Monthly Archives: September 2015

New Acrywood Pen Blanks Added

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Outdoor booth/under tent at NY Art Show

Outdoor booth/under tent at NY Art Show

It was a mildly successful show this past weekend in Long Island, NY at the Nassau County Museum of Art show. My booth was set up as an outdoor booth, but it was under a tent so we had electricity.  I say it was “mildly successful” because the promoter, at the last minute, added another tented area, and directed the flow of people around the tent instead of through the tent.  ALL the vendors inside this 2nd tent were wondering why the crowds were not larger, and then we realized that the flow of people were being directed elsewhere! They corrected the flow of traffic for Sunday but we lost the whole day Saturday, and could not really make up for it.
Don’t get me wrong, I still did well, but could have done a lot better.  Some of my neighbors did not even make their booth fee! No sense crying over what could have been,  so on to the next show in two weeks – and start making some more pens to replace the ones that I sold.

Speaking of strong selling pens, one of my best sellers still remains the Acrywood pen blanks on a Majestic Jr. or Baron Style pen.  Speaking of Acrywoods, we just received six (6) new color combinations of Acrywoods and they are really nice!  I sold all of the Nickel Lever Action pens, and five of the Brass Lever Action Pens.  The laser inlay kits always sell well, and a few of my favorites are still the American Flag and the new American Bald Eagle.

Well that’s it  for now – back into the shop to get ready for Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton, MA next weekend.
Happy Turning,

Barry-Signature

 

 

 

New Items Added To Clearance Section

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Sputnik Sea Urchin

Sputnik Sea Urchin

We are continuing to clean the warehouse and finding more great values for your turning needs to prepare for the show season!  All the Mystical Fusion Pen Blanks and Wands are drastically reduced to make room for some new and exciting stuff coming later this fall. We found some highly figured Bubinga, but there are only five (5) – pairs of pen blanks so act fast!  Here’s the link to the clearance section.

The Super Nova Lathe Lamps are also proving to be very popular. To do nice turning work, you need a good light!

The Sputnik sea urchins are going fast and turners are making them into ornaments for upcoming shows.  I have made several to take to my show this weekend at the 18th Annual Craft & fine Art Festival at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, NY.

New Products – Super Nova Lathe Lamp & CBN Grinding Wheels

New Products

Super Nova Lathe Lamp
This light has to be seen to be believed!

Special Introductory Price $134.95 – Save Over 15%
Manufacturers List Price $159.95
Super Nova Lathe lamp

Super Nova Lathe lamp

Three hard wired 9 watt bulbs generate over 870 lumens of pure white light, offering over 50,000 hours of working time! That is over 17 years of running the light 8 hours a day / seven days a week! Obtain consistent cuts and superior sanding results with better vision with this ultra-bright light!

The electro-magnetic base has over 200 pounds of breakaway force to hold to any magnetic surface! Will not vibrate loose! A 30” stainless steel flexible neck allows for numerous positions to obtain the optimal light configuration for any use!

Great for turning, carving, scroll saw work, band sawing and any other crafting or application where a good light source is need without being in the way!

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CBN – Cubic Boron Nitride Grinding Wheels
Lifetime Warranty!

Our introductory low price of $145.95 – Save 34%
List Price $220

CBN - Cubic Boron Nitride - Grinding Wheel

CBN – Cubic Boron Nitride – Grinding Wheel

CBN (cubic boron nitride) Grinding / Sharpening Wheels are the State-of-the-Art for sharpening high-speed steel tools. These wheels are manufactured from a solid piece of 6061 aircraft grade aluminum that are then electroplated and nickel coated creating a more aggressive bond to secure the abrasive to the wheel.
We believe in our wheels so much, we offer a LIFETIME WARRANTY with each wheel!
CBN wheels will make aluminum oxide (AO) grinding wheels obsolete! CBN wheels stay cooler, cut faster and do not require dressing or shaping like normal aluminum oxide wheels. In industrial grinding applications where heat is generated, CBN is preferred over diamond wheels.
These are the last sharpening wheels you will ever need!
Available in 2 versions – Click either link below for more info:
80 Grit – great for shaping your tools
180 Grit – great for finishing!

New Antique Nickel Lever Action Pen Kits now 10% off!

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Antique Nickel Lever Action Pen

Antique Nickel Lever Action Pen

Earlier this week we started taking pre-orders for the new Antique Nickel Lever Action Pen Kits. It just happened to be right before our store-wide 10% off Anniversary sale. Since they were a brand new product, I decided that they *probably* should stay at their regular price, so I excluded them from the sale.

Boy, was I wrong, and Lenora let me know about it!
She said that of course they should be on sale with the other products! So just to be fair, all the people who pre-ordered the pens also got the 10% discount.

Hopefully, this will now get me out of the doghouse.

So, now it’s an even better time to get the new Nickel finish version of the hottest selling pen style. The Antique Brass version has already proven to be an incredibly popular seller at pen shows & fine craft shows. The Nickel finish will give your customers a hard decision about which one to choose.

The 3rd Anniversary Sale will end on Sept. 8, 2015 so it’s a good excuse to stock up for the show season, and the upcoming holidays – they’re closer than you think! (If you don’t believe me, just look at all the Halloween stuff in the stores)

You will want to get these NOW, because our next shipment is not coming in until November, and it may be too late by then.click-here-BUY-button

Happy Turning,

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Happy 3rd Anniversary to us!

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Welcome To Our Third Annual Anniversary Sale!
To Celebrate Our Anniversary We Are Putting
The Whole Store On Sale At 10% OFF*!

Being a family run business we appreciate ALL our loyal customers, and assure them of the highest standards for quality service that they have come to expect from all of us.
We like to reward that loyalty with good, and sometimes exceptional, deals!

In preparation for the upcoming fall show schedule we go through the warehouse, clean it, (Cole loves that job!) and get ready to offer new products. We are offering some fantastic discounts up to 65% off on popular kits to help you gain greater profits for your business. When you succeed we succeed!
So take your time and browse through the Anniversary sale section, and have some fun while saving money!
*The fine print: The anniversary category has discounts far beyond 10%, so the coupon will not take an additional 10% off of these products. Other discount exclusions are the stabilization products, bangle bracelets, lathes, and new nickel lever action pen kits.

To get 10% off of your order, please use the coupon code: 3RDYEAR  during checkout

On behalf of Lenora, Michael, Cole, Susan and Tera we want to wish you a successful fall show season.  Lenora & I look forward to seeing each of you at The Woodworking Shows in 2016!

Happy Turning!

Barry-Signature

 

Lever Action Click Mechanism – not clicking? – Quick Fix!

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This is an easy fix for a “sticky” click mechanism.

With thousands of Lever Action pen kits sold, we have had only a few “sticky” click mechanisms, and even those have been fixed in the field!  Every now and then, any click mechanism may slip out of alignment and not click properly.

If you look down the center of the inside of the lever action click mechanism you will see four little white “arms” that stick out.  (Photo below left)

Take a paperclip that has a slight hook on the end, and slide it behind one of the little arms and pull it up.  “Jiggle” it a little bit. It should fall back into place, and you have now repaired the click mechanism – see I told you it was an easy fix!

Paperclip inside of lever action click mechanism.

Paperclip inside of lever action click mechanism.

Lever Action "tool"

Lever Action “tool”