BadBob

Those are some beautiful birdhouses. Someday, I want to try making these. I have made some ornament hangers out of plywood. They are ugly. Since I started this discussion, I have found the wire hangers and several ideas on how to make them.

You might be able to insert a background with software. Shoot the video on a green screen and insert the background of your choice, either from public domain photos or something you make yourself. I have a small collection of Christmas tree photos I collected from public domain images, plus some I made for myself. I have changed the background in lots of pictures but never for video. I have a Canon T7i. I shoot product photos from a tripod using a timer and an aperture set to F22 to achieve the maximum depth of field.

Is this what you are looking for? That last skeleton pattern was a bit odd, with no feet. However, I have read about tall people have their feet cut off so they would fit in the coffin.

Low voltage or an extension cord with wires that are not large enough. I run most of my tools on an extension cord with 12-gauge wires. I'm thinking of replacing it with a 10-gauge wire. I typically run my Shopsmith, belt sander, scroll saws, 12-inch miter saw, Routers, and several other handheld tools on it. It is plugged into a 20-amp circuit.

For fretwork, I glue the pattern directly to the wood. When I am done cutting, I remove the pattern by wetting it with solvent. After it sits for a short time, the pattern comes off in one piece. I use mineral spirits for the solvent and 3M77 for my adhesive. You may need a different solvent for your adhesive.

They have them. I never thought of that. Yes, but it makes product photography much easier. The problem I have with using a phone is the typical wide-angle lens and the inability to set things like the depth of field/F-stop. I have used three cameras and two phone cameras for this. My Canon blows them all away. It is better quality and much easier to use. I had a couple of older Nikon (non SLRs) that worked great but the problem was they were very difficult to configure. I gave those away.

I buy a lot online, and if a seller doesn't give good details and photos, I go elsewhere. I have seen many listings where the images don't match the description. First, you need to get seen. That is my primary reason for asking this question. There may not be a good answer.

I photograph using a digital SLR camera with proper lighting, and occasionally, I photograph the item in my hand to show scale. In the final edit, if I see any defects, like dirt cuts, etc., it gets rejected and deleted. Again, the primary reason for making videos is for those social media sites that don't allow photos. However, through experimentation on sites that allow both video and pictures, I have discovered that the click-through rates and saves are much higher for videos, even slide shows. For Etsy videos, the search results show the video if one exists. When you mouse over the photo, you see the video. Slide shows are easy to make and work well here. Google Merchant Center does something similar with the ads, but Google creates the slide show from the photos in the listing or provided by you.

I am talking about both. When promoting on social media, some places only let you post videos. I've done many of the slide shows in video format, and those are a piece of cake. I use software to do drag-and-drop, set times, crossfades, and soundtracks. I have the photos already, so it only takes a short time. I don't use a phone for any of this.

Here is one that shows it tilted. https://baileigh.com/bss-22-22-scroll-saw I suspect the people posting the listings know little about scroll saws.

I primarily want to make the videos for video-only places or sites where videos get more clicks. It's easy to make a short slide show for the Etsy video. When Etsy first added the video option, my first thought was that it was a way to add more photos, which is exactly what I used the videos for. This does not work well for ornaments. A while back, I posted some sample photos in the Goimagine forum: an ornament with several different-colored backgrounds and one with a Christmas tree background. I asked which one they liked the best. Black won no contest. People thought it looked elegant. Second was the Christmas tree background, although several people thought it looked cluttered.

I want to make short videos of ornaments I have made. I have a turntable, and creating videos of the toys I make is easy. However, the only thing I can come up with for making a video of an ornament is to hang it from an ornament stand and spin it on the turntable. I'm hoping that some of you might have other ideas.

This looks like the same saw with cosmetic differences. https://www.amazon.com/Bucktool-Inch-Scrow-Saw-Woodworking/dp/B0CPDT9BMW The Rikon version doesn't look much different. Here is another one. This time, pricing is by container. Does anyone need a couple of hundred scroll saws? https://www.allwin-tools.com/new-arrival-csa-certified-22-inch-variable-speed-scroll-saw-with-1-6a-motor-product/ Yet another one. Either they come from the same factory, or the Chinese are copying each other.

