wisewood
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A sound plan Rik:thumbup1: Look forward to your first international sale mate:001_smile:
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Hi Jane, I see you got things sorted then:001_smile: I think the best places to request or offer wood are the chainsaw carving forum, the woodcraft forum and the milling forum, (all next to each other as you scroll down the list of forums). Thanks again for those little burrs BTW and welcome to the communitree:sneaky2:
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Agree, lovely tribute Kim, and nice to let Rob get a mention at last:001_smile:
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Very nice Steve, great colours and shape.
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What a great offer! I'll come too, Jonathan have you got room for a family of four in that yard mate:sneaky2: Si
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Rained off today so had a play with my 192
wisewood replied to EddieJ's topic in Chainsaw Carving Forum
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I sell a fair few pendants, little totem animals do ok, http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/members/wisewood-albums-animal-totem-pendants.html Also giant knitting needles of all things Rustic bread boards are selling well locally too. I've a few things up my sleeve that I think will be popular, you've just got to trust your gut. Get your ideas down on paper and do lots of research. Look on etsy and see if anyone else is making similar things, if they are can you compete? If they're not then maybe there's a niche. What kind of stuff have you got? Post some up Rik you never know you may sell some on here:thumbup:
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Yo, Etsy is an American art/craft selling platform and Folksy is the UK one. There's quite a few others too but I've had no experience of them. It's a bit of a pain setting up your shop/s but once you do it's easy enough to list new items to sell. Etsy is a lot easier to use, Folksy can be frustrating at times. Both are great for selling smallish items and you get buyers from all over the world . Shipping costs tend to limit interest on big stuff though. I used to be a full time sculptor until the kids came along! I now work part time in between looking after the girls, selling little pendants and bits and bobs on line helps keep my eye in and keeps things ticking over until I can return to full time carving. It's definitely an avenue to check out mate. Si
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Rik, that sounds like a great idea mate, crack on with it. What about having a carving section on your business website, that way potential customers have the option to have a carving keepsake of their tree after you drop it. Another option for selling is online, ebay, folksy,etsy. Lots to think about, but you need to get images of your wares out there! All the best with it, Si
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Thanks for that Kim, think I'll leave well alone:001_smile: I'll definitely move on to the RMS chain when I replace this little saw with one that will take a 1/4 rim. Si
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Cheers guys and gals, I ran the chain pretty slack although the tips of the drive links were just in the bar groove as it met the saw. Looks like I can go quite a bit slacker still, which will hopefully help reduce some of the heat. Good to hear that the bar should settle down heat wise. Kim has suggested Arborol bar oil, what are you other carvers using? Is it normal to get black oil spray when breaking in new bars/chains? Rob the chain fits great mate thank you. I've read that some chains perform better after the depth gauges are filed back, is this necessary on the Oregon 91 VXL.375 lo pro? It seems to run well as is. Cheers, Si
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Just got my first carving bar, a tiny 8" quarter tip Cannon. Big thanks RobD at Chainsawbars:thumbup: Had to have a quick play, Damn they are sooo much easier to tickle out the wood. Did this on some scrap in about 15 min, loads of burnt oil, unfinished but had to stop as the cheapo plastic casing was starting to melt:thumbdown: They get pretty hot don't they,not sure how to get round that. Lots of tea breaks for now I guess. Si
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Not quite the same but cool anyway (patrick dougherty, 1996)
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Some really interesting stuff, great thread. Quite fancy a go at this pleaching malarchy and adding 'tree weaver' to the CV:001_smile:
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Love the platters:001_smile: Could be a nice market for the VW piece.
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I was perusing a couple of interesting books last week at an old friends house and found these. Sorry for the pic quality,I meant to find better shots online. I know the first one's in France but thought it's a good action snapshot.
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Anyone seen or tried these bars? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3pZ-G5BQio&feature=player_embedded]SiouxBar (2) - YouTube[/ame]
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New piece of kit on the horizon( if you have the money)
wisewood replied to wisewood's topic in Chainsaw Carving Forum
LOL, there's a link to a german carving forum on carving post. I don't think that will be it's official title:biggrin: Not sure on availability yet, if you have google you should get a grey task bar drop down at the top aking if you want to translate. -
Nice:001_smile: Love the block stands, which gallery was it?
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Very nice!!
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You'll need to translate first if like me. Kettensägen Künstler Forum!: Black Mamba Kettensägen Künstler Forum!: Black Mamba NEIN NEIN
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Calling all chainsaw gurus, I have a small home owner class Mountfield saw (Mc382) that I would really like to fit out for detail carving. I could just get a quarter nose bar and use the existing sprocket (3/8)but I'd really like to put a small dime bar on but would need a 1/4 sprocket. There doesn't seem to be a specific lo pro rim and sprocket for this make so as the title says is it possible to make one fit? Here's the parts list if that helps Cheers, Si MC382.pdf
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Got an oriental feel to it, I like it, good job:thumbup1:
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Saw this on ebay and thought it would make a handy tool for moving biggish lengths of wood around, especially in tight areas. Think I'd want to make my own at that price though.eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace Here's a pic of one in use too.
