Recent content by Claymore

Glad to be back Andy, off out to buy some cleaning materials to make a start on the workshop also got a guy coming to see about sorting the leaks out, from what i could see using my drone the birds have pulled the thick rubber sealing washers that were under the bolts holding the roof on so the...

Hi Everyone, First I like to thank everyone for their lovely comments over what seems like a lifetime and much appreciated, health wise i got the all clear from the hospital which is a massive relief and still working on my grey matter but today i finally opened my workshop doors and boy is it...

Cheers guys glad you like it and its proof i am still butchering wood, I was given some pieces of Eucalyptus tree last week only small bits but will be interested to see how it cuts once dried out a bit. Cheers Brian ps remember the 7" Belted Galloway Bull i did recently, i was very surprised...

Hi Here's my latest Intarsia, part of the life size series I am doing.....its made from Oak, Walnut, Sycamore and Iroko with corian eyes and nose. Had to buy another pillar drill after my old one went bang, I don't actually use it for drilling its normally got a 5" sanding drum fitted but its...

Have you tried Wilkinsons paint match pots that are £1.50 ? have used them on odd projects that needed painting and it covers really well plus there's tons of colours and you can mix them and wash your brushes out in water (I use 1" foam brushes) you can buy match pots at other diy stores...

Cheers, its a way of selling something related to craft fairs but without all the sitting about waiting for a customer plus your not competing with other makers. I actually enjoyed making it but you can only do so much. You could actually make the stands so they concertina with a bit of trial...

A couple of years ago I came up with an idea while looking round a craft fair and it was nothing to do with selling my own Intarsias etc I noticed most of the stalls looked very jumbled and unprofessional BUT they were selling their stuff very well stuff like homemade soap and jewellery etc...

In the last 12 months some of the places where i used to buy cheap knackered tables etc have started having day clubs where a few women go there and they are painting all the Oak tables and furniture in pastel paint and then trying to sell them in the charity shop, I have always paid the charity...

Here's one off Ebay with CS2 and Illustrator ok no on a disk but you download it and install on your computer then buy a book on Amazon for it, buy a used book and you could be up and running for £15 not bad? also don't worry about updating the software as the older software will work on...

ps another reason i went for the older Illustrator software is you can get a thick instruction book which helps while learning what all the settings do, most of the free software don't do books although i did see a book on Inkscape a while back.

Hi Don, Only reason I went for Illustrator software was because Phill used it to design his patterns and I wanted to make patterns with very fine lines as it improved the IQ of my Intarsias, Phill is a proper computer whizz kid and designs websites etc so he posted some instructions on here and...

Nope it was 4 year old so not the most up to date but does everything i need, it was genuine CD Rom with code. :)

Hi, The subject of Craft Fairs comes up on here many times and as i used to do craft fairs for a long time in the 90's and sold sod all while a woman on the stall next to mine usually sold most of her own bars of soap, One day i had a brainwave and went home and made a plastic mould (I had my...

Cheers, the Bulls just a generic one. Cheers

Hi, Here's a couple of Intarsia's I have been working on, the Owl is life sized made from Oak and Sycamore the Beltie Bull is only 7" long and basically a half sized version of the one i did earlier this year. Made from Beech and painted with acrylic it wasn't any easier than the other one due...