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    Why bother

    i sure your boxes are very nice ian my point was people who make people guess how long it took etc etc then throw a strop when they dont get it right. well you can make all the stuff you want and you might think its the dogs whatever but dosent mean to say people will buy it you have to do a...
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    Why bother

    after looking at a few posts to this thread it seems to me that there is a bit of woodworking snobbery on here. how the heck would you expect the average person to know how much the hinges cost or that you spent two ice ages making something. seems to me people take pleasure in making people...
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    Why bother

    yeah its difficult i admit , i make and sell my craft items in my spare time , angels, crosses, wooden words, love hearts etc and just started young child rocking horse. i made about 700 pound profit this year selling on ebay and craft fairs now and again, also to work colleagues i very keen on...
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    DOES ANYONE ON HERE MAKE AND SELL THERE OWN TOYS ?? HELP !!

    i also have a very tight knit maine that i fit and i use uhu solvent free glue for it which is non flammable i held a flame to the maine with a naked flame for 30 second and it didnt ignite and you would have to chisel it to get it off the wood. the only weak spot i can see is the eyes which...
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    DOES ANYONE ON HERE MAKE AND SELL THERE OWN TOYS ?? HELP !!

    thanks will- mill i have just ordered the booklet looks very interesting
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    DOES ANYONE ON HERE MAKE AND SELL THERE OWN TOYS ?? HELP !!

    yeah you probably right people owe 100000s in rent dont get evicted but they would chuck me on street followed by my hegner machine ! yeah know you meant well i was just laughing to myself because i knew someone would mention it well spotted. so far on this post i have lost my house and got...
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    DOES ANYONE ON HERE MAKE AND SELL THERE OWN TOYS ?? HELP !!

    thanks for the advice guys , yes i am very confident they are safe after my own rigourous testing , the construction is screwed and glued, i sat on it this morning and with my whole body weight i tried to tip it forward and over and back and over and it wasnt even close to doing it. the varnish...
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    DOES ANYONE ON HERE MAKE AND SELL THERE OWN TOYS ?? HELP !!

    i am happy to get mine tested and pay but sorting out how to go about it is confusing i see there is companys on internet who do it i going to ring them tomorrow along with trading standards i was kind of hoping someone on here would be able to point me in right direction
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    DOES ANYONE ON HERE MAKE AND SELL THERE OWN TOYS ?? HELP !!

    yeah i see where you coming from i live in coincil accomodation so they would have a job going for that!! so is that the same liability if a kid falls of a bike ? the only way they could sue if it was deemed my workmanship or product defect.
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    DOES ANYONE ON HERE MAKE AND SELL THERE OWN TOYS ?? HELP !!

    Hi i just wondered if anyone made and sold there own toys ? i have sterted making rocking horses and couple people interested and i wondered what you did about safety standards and how the law stood on homemade spare time toys/ My horses a very safer and well built , there must be somebody on...
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    toy safety ????

    Hi i am thinking of selling the small rocking horses i make and have a couple of people wanting to buy. While i am very keen on safety and the construction is soild and i use only child friendly varnishes etc , i wondered if anyone on here sell their toys and has any experince in child safety...
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    Fixing patterns

    i have tried sprays found a bit messy and if you put to much on the pattern takes a lot of sanding i also found that the pattern used to lift off at edges. the projects i do require finish sanding so i use prit stick but the metallic coloured tube one as it a bit stronger , the trick is not...
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    Complete newbie with old Draper FS400 fretsaw - please help!

    the more tension you get on the blade the better in my experience , as has been said on here a nice ping sound is what you looking for , with very little sideways movement. Pinless blades are the way to go especially if the cut is a small one , radius etc , as you can go a lot thinner blade...
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    sip 10 inch band saw

    ok thanks andy will do
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    sip 10 inch band saw

    well like i said the actual price was 360 to start with so for the money it seems a good buy i was hoping i might get some feed back on here by someone who has used the machine i wasnt banking on a discussion about vat calculations but thanks anyway !
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    sip 10 inch band saw

    hi thank you for your comments , i looked at the ebay route a while ago but the problem is ,the good ones always seem to be very far away i sure there is bargains to be had on there as i use ebay quiter a lot and i sell my crafts on there , but i dont like buying anything like secondhand...
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    sip 10 inch band saw

    hi i am looking to get a new band saw for my craft projects that i make and sell in my spare time including the wheeled The model that has caught my eye the sip 01545 10 inch model i which has s depth of cut of 150mm and i think a rip cut to the throat of about 245mm i have noticed there is a...
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