Have you ever thought about quitting your day job? As a wood turner you may be considering changing jobs or even striking out on your own. That’s what Tess Vigeland did in Leap. But Leap is not a how-to book. Leap shares the feelings and emotions of leaving your job with no plan in place. …
Sales Training for the wood turner
Craft Fair Selling I’m sure you’ve experienced this. I certainly have. You are standing in your booth at an art show and a customer walks in. The customer looks at your products but doesn’t say anything or look at anything in particular. Your throat goes a bit dry. Your palms get sweaty. What do you …
5 Reasons That Appearance Matters
Our business was fibre. We had wool hats, angora mitts, silk scarves and turned fibre tools. Handmade and artisan designed and crafted. At a craft market you wore clothes that showed off your goods. Clean jeans or dress pants, of course. How about a hand spun, hand knit, one-of-a-kind sweater? What would be better than …
Enter the Celebration Giveway – Win a new Kindle
Turning for Profit is Celebrating I’m close to 300 fans on Facebook and my best friend at Joybilee Farm just made it to 5K fans on Facebook, too. To celebrate we planned a blog draw. In considering what would be suitable for all of our fans, I thought that the newest Kindle would be an …
Safely flip your lid.
Turn a Canning Lid Lifter Canning season is upon us. Here’s a quick wood turned solution to safely get those canning lids out of hot water. Turn a few extra and save them for the ladies at the farmer’s market who make jams, jellies, and pickled garlic during canning season. They make really good barter …
Turned tools for the Wood Turner
A great way to practice your turning skill is in producing tools for your workshop. This week we will look at several tools suitable for a wood turner and others. The videos show you how to turn a mallet, a hammer, a baseball bat, a garden dibble, tool handles, and a scratch awl. Enjoy the …
Build your inventory fast: This week’s wood turning projects
This week’s wood turning projects. Some quick turning projects to help you build up your inventory. Some of these projects do require kits in order to complete them. There is a coffee cup, wooden scoop, coffee scoop kit, turning captive rings, and how to turn a baby rattle with a captive ring. Enjoy. Coffee Cup …
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Artists Always Suffer
Source: gocomics.com via Robin G on Pinterest Trust Calvin to suffer for making a snowball. It does point out a truth that we must pick our projects carefully and selecting those that will last long enough for our artistic contribution to be noticed. We are not all interested in shoddy and quick, except for …