Popular Post kmmcrafts Posted December 20, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 I did a video of myself cutting out my best selling ornament for this year..( just shy of 100 of these sold this year) Probably the most boring 20 min. video you ever watched.. but I know some that will watch it all the way through..I taped 4 boards together ( usually do 5 at a time ). Excuse the movements in the camera.. I taped my phone to my Magnifier light.. was tough doing this as I couldn't look through my magnifier light because my phone was there.. so I cut these looking through my phone screen.. I had to slow down the saw and cut slower than normal.. probably about half my normal speed at cutting these.. This particular ornament sells for $15.97 each. I can cut approx. 20 per hour on a good day.. but really my average is more like 15.. as you can see in the video at about half speed I cut 4 of them in 20 min. This is my first YouTube video so be easy on me, LOL If you like the video subscribe to my YouTube channel as I will be doing some other videos on my process and some other type of things as time allows etc.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlcygntBix0 tomsteve, Scrolling Steve, Sam777 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 A star is born! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 7 minutes ago, Iguanadon said: A star is born! Yeah, not to sure about that.. my son does video reviews of lego builds and toy reviews etc.. He's been trying to get me to do videos for at least two years now.. but I am really camera shy and most times when he wants me to do one.. I'm on a mission with doing an order or something and never could get it worked out.. He's pretty hyped about me finally doing this one, LOL danny and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrowning Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Good job I think Kevin, and I'm glad you and Iggy did your video's at normal speed. I hate it when people speed up what they are cutting to where you can't see what their normal speed is. If that makes sense. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Nice, I noticed you always cut counter clockwise, RJ OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 32 minutes ago, rjweb said: Nice, I noticed you always cut counter clockwise, RJ Yeah... it was the end of a long day of cutting clockwise so I was trying to unwind... OCtoolguy, Iguanadon and stevan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 45 minutes ago, jbrowning said: Good job I think Kevin, and I'm glad you and Iggy did your video's at normal speed. I hate it when people speed up what they are cutting to where you can't see what their normal speed is. If that makes sense. Yeah I know exactly what you mean.. I also like to watch a "real time" video.. that is unless it's an hour or more long.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runa Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Very nice video, Kevin. I notice you are able to pull top part of saw and it stays there, how? I am able to the top part up but need to hold it to stay there or it falls right down :(. Am I supposed to make any adjustment? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 28 minutes ago, Runa said: Very nice video, Kevin. I notice you are able to pull top part of saw and it stays there, how? I am able to the top part up but need to hold it to stay there or it falls right down :(. Am I supposed to make any adjustment? I have the Jim Dandy Easy Lift attachment added to the saw.. don't know how I used to saw without it now that I've used it for about 8 years.. LOL You can get them at the link below.. but it'd be real easy to make one yourself too.. with just a few dollars worth of hardware from the hardware store.. http://www.jimdandy.com/products.html OCtoolguy and Runa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 4 hours ago, kmmcrafts said: I have the Jim Dandy Easy Lift attachment added to the saw.. don't know how I used to saw without it now that I've used it for about 8 years.. LOL You can get them at the link below.. but it'd be real easy to make one yourself too.. with just a few dollars worth of hardware from the hardware store.. http://www.jimdandy.com/products.html Just ordered one. Thanks for the tip. kmmcrafts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed martin Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Very nice video, what blade and size did you use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 I believe that was a Pegas MG #3.. I switch all over the place on blades.. sometimes I'll use a #5 Pegas MG.. then other times I use FD-UR either #3 or #5.. I normally run a pretty good blade speed on the saw.. Usually 3/4 -full speed.. I think in the video I have it turned up around 1/2 - 5/8 on the dial.... was difficult sawing looking through my phone screen like that, LOL.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Hi, Kev , I checked out the video primarily because I wanted to see what ornament was so popular. I must say I'm a little perplexed as to why the helicopter is that popular but, congratulations on your success with it. As for the video, it seemed pretty well done without much noise distraction and clear video compared to lots of other YouTube videos. Personally, I prefer the videos which are sped up over normal time but, I commend your computer skills to even know how to up-load a video! