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    Thanks to all - that should keep me busy for a couple of days.

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    I've sold enough slate type turkey calls and Crow calls over the last 7 years to pay for my 1640 Oneway lathe more than 3 times. I was very lucky to be able to get a good name for making calls and people just keep buying them as fast as I can turn them out. It isn't as enjoyable as turning bowls and Hollow Forms, but they always put money in my pocket. Jack

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    Now there's a thought. I can scratch a slate and make a triple reed cut, cluck and pur

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg A Jones View Post
    Bangles as in wooden bracelets, or are you talking about something else?
    Yes, wooden bracelets. You can see some samples on my website.
    Last edited by John Keeton; 08-24-2013 at 5:29 AM.
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    Salt Cellars, Boxes or anything with a lid seems to sell well. 2"-3" Tea Candle holders. I sell bowls that are a bit thicker, usually out of cherry or Walnut and call them Ice Cream Bowls, thick enough so your hand doesn't get cold holding it and the spoon doesn't 'clank' when it hits it... guys seem to really like these. (Tell them to get a dedicated silver spoon to eat the ice cream with because it'll enhance the flavor.) And they will.
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    Love to learn how to make a good call. I don't hunt and don't have a clue. That turkey call thing... I don't get it. But would love to sell them if I understood. Got any helps or hints?
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    Could you send me one too? PM it. thanks!
    Have a Nice Day!

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Beaver View Post
    Yes, wooden bracelets. You can see some samples on my website.
    Very, very nice. I think I'll give that a try. Just have to decide on how to go about making the hole. Probably involve buying a new tool. Aw, dang.
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    It would be nice to see some pic of the Items you are selling .

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    If you addressed that to me - the OP - I'm just getting started and am simply trying to direct my efforts. I plan on producing quantities for (hopefully) sale. There is so much I'd like to learn that I find myself jumping from project to project. I'll probably settle on seven or eight reasonably simple items and focus my attentions on "mastering" them before moving on to more complicated projects. Mastering in this case meaning of a quality that I would offer it for sale--in other words, my picky self would buy it.
    Last edited by Greg A Jones; 08-22-2013 at 7:09 PM.

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    just wanted to see pics of everyone best selling items

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph M Lary View Post
    just wanted to see pics of everyone best selling items
    Here's some of the ornaments I sell.....
    http://www.sawmillcreek.org/album.php?albumid=313

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    Nice, Curt. Really like the cedar bells on the 2nd page. Gotta ask-how many people ask if they ring?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg A Jones View Post
    Gotta ask-how many people ask if they ring?
    Ya, that's always been an issue with the bells. I've tried about everything I can think of to make them ring and they all sound pretty lame. Wood on wood just kind of clunks, little brass bells don't look or sound very good. I've made a few with beads in wood, brass, and glass, just for looks but mostly I don't put anything in them.

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    For me the utility market is too far away and so its the arty type that sells. But over winter its slow with the coming of spring and more tourists the buying season starts and runs down to Christmas. Oh I'm in Australia and so the seasons are reverse of yours.
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