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Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. / Re: ID Help
Last post by Southside - Yesterday at 10:49:22 PMDefinitely not honey locust, my first guess is Plum also, mine were in bloom about three or so weeks ago so that would likely put you blooming now.
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General Board / Re: It's a Go! 2024 FF Pigroa...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Yesterday at 10:22:01 PMI think that puts us at about 32 or 33 at this point. Somebody please correct that number if it's off. Hard to keep track here. It's like herding cats. 
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General Board / Re: Making it through another ...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Yesterday at 10:15:56 PMYeah, I've sold some stuff there but never thought of trying to sell what I make. Seems like marketplace is all used stuff and is not conducive to selling the kinds of things I make, but maybe I should give it a try sometime in the off season.
Shows for me do more than provide a place to sell to folks who come looking for handmade stuff. There is a lot of networking going on and that can have a lot of value where i pick up custom builds, consult jobs, and other stuff, or just make some new friends or run into old ones. All good.
Having said that, I put a lot of pressure and stress on myself to 'get it right', which means fast/easy setup, a great looking booth, and inviting to get folks in an talking. Once they start talking I've hit the goal, maybe there is a sale, maybe something else. If they walk in, look, maybe nod, then walk out, I figured I have failed. This year I am adding some simple foot/step stools in the booth I made with a chainsaw in about 4 minutes each. I want to see what reactions I get. I never expect to sell them, I think I marked them 15 bucks. But if they start a conversation, I win.
The art of 'the sale' is something I am working on and it is an amusement for me.
So all this pressure I put on myself is not to get things ready for this show, it is to get ready for this season. If I am happy with it, then I just have to find good shows and take it on the road. If this weekend exposes some weak spots, I have more work to do and adjustments or refinements to work out. The goal is to have the trailer in a 'hitch and go' state so that I don't have to do any work for each show as I did last year, with a day for loading, a day for the show, and a half day for unloading. Everything I need for a show should be in the trailer, ready to setup, except for my little cooler with drinks and food. That's the challenge I set out for myself this year.
Maybe in the coming winter I'll try using marketplace to move some stuff, let's see how much I can sell this year. I've invested a bunch of cash in this 'experiment' and it would be really nice if I made something back. I have something over 5 grand in merch in that trailer, so let's see what happens. Life is a crapshoot and you gotta roll the dice every once in a while.
Shows for me do more than provide a place to sell to folks who come looking for handmade stuff. There is a lot of networking going on and that can have a lot of value where i pick up custom builds, consult jobs, and other stuff, or just make some new friends or run into old ones. All good.
Having said that, I put a lot of pressure and stress on myself to 'get it right', which means fast/easy setup, a great looking booth, and inviting to get folks in an talking. Once they start talking I've hit the goal, maybe there is a sale, maybe something else. If they walk in, look, maybe nod, then walk out, I figured I have failed. This year I am adding some simple foot/step stools in the booth I made with a chainsaw in about 4 minutes each. I want to see what reactions I get. I never expect to sell them, I think I marked them 15 bucks. But if they start a conversation, I win.
The art of 'the sale' is something I am working on and it is an amusement for me.So all this pressure I put on myself is not to get things ready for this show, it is to get ready for this season. If I am happy with it, then I just have to find good shows and take it on the road. If this weekend exposes some weak spots, I have more work to do and adjustments or refinements to work out. The goal is to have the trailer in a 'hitch and go' state so that I don't have to do any work for each show as I did last year, with a day for loading, a day for the show, and a half day for unloading. Everything I need for a show should be in the trailer, ready to setup, except for my little cooler with drinks and food. That's the challenge I set out for myself this year.
Maybe in the coming winter I'll try using marketplace to move some stuff, let's see how much I can sell this year. I've invested a bunch of cash in this 'experiment' and it would be really nice if I made something back. I have something over 5 grand in merch in that trailer, so let's see what happens. Life is a crapshoot and you gotta roll the dice every once in a while.
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General Board / Re: It's a Go! 2024 FF Pigroa...
Last post by jmouton - Yesterday at 10:05:33 PMwe will be there st least three of us maybe ill bring big country if he will come
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Whatcha Sawin' 2024 ??
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Yesterday at 10:04:29 PMTim,
Looks like about 800 bf estimate for yield. I'd offer him $100 if I had to pick it up. If he agrees and you sell it you've done good if you can't sell it you haven't lost much. If he says no you haven't lost anything.
Looks like about 800 bf estimate for yield. I'd offer him $100 if I had to pick it up. If he agrees and you sell it you've done good if you can't sell it you haven't lost much. If he says no you haven't lost anything.
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Whatcha Sawin' 2024 ??
Last post by TimW - Yesterday at 09:58:36 PMQuote from: WV Sawmiller on Yesterday at 09:51:39 PMTim,Howard,
Is it delivered or do you have to pick up the cypress log? Do you have any customers wanting cypress?
If not I would bid low and be happy if I got it but not worry if I didn't.
I have to go get it. The folks cutting it down or digging it up would load it. No customers, but I am sure someone in H town would want something.
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Whatcha Sawin' 2024 ??
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Yesterday at 09:51:39 PMTim,
Is it delivered or do you have to pick up the cypress log? Do you have any customers wanting cypress?
If not I would bid low and be happy if I got it but not worry if I didn't.
Is it delivered or do you have to pick up the cypress log? Do you have any customers wanting cypress?
If not I would bid low and be happy if I got it but not worry if I didn't.
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General Board / Re: The Score Of The Day Threa...
Last post by Corley5 - Yesterday at 09:44:27 PMIf I need to weld something galvanized, I hit it with an angle grinder first and knock off the galvanized where I'm going to weld. Much more pleasant 
#9
Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. / Re: ID Help
Last post by Treeflea24 - Yesterday at 09:33:44 PMThanks!
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General Board / Re: Making it through another ...
Last post by Wlmedley - Yesterday at 09:28:46 PMHope you do well Tom.I've been selling some stuff but it's nothing I made.Got on Marketplace and even though I didn't think much of it at first I think you can sell most anything on there.In the last month I've managed to sell a boat,4wheeler,and a one row cultivator.Everyone told me to price a little high and let people talk you down but I don't operate like that.I priced my stuff at a fair price and wouldn't come down any.It's all gone and I got asking price.I've still got a lot of tools I'll never use and think I'll start selling some of them.If nothing else I get a visitor every now and then.
