Cutting fast vs cutting delicate, same tool:
Working on an olive lidded pot. Should be nice.
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Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but anyway-
I was adjusting the sander I made, and was using an old section of railroad track to play around with. I donât have any coarse belts yet, so it still has lots of saw gauges and scrapes. But what is really interesting is the cross section of the track:
It likely took a lot of force and time to do that, as I assume it was symmetrical to start with. This piece of track was manufactured in 1898.
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Thatâs purtyâŚ
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Iâm starting to feel guilty about monopolising this thread.
The rest of yâall gotta start making more stuffâŚ
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Looks good. Without trying to be overly critical, in general I think the knobs you put on these vessels are too big. (Not this one, though.) You use these really attractive woods for the pots; the bigger knobs are just not to my taste â they kind of grab attention away from the rest of the work.
Iâm not a woodworker or artisan, so feel free to dismiss this as my ignorant opinion.
I really like how the grain lines up here between the lid and the body
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I donât disagree, but as justification:
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The big-knob ones were the first knobs Iâd ever done, and I was happy just to get it to work at all.
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Some of the pots are quite small, making the knobs look bigger.
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My hands donât work very well, so small knobs are awkward to use for me.
But, yeah: more finesse on the knobs is called for. My knob-making technique has improved, so it shouldnât be too hard.
(insert obligatory knob jokes hereâŚ)
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I like that handle with that pot. Vertical sides to match vertical sides, simple to match simple, some shape to make the handle usable.
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Thatâs what she saidâŚ
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Iâm enjoying reading along, I think youâre doing great work.
Almost all my improv/creative work these days is bike-related. I just added bar-end extensions as a place to put a mirror. The bar-ends came off a bike that looked like it had been run over then thrown behind the shed to rust and serve as a home for wildlife. When I disassembled the handlebars, a very tiny black spider with a red dot on its belly came out of one of the shifters, The bar-ends were chromed but rusted, so I went through several rust-removal steps to get most of that off. Distressed is good, it matches the rest of this bike.
On the desk next to me is my helmet. I just improvised a visor of black plastic to hang over one eye. (Source: leftover container from a microwave lasagne.) Thisâll let me block out on-coming headlights by dipping my head toward that side, while still allowing me full view the rest of the way around. I had been wearing a hat with a bill under the helmet, but it was blocking too much and I was riding with my head up at an awkward angle. I tried this new thing last night and it works pretty well, although I did drop it down another 7mm after. So this is my favorite kind of hack: cheap and effective.
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Iâve been quietly following your journey, but if makes you feel better, here are some quantum dots I made recently:
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All done:
Cypress and redgum. Very happy with how snugly I got the lid to fit.
Bigger than my usual, too.
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BTW: here is the list of Etsy categories:
https://www.etsy.com/help/categories/seller
Click through and it goes into a three-layer selection. Most of my stuff is currently listed under Home & Living -> Home Decor -> Baskets and bowls.
Thatâs fine for decorative bowls, but itâs a bit off for the fruitbowls and lidded pots.
Iâm having trouble finding a more appropriate category, though. Anyone spot anything?
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How about:
Dining and Serving -> Bowls
Kitchen Storage -> Jars and Containers
Storage & Organisation -> Cabinets & Food Storage
Iâve been staying away from kitchen/food themes because most of my stuff is waxed or oiled rather than varnished; itâll do for a fruitbowl, but youâd ruin the finish if you filled it with potato salad or whatever.
What I really want is a specific âfruitbowlâ category. And something non-foody for the pots.
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There doesnât seem to be a specific fruit bowl category but people do âtagâ products with fruit bowl (which I see you already do).
The fight over whether fruit bowls are âdecorativeâ objects (if there ever was one) appears to be well and truly lost.
They appear to be fully in the realm of the interior decorators so Home Decor -> Baskets and Bowls with a fruitbowl tag seems right.
Looking at other sellers, they seem to be quite happy to specify in the individual product description what the bowl could/could not be used for.
With the pots, I suppose you need to decide whether they are mainly decorative or functional objects and if theyâre functional, what is their function?
I notice that some sellers provide info on restoring/maintaining the finish on their wooden products. Some donât.
Personally, my take would be to pick the lowest level category that still makes sense (so for pots, that would be Storage) and describe the item as fully as you can in terms of material, finish and any aftercare advice (I love that you provide dimensions, Iâve notice many sellers donât). Itâs then up to the punter what they use it for.
Does that make any sense to those who sell online? I donât myself so Iâve no idea how specific one has to be.
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