Iguanadon Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 After taking about 6 weeks off from cutting, I'm back at it with sawdust flying. As a reminder, I have a day job, fortunately I work from home so I'm able to sneak into the workshop during the day when things are quiet. I had originally planned in my mind that I'd stock up over the winter by making 200 puzzles, 10 each of my top 20 sellers last year. My first event is April 29 and it's potentially a big one so I want to have extras on hand, plus another big event coming up May 20... So... I set myself a goal and in my usual neurotic way, I had to establish a rule for myself. Rule being that I have to make 5 puzzles a day for the next 10 weeks giving me about 300 by my April event (assuming I miss a few days due to business travel) Week 1 and 2 complete and goal achieved easily. On Saturday I lay out the patterns on 5ft pieces of poplar and cut their outline out and stack them up next to my saw. I then cut 5 of them into their pieces every day which takes me less than an hour and a half. I oil them in batches of 20, letting them sit and dry for the full 4 days til the next batch of 20 are ready. Now I just need to sell them all. :-) Spring will be here before ya know it! Be sure you're ready. Iggy Lucky2, MTCowpoke22, tomsteve and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Great work Iggy I like the effort you put in a lot of cutting. lovely puzzles. Roly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye10 Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 I see your wide open. Just don't let up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Keep up the good work, Iggy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Good luck with your shows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Nice puzzles. Good luck with your shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 After taking about 6 weeks off from cutting, I'm back at it with sawdust flying. As a reminder, I have a day job, fortunately I work from home so I'm able to sneak into the workshop during the day when things are quiet. I had originally planned in my mind that I'd stock up over the winter by making 200 puzzles, 10 each of my top 20 sellers last year. My first event is April 29 and it's potentially a big one so I want to have extras on hand, plus another big event coming up May 20... So... I set myself a goal and in my usual neurotic way, I had to establish a rule for myself. Rule being that I have to make 5 puzzles a day for the next 10 weeks giving me about 300 by my April event (assuming I miss a few days due to business travel) Week 1 and 2 complete and goal achieved easily. On Saturday I lay out the patterns on 5ft pieces of poplar and cut their outline out and stack them up next to my saw. I then cut 5 of them into their pieces every day which takes me less than an hour and a half. I oil them in batches of 20, letting them sit and dry for the full 4 days til the next batch of 20 are ready. Now I just need to sell them all. :-) Spring will be here before ya know it! Be sure you're ready. Iggy Your a goal setter,And reap profits for your work.Can't wait to see them all one by one.I'll just bet the folks where you sell will be anticipating your return with new unseen merchandise .Shoppers bring your carts! Iguanadon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Keep up the great work Iggy. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Sounds like you've got it all laid out just perfect.Master Plan.Great Luck in your upcoming shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Lehner Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Good Luck with the shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 great job, good luck with your upcoming shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 I am planning on a good year with puzzles this year. My nativity scenes sales was down last year , so in the middle of the year (3 sales) I made some puzzles and half of my sales were puzzles. This year I will have a bigger selection of puzzles along with some nativity scenes. good luck with your sales, IKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banderson Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Great job, Hope you sell them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevan Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 All I can say is WOW. That is a tremendous volume of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrowning Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Hey Iggy, it looks like you have a good plan going there. Keep up the good work. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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