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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: Dustyknees on November 20, 2011, 03:35:14 pm

Title: Knocking out Keychains..
Post by: Dustyknees on November 20, 2011, 03:35:14 pm

I took a freebie-keychain to my favorite nurse at my Doctor's office and walked out with 33 orders for keychains from 6 nurses and two Doctors! I do these out of 1/4 inch red oak,lemon oiled. I get $5 per keychain and can't keep up with the orders,LOL. Makes for lots of saw-time and helps with the bills. Plus they're fun to cut!

(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/7962/keychains.jpg)

Title: Re: Knocking out Keychains..
Post by: newfie on November 20, 2011, 04:19:06 pm

nice work you did a good job with them thanks for sharing.good sales to by the way

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Post by: daliclimbs on November 20, 2011, 04:30:27 pm

Looking good. Congrats..

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Post by: wha on November 20, 2011, 04:33:43 pm

Very nice, I'll have to try those sometime.

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Post by: dgman on November 20, 2011, 05:01:44 pm

Excellent! It's nice when you can make some spending money doing what you like!

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Post by: scrollgirl on November 20, 2011, 07:57:45 pm

So good to see! :)  I am happy for you.  What a fun way to 'play Santa' while playing in the sawdust. :)

Sheila

Title: Re: Knocking out Keychains..
Post by: Rapid Roger on November 20, 2011, 08:51:32 pm

I took orders for eight of that style key chain one time. My rate was $3.00 each.
I learned the hard way to charge $1.00 per letter.
The customer wanted to use LAST names and the shortest one had eight letters in it!! Each one of the 8 took twice as long to cut than a normal 4 or 5 letter first name.  ;D
One of the key chains ended up about 1/2" square and 3" long!  ::)

Rog

Title: Re: Knocking out Keychains..
Post by: GrayBeard on November 20, 2011, 09:15:05 pm

Very nice group of 'fobs'....

I have several to make for Present Tags for those who didn't get one last year.

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: Knocking out Keychains..
Post by: Dustyknees on November 20, 2011, 10:57:06 pm

"Present tags" are a great idea! Thanks Greybeard.

Title: Re: Knocking out Keychains..
Post by: Dustyknees on November 20, 2011, 11:03:23 pm

Thanks all for the nice comments. I've always had a hard time doing pricing on my work. So I ask the buyer what they would pay,and the general consensus was that $5 for the key chains is a fair price. Although when I get a name like "Alexandria" I cringe,lol

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Post by: wombatie on November 21, 2011, 12:38:27 am

That is great 'Dusty' one small gift can go a loooong way.  Well done.

GB thats a fantastic idea with the gift tags, thanks.

Marg

Title: Re: Knocking out Keychains..
Post by: BilltheDiver on November 21, 2011, 01:30:50 am

I made one from bloodwood for a receptionist @ my doctors office last year and her daughter managed to break it.  I made her a replacement slightly larger, and out of paduk.  Let's see her break that one!

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Post by: tux_linux on November 21, 2011, 03:18:42 am

nice! strange how such smaller projects sometimes become sellers!

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Post by: Russ C on November 21, 2011, 07:18:49 am

They look fantastic, nice work. Or how about Christopher, Wilhelmina, Jacqueline LOL.  ;)

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Post by: frankorona on November 21, 2011, 08:53:51 am

excellent job, very good cuts