeks.

Thanks. 90% of the house is fully setup and functional. The only thing left is our bedroom. Mrs. Ig is in charge of all of that and I simply hang things where and when I'm told. :-)

When we moved into this new home almost 2 months ago, I set up a temporary cutting area by hanging plastic in order to control the dust and it has worked very well (see attached pic named FIRST VERSION). So I decided to make a slightly less temporary version. I saw this system (ZipWall) and really liked the spring loaded poles and the simplicity of it. I actually found them to be cheaper from Home Depot and ordered them online and they arrived at my house in only a few days. I ordered 2 sets of 2 poles, I didn't need the 4 pole kit which included a carry bag and other items I didn't want. http://www.zipwall.com/xcart/ With the new layout I was able to re-gain the use of the entry door into the garage that I had originally enclosed within my first version. For entry into and out of the plastic room I simply taped on an extra flap over the "door way" as a way to reduce dust from leaking out the opening. The nice things are that I have more space in there, I'll be able to vent my portable AC thru the small doorway rather than having to raise the garage door slightly and best of all, if I change my idea or want to do something different, it's very simple to move things around.

Steve, road trip to Wisconsin? Then we'll arm wrestle for it when we get there. ;-)

Thanks and yes, already planning on ordering new cards with the website on it. For now, my Facebook page has a big SHOP NOW button on it that takes them directly to the new site. Honestly, I'm not expecting much but I wanted to at least have the ability for folks to make purchases.

Well, that was simple. Drop down boxes within the various categories of puzzles is now done. If anyone else is looking into an ecommerce website, I'm using Shopify and I'm very pleased with them so far. Easy setup and very helpful support.

A busy week for Iggy. I worked hard last week cutting a ton of extra dogs for a dog focused event this past Saturday. The good news is I had my best day of sales ever. The bad news, it was only about half of what I had hoped for. We got slammed by a hurricane a week ago and I think a lot of folks are still recovering from it and attendance at the event was less than usual. But that's OK, like I said, it was a new record for me selling 45 pieces. Last night I started goofing around and looking into ecommerce websites and before I knew it, I had one setup... Just in time for the holiday shopping season. Now folks have a way to actually buy and order from me rather than just emailing me. The site is very basic and needs some work but it's a decent start I think. Let me know your thoughts. #1 on my list of things to do is create drop down boxes within each of the puzzle categories so you can actually order a specific breed or animal rather than having to type it in the NOTES field in the cart. www.WoodcraftByScott.com Iggy

Very very nice. I look at beautiful pieces like that and say to myself "I don't have the patience for that." And it's a shame since I like them so much. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Len, Thanks for looking. This was my first summer selling items and in 13 Saturdays at my local Farmers Market I sold a total of 318 puzzles. 155 of them were dogs, almost exactly half. Next best seller were the simple colored dinosaur puzzles, 73 of those. Zoo animals and sea critters combined were another 80. Keep in mind that I live in a tourist/beach community so I have the good fortune to have a fresh batch of potential customers roaming around the market every Saturday. Although I was happy to learn that a good portion of the weekly shoppers were local residents. I'll report back after my big dog rescue fundraiser event this Saturday.

Feel free to check out my Facebook page. http://facebook.com/woodcraftbyscott And attached are a handful of pics. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

I'm a weather geek and two days later I'm still baffled by how my little town, on an island (Carolina Beach, NC), in the path of Matthew, came out virtually unscathed. Go 10 miles inland and the entire eastern half of North Carolina had major flooding with upwards of 10-18" and here I sit, on the coast and we received only 2 1/2 inches with winds under 50mph. Since I didn't even lose power, I was able to devote the entire weekend to cutting dog puzzles in preparation for my long awaited big event, a dog rescue festival coming up this Saturday. At last count I have 55 different breeds that will be available and on display and I currently have 60 duplicates of the more popular breeds cut and shrink wrapped ready to sell. I can only base popularity based on my sales this past summer and I'm sure I'll get flooded with requests for some oddball breed that I would have never thought to stockpile. :-) My most recent task was gathering the pictures of each individual item I've ever made and printing them out and placing them in a photo album to have on hand to show when someone asks for a particular breed of dog that I currently don't have on hand to show/sell them. Wish me luck. I'm still cutting and hope to have a bunch of orders to fulfill next week. Iggy

Well, the Seafood, Jazz and Blues Festival has been postponed til April due to Hurricane Matthew. The good news is that 24 hours ago it looked like the eye of Matthew was going to come directly over my house but as of this morning he is expected to take a sharp right turn at South Carolina and reduce the impact on us dramatically. Still lots of rain and some wind, but nothing like what it was looking like. Now I get to focus on stockpiling for my next event on Oct 15, a dog rescue fundraising event... Iggy Heaven... hundreds of dog enthusiasts getting excited when they see their dog breed on my table. I can't wait.

Thanks everyone for the great information.

I have a vendor friend at the farmers market who makes copper bracelets and he'd like to try cutting some designs in the copper. Here is a similar image of what he makes. http://www.billythetree.com/altJewelryCollection/22842l.jpg What blade is recommended for this? Standard skip tooth blade? #5? I told him I'd be happy to help him test trying this before he invests in a scroll saw, etc. Any suggestions and recommendations are appreciated. Iggy

Harbor Freight has inexpensive tools and for light usage, they're pretty good. I bought one of these with a 20% off coupon and have been happy with it. http://www.harborfreight.com/8-in-5-speed-bench-drill-press-60238.html

Well... it's still several days away, but as of right now it looks like Hurricane Matthew may ruin the festival, for me anyway. Rain forecast for Friday, Saturday and Sunday as Matthew approaches and brushes past us. I can't even set up and try to sell in the rain since water would ruin my items. I keep a tarp with me in the event of a passing shower during the course of an event to cover everything for a period of time, but a total rain-out/washout means I won't even bother setting up. I won't risk having 100 pieces ruined. A lot can change in 5 days when it comes to tracking hurricanes, so I'll continue to watch and will hope I don't get rained out.

Hi Kevin, They're about 9 or 10 inches long and the width varies based on the instrument but roughly 4-7 inches. The patterns fit on a standard sheet of paper, same as the dogs and other animals I make.