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 36 minutes ago, spirithorse said: Hi, Kev , I checked out the video primarily because I wanted to see what ornament was so popular. I must say I'm a little perplexed as to why the helicopter is that popular but, congratulations on your success with it. As for the video, it seemed pretty well done without much noise distraction and clear video compared to lots of other YouTube videos. Personally, I prefer the videos which are sped up over normal time but, I commend your computer skills to even know how to up-load a video! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse Well there are a lot of medical helicopters.. and a lot of medical personnel to fly / work on them.. from the USA to International to Military etc etc.. LOL.. That said.. My experience is.. This ornament won't be a hot seller next year.. Last year was my bodybuilder / weight lifter ornament.. this year I sold a whole 3 of those even though I stock piled a bunch of them.. LOL.. The year before was the Ford Bronco ornament.. sold 2 this year and about 3 last year, LOL.. So it's never the same ornament.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 1 hour ago, spirithorse said: Hi, Kev , I checked out the video primarily because I wanted to see what ornament was so popular. I must say I'm a little perplexed as to why the helicopter is that popular but, congratulations on your success with it. As for the video, it seemed pretty well done without much noise distraction and clear video compared to lots of other YouTube videos. Personally, I prefer the videos which are sped up over normal time but, I commend your computer skills to even know how to up-load a video! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse I somewhat agree on the sped up parts that are repetitious. Such as when a bunch of holes are being drilled or screws inserted. Over and over. I don't need to see all that. But to watch you doing all the intricate cuts, I was watching your hand movements more than the blade cutting. I need to learn all that part. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) For those discussing video playback speed, keep in mind that you can click on the gear in the lower right corner and speed it up to 2x (double speed). And if you don't like videos that have been sped up, you can also slow it down with that gear setting as well. Edited December 21, 2017 by Iguanadon OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Iguanadon said: For those discussing video playback speed, keep in mind that you can click on the gear in the lower right corner and speed it up to 2x (double speed). And if you don't like videos that have been sped up, you can also slow it down with that gear setting as well. Thanks for the tip.. I didn't know that.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Kevin, thanks for the interesting video, I liked it and I subscribed to your channel. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Kevin,I really enjoyed the video.$15.97 a piece, wow.That's more than I get for my ornamentsAwesome job on bothh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 2 hours ago, lawson56 said: Kevin,I really enjoyed the video.$15.97 a piece, wow.That's more than I get for my ornamentsAwesome job on bothh. Last year I sold so many ornaments that my head was still spinning in May.. LOL... Said to myself If they are going to fly off the shelves like that.. then I need to raise prices to sort of slow down the sales.. The old saying of price is controlled by supply / demand etc.. Anyway I raised my prices of each ornament by $2 in hopes of slowing the sales down some while making the same or more money.. I haven't added up anything yet.. but I've still sold more than I did last year.. but growth wasn't a huge amount.. $$ wise.. yes ALLOT more money on ornaments this year over last.. and didn't have to work so hard to get that $$ that said.. this year.. my desk clocks was flying off the shelf.. and orders still coming from them pretty strong.. Does that mean my clock prices are going up? Probably not a large amount like I did with the ornaments.. OCtoolguy and lawson56 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runa Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 21 hours ago, kmmcrafts said: I have the Jim Dandy Easy Lift attachment added to the saw.. don't know how I used to saw without it now that I've used it for about 8 years.. LOL You can get them at the link below.. but it'd be real easy to make one yourself too.. with just a few dollars worth of hardware from the hardware store.. http://www.jimdandy.com/products.html Thankd Kevin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 On 12/20/2017 at 9:17 AM, kmmcrafts said: I did a video of myself cutting out my best selling ornament for this year..( just shy of 100 of these sold this year) Probably the most boring 20 min. video you ever watched.. but I know some that will watch it all the way through..I taped 4 boards together ( usually do 5 at a time ). Excuse the movements in the camera.. I taped my phone to my Magnifier light.. was tough doing this as I couldn't look through my magnifier light because my phone was there.. so I cut these looking through my phone screen.. I had to slow down the saw and cut slower than normal.. probably about half my normal speed at cutting these.. This particular ornament sells for $15.97 each. I can cut approx. 20 per hour on a good day.. but really my average is more like 15.. as you can see in the video at about half speed I cut 4 of them in 20 min. This is my first YouTube video so be easy on me, LOL If you like the video subscribe to my YouTube channel as I will be doing some other videos on my process and some other type of things as time allows etc.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlcygntBix0 I enjoyed watching someone else do the work for a change,lol OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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