Iguanadon Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) With one week to go til my big event "Lazy Daze", I have what should be very close to my official tally of what I have cut the past 3 months in preparation for the event. Next week is devoted to cutting kids puzzles and I've included the number I plan on cutting. See attached for the final count... it's pretty crazy... and a picture of them all... My goal was to have 500... I'm a bit of an overachiever at times... or just a fool... Now I just need 1/2 of 1% of the attendees of the event to buy a puzzle from me to hit my sales goal. I'll start a thread next week and we'll have a contest to guess how many I sell. The 10 day weather forecast looks fabulous as of right now. Hope it stays true. Here is the breakdown of the duplicates I'm taking... Top 12 items I have 10+ of each. SEVEN HUNDRED PUZZLES... I'm worn out Lazy Daze Puzzle Count.pdf Iggy Edited August 18, 2017 by Iguanadon MTCowpoke22, WayneMahler, jbrowning and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmaster1 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Looks like your ready to go, good luck I hope you sell out everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCROLLSAW703 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 looks like youre busy, Iggy! best of luck to you, brother! I just got a call from Nicole. She is slowly working back into the office. Sounds like they've figured your issue out & getting it taken care of. We were discussing some of the very same things on my saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poupster2 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Iggy, This is fantastic work! How do you keep your puzzles together? Do you use plastic wrap of some sort? Rubber bands? masking tape on the back? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, poupster2 said: Iggy, This is fantastic work! How do you keep your puzzles together? Do you use plastic wrap of some sort? Rubber bands? masking tape on the back? Thanks I just hope they stay together. :-) Not really... I use shrink wrap bags for the duplicates that I take to events. The ones I put on display, I put in a tub, laying them flat in layers on cardboard. I can get about 100 of them in this tub. Edited August 17, 2017 by Iguanadon Sam777 and Lucky2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Good luck with the big show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Shrink wrap bags?? Never heard of that.. where do you find those at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 7 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said: Shrink wrap bags?? Never heard of that.. where do you find those at? I used to buy them from Amazon, but they stopped carrying the size I use... 9"x12". They're open on one end. Slide the puzzle in and use heat gun to close it and shrink it around the puzzle. I guess I'll need to do another video soon. :-) https://www.papermart.com/flat-shrink-bags/id=4937 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 OK, Kevin, just for you... Here you go... Sam777, Phantom Scroller, wombatie and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Just a note to wish you the best of luck, but then as hard as you're working you may not need luck to succeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye10 Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 6 hours ago, Iguanadon said: OK, Kevin, just for you... Here you go... Scott I have the same heat gun from HF as you. It's been a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 10 hours ago, Iguanadon said: With one week to go til my big event "Lazy Daze", I have what should be very close to my official tally of what I have cut the past 3 months in preparation for the event. Next week is devoted to cutting kids puzzles and I've included the number I plan on cutting. See attached for the final count... it's pretty crazy... and a picture of them all... My goal was to have 500... I'm a bit of an overachiever at times... or just a fool... Now I just need 1/2 of 1% of the attendees of the event to buy a puzzle from me to hit my sales goal. I'll start a thread next week and we'll have a contest to guess how many I sell. The 10 day weather forecast looks fabulous as of right now. Hope it stays true. Here is the breakdown of the duplicates I'm taking... Top 12 items I have 10+ of each. Lazy Daze Puzzle Count.pdf Iggy Hopefully a store will by you out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Wow one week left to go.........I hope all goes well for you. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) Great work Iggy love the videos. I've now got the heat shrink bags and heat gun and just bought a price gun so I'm up and running on bagging things up now, thanks for you help on bags etc. Hope you do well at the show. Roly PS: One more question I understand the paint part for stands is there a reason you oil them all and not leave them dry to allow the customer the choice to paint oil or varnish could save a lot of time. Edited August 18, 2017 by Phantom Scroller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Looks like your well prepared.I wish you the Best of Luck.But I have a Feeling your gonna do Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, Phantom Scroller said: Great work Iggy love the videos. I've now got the heat shrink bags and heat gun and