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  1. BadBob
    I understand your confusion. A picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, I think it depends on what you want the result to look. I would make this with a lot thinner lines. I typically print patterns with one or two pixel-wide lines. I have been printing them with red lines as an experiment to see if I like them better. I have a laser printer and rarely print color so the cost of ink is not an issue.
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    GoImagine

    BadBob replied to BadBob's topic in Business Side

    I got my first sale on GoImagine today. Two items, one that I have sold on Etsy before and has been sitting without any sales for three years. The other was one of my original Etsy listings that never sold, and I had inactivated it. It's been on GoImagine for less than a month, and it sold. I have reactivated the Etsy and GoImagine listings as made-to-order.
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    GoImagine

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    I have a few things set to unlimited. These are things that I can't imagine anyone ordering so many that I could not make them in ten days. Some of them, I could make a hundred in a day if I had to.
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    Unless the patient is complex, I remove all the shared areas. I think it will not make much difference for most patterns where you follow the line. I like a fine line and cut down the center. Some people like to cut along the edge of the line. For patterns like Steeve Goods slot and tab patterns, that must fit well. I cut them tight and sand or file them to fit. It is kind of a personal preference thing that will come with experience.
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    The Harbor freight tools come with the triangle sanding attachment. I have one, and I have never found a use for the sanding attachment. My daughter used it once to get into the corners while refinishing some hardwood floors.
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    Make a flap sander by cutting a slot in a 1/4 inch dowel and insert a stripof sandpaper in it. Mount this in a drill. I find this to be so useful that I keep an old drill with a piece of sanding belt ready to go. I find diamond needle files handy for very tight places. Harbor freight has some cheap but they are fairly coarse. Amazon has a lot of them. I have a set of Japanese finger files that I find very useful. I would do all the sanding before assembly.
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    So, a Dremel Multi-Max is the same type of tool as what harbor freight calls an Oscillating Multi-Tool. These are pretty large for what I would call detail sanding. I thought detail sanding was something on the order of sanding internal cuts on a Victorian fretwork piece or an intricate ornament.
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    I have one. It's in a box.
  9. BadBob
    I looked at harbor freight and did not see a tool that looked like a MultiMax knockoff. I think some of us have completely different ideas about what detail sanding is.
  10. BadBob
    +1 That is precisely why I bought a second rotary tool. My existing Craftsman was not compatible with many Dremel accessories I wanted to use.
  11. BadBob
    OK, I give up. What are you calling a detail sander?
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    GoImagine

    BadBob replied to BadBob's topic in Business Side

    When you create a listing in GoImagine that is Made To Order, do you select Track Inventory or Unlimited/Do Not Track?
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    I look at the pattern and decide which direction to go based on what I think is the best way. Truthfully, I never thought about it.
  14. BadBob
    That is a great idea.
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    A second saw is an excellent idea if you are depending on it. If I have trouble with my saw, it always happens at the worst time. I don't have a lower bellows in my EX-21. I've had the whole thing apart, and there isn't one in there. Do I need one?
  16. BadBob
    You can lower the pressure with a regulator. I have one of these I use for my airbrush.
  17. BadBob
    Using the loc-line tool is much easier.
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    I use two kinds of sanding mops a lot, but I would not consider either a detail sander. I have two rotary tools, a Craftsman (very old) and a Dremel. I can do detailed work with these, but I find them clunky and lacking in power. My go to is my old Grizzly G9928 - Flex Shaft Grinder. It can use anything that will work in a Dremel and has plenty of power and a foot pedal speed control. If it ever dies, I'll probably spring for a Foredom tool.
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    Steve Good has several, but as I recall, they are all contained in the ornament patterns. They only hold one ornament.
  20. BadBob
    I use a grammar/spell checker, and it auto-corrects when I mistype, which is a lot.
  21. BadBob
    I would not buy it if I had to go to an ATM. I can't remember when I used an ATM or paid cash for anything. I use Discover for online purchases and Visa for local. Discover has buitin fraud protection.
  22. BadBob
    Restating my question differently: What wood looks good and enhances the grain with clear shellac? What started this was yesterday I dipped some ornaments in clear shellac. I had a few pieces made from what I think is spruce. It looks like spruce and smells like spruce. The change in the spruce ornament was dramatic. I don't care about other finishes. I have been down that road and used some of everything at one time or another. I use a wax and mineral oil blend I make, shellac, and occasionally old-school polyurethane. I use all sorts of wood, mostly domestic hardwoods, but occasionally, some odd ones pop up. I got some IPE decking boards recently. I savage hardwoods from discarded furniture. I don't always know what the wood is.
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    I don't use an oil finish, especially not boiled linseed oil. It smells and takes weeks to cure, and then there is the spontaneous combustion issue.
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    I have never seen satin shellac.
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    I have been experimenting with dipping in clear shellac for random pieces of wood. For some of it, you can't tell it does much at all except that the surface is smooth, while there is a big change for others. In your experience what type of wood looks really good with a clear shellac finish?
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