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  1. BadBob
    If you use Etsy shipping, you can ship up to 16 ounces of first-class. At the post office, it is 12oz. You can use the bulk editor on Etsy to change prices. I don't know if that would help, but in some cases, it works for me.
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    Faster is generally better but be sure you don't exceed the manufacturer's speed.
  3. BadBob
    White Oak, they built ships from it. Three of the most popular lumber choices for outdoor furniture include cypress, western red cedar, and redwood. Hardwoods such as ipe and teak are also rot-resistant and durable. Other options include acacia, black locust, cedar, and cypress. Ipe is dark in color and used for expensive decks and flooring. Kind of chocolate brown. The best protection is exterior paint and spar varnish. If you finish the wood, you will need to refinish it occasionally.
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    This is very cute.
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    That is very similar to what I am doing. Etsy is 2 business days, and everywhere else is 10 and marked as made to order.
  6. BadBob
    That is enough to make me lose interest.
  7. BadBob
    There are currently several Hitachi scroll saws for sale in the Facebook marketplace. Do you have one or know anything about them?
  8. BadBob
    They might be great when cutting thin stock. You could cut as slowly as needed and change speed on the fly.
  9. BadBob
    How do you manage your inventory when selling on multiple platforms?
  10. BadBob
    I have a few hundred painted items. Mostly toys.
  11. BadBob
    Much work went into this collection of Bad Bob's Custom Motors cars. Several coats of white primer sanding between coats until smooth and the wood grain did not show through. Then multiple coats of flat acrylic paint were sanded between each coat until the white primer was covered. It took a lot of coats for the yellow one. I topped them off with clear gloss acrylic. The was a yellow sedan, but my grandson wanted to give it to a friend for a birthday gift before I decided to take the photo.
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    Another dinosaur puzzle. The back is hardboard, and the tray is finished with amber shellac.
  13. BadBob
    T-Rex tray puzzle. This is my first attempt at a tray puzzle. I decided to make it a tray puzzle after cutting the dinosaur. I wanted to glue the gap closed, but it was too tight when I dry-clamped it to test. The back is a piece of hardboard cut, oversized, glued on, then sanded flush with a belt sander. The tray is finished with shellac.
  14. BadBob
    Dinosaur tray puzzle. I cut the back off of a 3/4 inch piece of wood, cut out the dinosaur and painted it, and glued the wood back on. The tray is finished with amber shellac.
  15. BadBob
    A few years back, my grandson wanted a toy cow. I found a piece of clip art that he liked, glued it to some MDF, and cut it out. I figure he would break the horns off right away but they are still attached.
  16. BadBob
    If the backer board is painted, use an adhesive. If the backer board is bare wood, use glue.
  17. BadBob
    That is my prefered method.
  18. BadBob
    I got curious and did some digging. This is a short list of materials that will spontaneously combust. Note that I was wrong about the compost burning. Hay Straw Sawdust Coal Oil Grease Rags soaked in oil Towels soaked in oil Paint overspray Material from a paint spray booth Compost Mulch Manure Leaf piles Spontaneously combustible chemicals, such as: Phosphorus Magnesium Aluminum powder Sodium hydride Titanium powder Potassium Lithium Ethylene oxide Isopropyl ether Peroxides (such as diethyl ether peroxide and acetone peroxide) Some metal hydrides (such as lithium aluminum hydride and sodium borohydride) Some organic compounds (such as cotton, linen, wool, and some oils)
  19. BadBob
    Metal cans will help contain the fire if it starts but will not stop spontaneous combustion. If the can is not isolated from flammable, you could burn your house or shop anyway. The standard oily rag cans are not airtight. Many things can spontaneously combust. Sawdust piles and hay can burn from the inside, for example. I don't think a compost heap will burn, but I have measured the temperature on mine as high as 180 degrees using a soil thermometer. Better and cheaper to hang them outside or burn them.
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    An electromagnet. I should have thought of that.
  21. BadBob
    Yes, but it isn't an exact match. I did it once and then went back ad deleted everything because it was easier to do them manually than fix them. I have lost of Etsy specific stuff in my descriptions. Here are the fields for creating a listing. Photos ( the number seems to be unlimited ) Product Name Short Description Long Description Hidden Category ( Not many to choose from, but I don't like Etsy choices either) Keywords ( No length limit or number that I have found. ) Meta Data ( for the search engines ) Page Title Meta Description Product Options ( I don't know how this works; I don't use it ) Add Note from Buyer Field Price Units In Stock Flat Shipping Fee ( I set this to zero and added the shipping to the price ) Usually Ships Within Can Ship Internationally Import your Etsy shop, and if you like what you see, keep it. If you don't get any sales from there, let the listing all time out and forget it.
  22. BadBob
    I probably didn't notice the Google+ icons because I block all trackers. I really liked Google+ and had a lot of things posted there. It is still around but is no longer free or publicly viewable. You make some excellent points, and I agree with all of them. However, aftcra doesn't cost me anything; it only takes a few minutes to add a listing.
  23. BadBob
    Not a bad idea. I have been hanging mine on the fence outside for years.
  24. BadBob
    I have been working on an aftcra store. I figure if it doesn't work out, at least it doesn't cost me anything. I'm adding all my Etsy listings one at a time, priced with shipping included, since they don't have a shipping calculator as Etsy does. The work is mostly copied and pasted and tweaked. Then upload the photos.
  25. BadBob
    Any website site is a lot of work. I don't care what Etsy and the talking heads on youtube tell you.
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