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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: Trev80 on May 07, 2012, 08:53:40 pm
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Hi all
Thought I would share some pics with you...
I did the owls just for fun and experience and also to have a go at stack cutting I did the large owls in a stack of 3 and the small owls in a stack of 5...
I quite liked them when they were done and posted a pic of them on my facebook.... within a few hours I had friends on my facebook asking if they could buy them and how much would I sell them for.... I said I was happy for them to find nice homes to go to and that any donation is welcome for them but if they required postage the donation would at least have to cover the cost of postage....
Well someone then posted on the facebook wall they are donating $15au per large owl and would also pay the postage cost... Seems the others followed suit and now I have sold 9 owls at $15au each plus the postage paid by the buyer.... WOW for something that was done just to teach myself something I am quite chuffed at that and the money will get me the drill press I have been after for my new workshop (have been struggling with a Drill due to my hand)
Then I have also sold a few of the baby sized owls for $7 each painted in the purchasers choice of colour.
When I started out with the thought of scrolling I never intended to be selling my work or imagined that someone would even want to buy them!
I have also cut 2 small puzzles as I wanted to try a puzzle as had not done one either and I am trying all different types of cutting ie portraits wordart owls baskets to find what I enjoy the most.
Well here they are and these ones do need sanding and finishing but I also need to cut a whole lot more of them now so will finish and paint all in one big batch.
Trev
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Nearly forgot the dream word art I did also
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I like them. Nothing says that you have to do the most complicated pattern you can find. In fact I dare say most of us do not really care for the overly complicated ones. Each to their own though. You are doing great work. Keep the sawdust flying.
DW
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:) :) :) Seeing the results of your first few attempts is such a thrill. It is amazing,,,, we have all felt it and continue to relieve the moment.... thanx for sharing.
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Very nice projects. Its funny the first time you sell some of your work, you think it's amazing why do they want that, now I think why didn't anyone want to buy that I like it.
Marg
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Great work.. Keep going and before you know it you feel like a pro... Sheila
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looks very nice, and a great sell!!
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Thank You all for your encouragement...
So far I have sold $165 of large owls... So blown away by it all...
Will be investing this money into a drill press and some materials to start to build a proper workshop in the garage...
I also got asked to do 3 owls in gloss black and mount them on a canvas... Hope to post a picture of this one tommorow
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nice work
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Well after a long day I got two orders completed....
One set of stained owls
One set of gloss black owls on a canvas
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Wonderful job, very well done
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You've been bitten by the Scrollsaw Bug!! Nice work. Selling your work and buying more equipment will only make it easier to complete more projects. enjoy, have fun.
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Nice job on your first projects! TFS!
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Nice work, and some coins for your work as well. Thanks for sharing.
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Well if thats the quality of work after just 3 weeks scrolling, I'd love to see some after 6 weeks, it's fantastic, all nicely cut too. were the owls your own design or did you buy the pattern somewhere? Just showed my grandaughter the owls (she loves owls) and she wants me to make her some.
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Hi Keefie
The design was one of my own... I dont know how to design on a computer so used a pencil and drew it onto the wood and used a compass and cups and bowls etc to get the curves correct.
I have since traced around one I have cut out and scanned it into my computer as your comment reminded me that once I give the owls to those who purchased them I would have had to have drawn it again from scratch (had been tracing each owl to cut each stack)
I think I have sent you a pm as I am happy to email the design to anyone who would like it so drop me a PM with your info.... Please be aware that due to me tracing it on to paper and scanning it you will need to clean up a few lines with a pen or pencil before applying the pattern but that should be easy enough for all of you as you are all better at this than me.
I have cut mine out of 7mm ply and 3mm MDF (obvioulsy wear dusk mask with MDF as the glues used to make MDF are not pleasant when turned to dust for your lungs but are safe once cut)
The ply ones were stained with a sample pot of "intergrain natural deck stain in the tone of merbau" and the 3mm MDF were painted with regular gloss black that I had in the garrage from doing the trim under a black feature wall in the home office.
The mini owls are also in 3mm MDF and will be turned into fridge magnets (about to post a tip on where to get free magnets from in the general section)
Trev
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Looking good!
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They look great, nice work. :)
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They look a whole lot better then when I started to scroll. They look great, keep up the good work.
gene
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Beautifully cut project, I wish you all the best in your future projects and may you sell each and every work of yours and build up your workshop with all the tools essential for this beautiful art of scrolling :)
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Pretty work here ...............I'll bet would sell well ...........