I sell at least 12 per year of this combo. If you add easy and quick to make flag, military and opal effects blanks that number goes up near fifty. At less than 30 minutes of work per pen that's real money. Some folks work all day to make one pen.How many customers per hour , per day ?
I'll tell you when I get it, but I've seen 20+ demos (many hot dogs) and heard quite a few testimonials of saving fingers. When I sell it is obvious that I am a woodworker and a pen turner. I've seen my share of customers with missing fingers indicating they did NOT have a SawStop. I still have all fingers and needed a new saw having run my Delta constructor saw into the ground. I figured "what's a finger worth?" Probably more than the $1,000 difference. Their router extension and dust collection for the router sealed the deal.I can teach my church youth how to make the pens , but where and how do they sell them. Many years ago I made pens and sold them on-line and to friends , but found that selling the wood was a better deal. I don't need the income now , so just trying to share my skills with the young folks. By the way, you said you have or will have one of those SawStop table saws. Are they really that safe ? I have watched the demo of a guy cutting a hot dog !!!
I use a $2 knife to cut a hotdog.I can teach my church youth how to make the pens , but where and how do they sell them. Many years ago I made pens and sold them on-line and to friends , but found that selling the wood was a better deal. I don't need the income now , so just trying to share my skills with the young folks. By the way, you said you have or will have one of those SawStop table saws. Are they really that safe ? I have watched the demo of a guy cutting a hot dog !!!
I have owned a SawStop table saw for years. I have also given the hot dog demo several times (and no, not on my own saw). I have the basic PCS (110v) cabinet saw. I am so glad I bought it - it is a very good woodworking table saw. You see that a lot of careful thought went into its design.I can teach my church youth how to make the pens , but where and how do they sell them. Many years ago I made pens and sold them on-line and to friends , but found that selling the wood was a better deal. I don't need the income now , so just trying to share my skills with the young folks. By the way, you said you have or will have one of those SawStop table saws. Are they really that safe ? I have watched the demo of a guy cutting a hot dog !!!
I'm trying to end my affair with tackle boxes. They have been a great learning experience and I've grown as a woodworker because of them. That said, they take a very long time to finish and I make nearly slave wages to produce them. With a pen you could lose a day's work and $50 on an expensive pen- with a tackle box you could lose hundreds of dollars and weeks of worth with a screw up. A friend loves Watco finish. I built him a big beautiful African mahogany tackle box. When I started applying Watco it started oozing through the pores in the wood. In essence I was finishing the outside and the inside at the same time! It was going everywhere at once. I freaked out thinking I had ruined a box I'd spent weeks building to perfection. It worked out luckily. No more Watco on big projects.You have not mentioned your very well designed and constructed fishing tackle boxes . They are outstanding work and probably keep you busy. How much ?
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I don't stand in line with the wood in case of kickback.A SawStop table saw will not prevent kickback injuries, which can be severe. Regarding kickbacks, a SawStop saw is no different than any other table saw. That may be something to consider if you let young people use your table saw.
P.S. Added a day later:I can teach my church youth how to make the pens , but where and how do they sell them. Many years ago I made pens and sold them on-line and to friends , but found that selling the wood was a better deal. I don't need the income now , so just trying to share my skills with the young folks. By the way, you said you have or will have one of those SawStop table saws. Are they really that safe ? I have watched the demo of a guy cutting a hot dog !!!
Jason Rose that runs Speakeasy Pen recently posted pictures, his Sawstop probably saved his hand.I'll tell you when I get it, but I've seen 20+ demos (many hot dogs) and heard quite a few testimonials of saving fingers. When I sell it is obvious that I am a woodworker and a pen turner. I've seen my share of customers with missing fingers indicating they did NOT have a SawStop. I still have all fingers and needed a new saw having run my Delta constructor saw into the ground. I figured "what's a finger worth?" Probably more than the $1,000 difference. Their router extension and dust collection for the router sealed the deal.