just bought a price gun so I'm up and running on bagging things up now, thanks for you help on bags etc. Hope you do well at the show. Roly PS: One more question I understand the paint part for stands is there a reason you oil them all and not leave them dry to allow the customer the choice to paint oil or varnish could save a lot of time. Hey Roly, I've thought about selling them un-oiled, but they look soooo much better when they're oiled that I'd be concerned they'd be less attractive and wouldn't sell as well if they were dry. The majority of them are purchased by people for display purposes, not for kids to play with. Edited August 18, 2017 by Iguanadon Phantom Scroller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 On 8/17/2017 at 3:05 PM, Iguanadon said: With one week to go til my big event "Lazy Daze", I have what should be very close to my official tally of what I have cut the past 3 months in preparation for the event. Next week is devoted to cutting kids puzzles and I've included the number I plan on cutting. See attached for the final count... it's pretty crazy... and a picture of them all... My goal was to have 500... I'm a bit of an overachiever at times... or just a fool... Now I just need 1/2 of 1% of the attendees of the event to buy a puzzle from me to hit my sales goal. I'll start a thread next week and we'll have a contest to guess how many I sell. The 10 day weather forecast looks fabulous as of right now. Hope it stays true. Here is the breakdown of the duplicates I'm taking... Top 12 items I have 10+ of each. SEVEN HUNDRED PUZZLES... I'm worn out Lazy Daze Puzzle Count.pdf Iggy 700 Puzzles! Amazing. Hope you sell out. That would be 0.86 puzzles per minute! Busy, busy, busy! bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 30 minutes ago, orangeman said: 700 Puzzles! Amazing. Hope you sell out. That would be 0.86 puzzles per minute! Busy, busy, busy! bb I expect to have a couple dozen left over. LOL Nah, my goal is to sell 200-250, but I simply don't want to run out of anything so I went overboard. I don't want to have to say "Oh, sorry, I don't have any more XYZ breed of dog with me..." My experience so far is that puzzles are purely an impulse buy... if I don't have it, they won't order it. Sam777 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam777 Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Iggy, What a great setup you have. You are getting more and more efficient . You are an inspiration to all of us. I hope you do GREAT at the show. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Best of everything Scott. Looks like you worked butt off for this and all is ready. Keep us posted on the outcome please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/17/2017 at 2:05 PM, Iguanadon said: With one week to go til my big event "Lazy Daze", I have what should be very close to my official tally of what I have cut the past 3 months in preparation for the event. Next week is devoted to cutting kids puzzles and I've included the number I plan on cutting. See attached for the final count... it's pretty crazy... and a picture of them all... My goal was to have 500... I'm a bit of an overachiever at times... or just a fool... Now I just need 1/2 of 1% of the attendees of the event to buy a puzzle from me to hit my sales goal. I'll start a thread next week and we'll have a contest to guess how many I sell. The 10 day weather forecast looks fabulous as of right now. Hope it stays true. Here is the breakdown of the duplicates I'm taking... Top 12 items I have 10+ of each. SEVEN HUNDRED PUZZLES... I'm worn out Lazy Daze Puzzle Count.pdf Iggy Iggy all the sawing you do and i don't see a dust collector,we must have gone to thesame school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 5 hours ago, amazingkevin said: Iggy all the sawing you do and i don't see a dust collector,we must have gone to thesame school! Hey Kevin, I have a vaccum hooked up under the table of the saw that runs out to a Dust Deputy and shopvac. It works well, probably capturing 75% of the mess. Here it is beside my portable AC unit that I have blowing into the cutting space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Awesome amount of hard work shown there Scott. Good luck on the big show and I hope it goes well. I suspect that you will sell much more than your goal of 200-250. Plus, the bonus is, even if you don't you have plenty ready for the next Farmer's Market or show you go to! Thanks for sharing. I look forward to hearing about your big event next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 52 minutes ago, meflick said: Awesome amount of hard work shown there Scott. Good luck on the big show and I hope it goes well. I suspect that you will sell much more than your goal of 200-250. Plus, the bonus is, even if you don't you have plenty ready for the next Farmer's Market or show you go to! Thanks for sharing. I look forward to hearing about your big event next weekend. I have several events lined up thru early December, so worst case, I'm fully stocked for them. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poupster2 Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Thank you Iggy for sharing all you knowledge and experience. Good luck with the coming holiday season!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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