The first time for me was rattling and vibration. I replaced the entire drive link with one from Seyco. Two years later the motor began stopping at random times and I replaced it with a motor from Seyco. I also replaced the electronics because I discovered that the output that controls the motor speed was constantly varying which was causing the motor to speed up and slow down. So, now the only replaceable parts that haven't been replaced is the speed control pot and the power switch. I have a Pegas saw but the EX-21 is still my go to saw because it is set up perfectly for me.

I went buy Harbor Freight today to take a look and they sold it before I got there.

I have had two failures, both of which occurred during the Christmas rush.

I have known about them for years but did not own a set until a few years ago when I watched a video of a luthier using them to repair an expensive guitar. After watching the video, I bought a set. If you do anything that requires precise hole sizes, these are what you need. You can get letter and number size bits separately, but they seem to be most commonly available in sets that have letter, number, and fractional sizes. I bought mine at Harbor Freight.

Beautiful! What kind of finish did you use?

I'm enlarging the hole with a larger bit. For example, I have a 1/4-inch hole, and the dowel is too tight. 1/4-inch = 0.25 On my drill size chart, the next larger size is F, which is 0.257 or 7 thousandths of an inch larger. Yes, I could sand the dowels to fit, but I think this is much easier. I buy dowels, pegs, and wheels in large quantities. I have purchased 1,000 wheels of a single size before. My local stores only keep a few dowels on hand; the last time I checked, they were pine.

I have had wheels on every scrollsaw I have owned. I made a frame from 2x4s that fit the bottom of my saw and added double-locking ballbearing casters on all corners. The feet are removed from the stand, and the frame is attached. As far as I can tell, it does not matter how much the saw vibrates.

Very nice. Keep up the excellent work. I make many toys, and one of my best tools is a set of drill bits in number and letter sizes. Dowels and axle pegs are not always the correct size. When gluing a dowel into a wheel or a peg into a body, there must be enough room for the dowel and glue. These bits allow me to quickly increase the size of a hole by a few thousandths. If the hole is tight when you dry fit, it will be much tighter once it is wet with glue. I have split toy bodies when forcing a peg into a hole, and I once had glue squirt out of the side of a toy. Nowadays, I make the hole larger if I can't fit the dowel or peg into the hole and remove it with my hand.

I have two 6x48-inch belt sanders. Currently, I only use one, but if I ever clear enough space, I will set up the other one with different grits to rapidly change grits. I have two bandsaws, one configured for scroll cutting and the other only used for resaw. I have two drill presses, one configured for drilling smaller holes and one for large fastener bits and sanding mops. Belt drive drilpresses are a pain to change speeds on. If I had the money to spare, I would buy one of the new variable feed drill presses and get rid of these two. I really have three since I have a Shopsmith that I can use if needed. I use it for horizontal boring and use the lathe function for drilling center holes in dowels. I also have a Dremel drill press that is not used except when I need to drill tiny holes, which does not happen much.

I never thought of that. I have two because I make made-to-order items to sell, and I can't afford to have the scroll saw down. There are ways to work around not having most of my other tools, but there is no substitute for a scroll saw.

They have one at my local Harbor Freight. The next time I am out and about, I may stop and take a look.

My first scroll saw was an AMT. This same saw was sold with several brands on it. I purchased it in the mid-1980s. It came as a pin blade saw. It only took me a week or so to figure out that pin blades didn't hack out for me, and I bought an upgrade that allowed me to use pinless blades. The saw cut very well. In some woods, the cut was smooth glass. Thin lumber was not available in my location, but I had access to all the pallets I could haul, and that is what I cut most of my project from pallet wood. I made many toys, fretwork shelves, and compound-cut chess pieces. I never got a full set because my kids thought they were excellent and kept running off with them. I bought a used RBI Hawk for $100, refurbished it, and used it for a few years. Then I saw a video about how easy blade changes were on an EX-21, and I had to have one. I found a used EX-21 for sale locally. It wasn't long before the EX-21 was the only saw I used. Now, I had three scroll saws. While I had them all setup side by side, I did a test. The AMT cut smoother than and had less vibration than the other two. Heavy cast iron can dampen vibration a lot. I had to get rid of one and gave the AMT away. For me, ease of blade changes was more important than anything. After a few years, my EX-21 finally had a problem, and I used the RBI while troubleshooting and ordering parts. I decided I really did not like the RBI saw. The blade changes again, and it was hard on the smaller blades. So now I am shopping for another scroll saw. I found a never used Pegas and drove about 700 miles to get it. I sold the RBI for $100.