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it's christmas !!!

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about time I posted something ...

It's been a while since I did any "proper" woodwork .. as customer demand followed the machines I have
CNC , then Laser too

It's pretty mind numbing after a few years ! lol .. but it pays the bills

but just a quick photo from today before it went out in the post.

A family Christmas tree
Laser cut in 3mm MDF


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Blimey! That's good, but looks a little flimsy. What stops it falling apart?
 
they are delicate .. but just christmas dec's .. same as glass baubles !

Fine on a mantle and then put away for the year.

It's customer demand / trend ! .. I just do what people want to pay me for ! lol

I quite often turn down some orders though, and say "NO" !!! that will just fall apart !
but then someone else will make it for them :?
 
Am I the only one who cannot see an image on the OP

edit: dunno what happened earlier but fully visible now.

Clever stuff btw.
 
Looks great Rich, good to hear you're keeping busy :eusa-clap:

Is Ark the name of a child?
 
Doug":3j08thqe said:
Looks great Rich, good to hear you're keeping busy :eusa-clap:

Is Ark the name of a child?
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Thanks Doug
it's the font .. Arlo .. and I guess it's the name of the child ! haha
you get all sorts of strange names doing this stuff

I always say I will make it how they type it , do double check when they order
 
Christmas? It's not yet November. Take the bounder off to the flogging tree and don't spare the cat o' nine tails.
 
We don't "do" Christmas at our house .. but it's in the workshop it's all year round.
Busiest in the summer, for xmas stuff !
I'm the 1st link in the chain so to speak
Everyone needs to get this years designs done and advertised
the personalized orders come later
I need time to make them
My customer needs time to paint them
And post is rubbish at this time of year !
and strangely .. the end customer seems to want them well ahead of december ! ???
 
Mike G":scvdqqiw said:
Christmas? It's not yet November. Take the bounder off to the flogging tree and don't spare the cat o' nine tails.
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Our shopping malls are all decorated already.
(I bet Mrs G is counting down the days to Xmas, as all the building work will be completed.)
 
Phil":rj0bhitq said:
Neat idea.

Do they send you pics of it once painted?
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Not usually Phil .. I basically sell to trade.
I send out 1000's of shapes a week.
Most have websites that I can look at .. but usually for new ideas ! lol

These buy a few hundred letters off me a week ..
http://www.kids-dreambox.co.uk/

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its getting really competitive .. and I'm always looking for "the next thing" !
 
Phil":27jxti42 said:
Nice what they do with your work.

For new ideas I suppose you have already tapped into the scrollsaw pattern stuff like Sue Mey.

http://www.scrollsawartist.com/

Cheers
Phil
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yes .. Thanks, most are the same or similar .. I spend hours each week browsing
I have found it more of a fast changing fashion thing ... everyone is looking for the new thing .. then everyone copies it, then it starts again ! Usually the free patterns are done to death very quickly.
This throw away mind set also drives the prices down :-(

Years ago I could make the same things day in, day out .. and keep a stock of finished items on the shelf.
 
That looks dandy Rich 8-)

I might have an order for you to hang on our front door.

A large font will be my preference.

Something like this....

Be aware before you ring our door bell.
WE'RE A MISERABLE PAIR OF BASTARDS.
RING DOOR BELL AT YOUR OWN PERIL.

:lol: :lol:

:text-bravo:
 
Pinch":2fxzm54j said:
That looks dandy Rich 8-)

I might have an order for you to hang on our front door.

A large font will be my preference.

Something like this....

Be aware before you ring our door bell.
WE'RE A MISERABLE PAIR OF BASTARDS.
RING DOOR BELL AT YOUR OWN PERIL.

:lol: :lol:

:text-bravo:
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Thanks Paul :-)

and worse quotes than that are very popular ! :lol:
 
Ok, so let’s get all those creative juices flowing. (maybe wait till beer time?)

I am not creative at all (beanie can only draw straight lines) but I found this pic in a magazine the size is 20mm x 40mm which is very small to deal with.

It was re-sized a number of times to get what looked like a usable size.

It then became a scrollsaw pattern which turned the snail into 2 pieces cut at a slight angle so it only fitted together one way.

The same pattern was then used for the snail doorstops also off the scrollsaw.

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Cheers
Phil
 
Phil":3hub9e3e said:
Ok, so let’s get all those creative juices flowing. (maybe wait till beer time?)

I am not creative at all (beanie can only draw straight lines) but I found this pic in a magazine the size is 20mm x 40mm which is very small to deal with.

It was re-sized a number of times to get what looked like a usable size.

It then became a scrollsaw pattern which turned the snail into 2 pieces cut at a slight angle so it only fitted together one way.

The same pattern was then used for the snail doorstops also off the scrollsaw.

Snail.jpg


Cheers
Phil
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any pics of the finished items ?
 
Phil":2abts8tp said:
....
I will post something else when SnailBucket eventually comes alive (their hoster was attacked the other day)
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I have a theory about this and that is that the capability/annoyance/IT skills of a hacker is inversely proportional to the size of their genitalia.
 
Phil":c1wop5qm said:
An iterresting site


How to Add (even more!) Profit to Popular Wood Products

http://aplazer.com/add-profit-with-lase ... dium=email

I will post something else when SnailBucket eventually comes alive (their hoster was attacked the other day)
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I clicked on that .. and got a "helpline pop up"

"Hi .. How can I help you"

I said, can you close this popup ? ! lol


didn't seem they could, so I closed the page
 
Tusses":ntl8jzr6 said:
Phil":ntl8jzr6 said:
An iterresting site


How to Add (even more!) Profit to Popular Wood Products

http://aplazer.com/add-profit-with-lase ... dium=email

I will post something else when SnailBucket eventually comes alive (their hoster was attacked the other day)
Click to expand...

I clicked on that .. and got a "helpline pop up"

"Hi .. How can I help you"

I said, can you close this popup ? ! lol


didn't seem they could, so I closed the page
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I just clicked on the link and it worked. Using FireFox and w7Prof.

Maybe one of the other members can have a try?
 
Here is a neat idea.

Cut out of 2mm MDF and about 60mm wide.

There is some, looks like hessian, stuck on with a buton in the middle.

It was stuck onto an envelope which was an invite to a year end function.




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