Dave Sharpe
08-15-2009, 10:56 PM
My wife talked me into going to my first craft show this week with a few intarsia-decorated coat racks and a stack of simple cutting boards. Most of my work in the past has been furniture for the house, etc, but we thought these products would sell well at this very small local craft show. Turned out we were right - we sold over $400 worth of product in just a couple of hours. Now I'm thinking about doing more craft shows,e specially with the Christmas season coming up. I'm looking at doing more intarsia-decorated household items, with en eye towards combining the decorative aspects of intarsia with useful products.
I'm using an old Sakura Scrollmate scroll saw that I picked up at a yard sale years ago. It works ok, but does not have tool-free or quick release blade clamps, so is a bit of a pain in the butt to use. I tried a cheap Ryobi scrollsaw from the Borg store, but it too was poorly designed and then the motor seized up after only an hour or so of work, so back it went. I see that PS wood machines offers a "quick release" top clamp that should fit the Sakura - has anyone out there tried this? Any other suggeestions? I'm also looking at the Dewalt 788 which is quite the upgrade, but also quite the expense. I'd appreciate any input.
I'm using an old Sakura Scrollmate scroll saw that I picked up at a yard sale years ago. It works ok, but does not have tool-free or quick release blade clamps, so is a bit of a pain in the butt to use. I tried a cheap Ryobi scrollsaw from the Borg store, but it too was poorly designed and then the motor seized up after only an hour or so of work, so back it went. I see that PS wood machines offers a "quick release" top clamp that should fit the Sakura - has anyone out there tried this? Any other suggeestions? I'm also looking at the Dewalt 788 which is quite the upgrade, but also quite the expense. I'd appreciate any input.