garyo1954 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Back in the 80's my neighbor was a shop teacher. He'd go to shows and come home with a fist full of dollars. Didn't take long for me to get interested in doing the same. I did okay some days, but never reached his level. I didn't like scroll saw anyway. I'd rather take a piece of walnut, plane it down, slice it up and make a child's chair than scroll saw letters and numbers. Eventually I lost interest. Back around mid 2000's I found a Craftsman 113.207650 18" scroll saw at an estate sale. 90's model with the tube type arms with strange looking blade holders inserted in the tubes. The saving grace is that it accepts pin type and plain end 5" and 6". Bought it for $65, brought it home, set it in the shed, broke a few blades. It never got a lot of use, and soon it got less when we started a father son project called CNC. The son soon started a project of his own called girlfriend which left dad to finish the original. In 2013 I had kidney failure. They put me on dialysis. May 9th will be 4 years. Leaves me some time when I feel good to play with my toys. I've used the CNC to cut little things here and there. A year ago I got a chance to do signs to be sold in a shop. Not rushing to do more since I haven't seen any money for the last batch of 72. February a new shop opened so I rented a 5X7 booth for March thinking I'd have more control over what I made, sold, and got to keep. I put some whirligigs and lathe turned canes in for the annual festival. They texted to say two of my whirligigs sold within a couple of hours of opening. I texted, "How much did we make?" They responded, "Will you be keeping your booth in April?" "No promises," I replied. Everything went silent. But I figured come April 1st, they would tell me my rent was due or I needed to come pick up my stuff. So far no word, no money. And I'm not the type to run over and cause a scene over a bit of money, even if I do have a $340 Lowes bill. After reading a few posts here, I'm leaning to renting an outdoor spot at a four day monthly farmers market ($25 for a 10X20) and seeing how that does. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Welcome to the forum from TN. We rent space in our store for $25. Some have good sales, others not so good. It does give the exposure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Welcome to the village !..Make yourself at home and show us some of your work when you can ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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amazingkevin Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 11 hours ago, garyo1954 said: Back in the 80's my neighbor was a shop teacher. He'd go to shows and come home with a fist full of dollars. Didn't take long for me to get interested in doing the same. I did okay some days, but never reached his level. I didn't like scroll saw anyway. I'd rather take a piece of walnut, plane it down, slice it up and make a child's chair than scroll saw letters and numbers. Eventually I lost interest. Back around mid 2000's I found a Craftsman 113.207650 18" scroll saw at an estate sale. 90's model with the tube type arms with strange looking blade holders inserted in the tubes. The saving grace is that it accepts pin type and plain end 5" and 6". Bought it for $65, brought it home, set it in the shed, broke a few blades. It never got a lot of use, and soon it got less when we started a father son project called CNC. The son soon started a project of his own called girlfriend which left dad to finish the original. In 2013 I had kidney failure. They put me on dialysis. May 9th will be 4 years. Leaves me some time when I feel good to play with my toys. I've used the CNC to cut little things here and there. A year ago I got a chance to do signs to be sold in a shop. Not rushing to do more since I haven't seen any money for the last batch of 72. February a new shop opened so I rented a 5X7 booth for March thinking I'd have more control over what I made, sold, and got to keep. I put some whirligigs and lathe turned canes in for the annual festival. They texted to say two of my whirligigs sold within a couple of hours of opening. I texted, "How much did we make?" They responded, "Will you be keeping your booth in April?" "No promises," I replied. Everything went silent. But I figured come April 1st, they would tell me my rent was due or I needed to come pick up my stuff. So far no word, no money. And I'm not the type to run over and cause a scene over a bit of money, even if I do have a $340 Lowes bill. After reading a few posts here, I'm leaning to renting an outdoor spot at a four day monthly farmers market ($25 for a 10X20) and seeing how that does. Gaty,your store is heart felt.show me the money ,what a game.it's best to keep your money in your pocket .I've try consigning things three different places and everything disappeared and no body knows nothing.Well actually that was a compliment .if my work was good enough to steal its good enough to sell .hang in there buddy things will get better or worse nothing stays the same.Welcome friend. garyo1954 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Hi Gary welcome to the Village. I'm Marg from Australia. Make yourself at home. garyo1954 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 A big WELCOME from me. Roly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 A Big Howdy,and Welcome from Southern Tenn,Looking forward to seeing some of your work.Most of the places I go.I pay $10 to $25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 welcome aboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Well another Texan in our village. That is a good thing. Glad you joined us. Looking forward to seeing some of your projects. garyo1954 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyo1954 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Thanks for the warm welcome! I hope to be putting up some nice work, but looking at what your guys and gals do, I've got a lot to learn! After kidney failure I never thought I'd be able to do anything. Four years later I still can't do as much as I did and dialysis makes it an ongoing process of learning what I can. Thanks! G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 It has to be really difficult to have the dialysis treatments. I used to drive people for their treatments and I sometimes takes a lot out of them. We are all glad that you are with us here and hope you log on often and take time to look through the pattern library and the work others have posted. There are a lot of great strollers here and all are happy to share experiences, advice and encouragement to one another. This is a big happy family here and you can learn this fact by staying in contact and posting your work, comments and encouragement to others too Dick heppnerguy garyo1954 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Welcome from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 WELCOME from South Texas I think your right you need more control, the farmers market may be just the thing. If I were you I'd do it , if your up to it. I scroll for a hobby and mostly because I enjoy it..... Nothing wrong with making a little money and the cost seems reasonable , why not. garyo1954 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Another Tennessee welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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