How I sell pine boards on Etsy for $50
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- See how I take a standard pine board and turn it into a custom sign that I sell on Etsy for $50 each!
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0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Board selection
2:11 - Prepping the board
5:59 - Design & CNC
9:24 - CNC carving
11:40 - Finishing & shipping
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Tip for ya. Change your plunge rate to 100. It makes your cuts so much faster. You’re normally not going deeper than .25 any way so going with 100 for the plunge rate will decrease your overall project cut time. All the movements up and down are faster. Just try it and thank me later lol
@@djclarke23605 Oh awesome - I'll give that a shot. Still working on perfecting the settings with the v-bit, but would love to cut down on time from 22 minutes. Thanks!
I love these youtubers... 250 sales 40k followers... experts in their craft... maybe if you created more product instead of trying to make content you wouldnt have 250 sales... thanks for the idea. We will sell these for $35.
@@wildandcrazyevents4513 - You're missing the point. I'm not going for volume, I do it because it's fun. Don't lose sight of that. The money is an added bonus. If I wanted to make this sign making my full-time gig, it would be way different. Content creation and selling digital plans is WAY more lucrative for me at the moment and it's all passive income.
@@CasualBuilds hey man, I'm used to making cornoles and charcuterie boards and picnic tables but wanting to broad out a bit more that I got some money saved up from it. What cnc machine do you recommend? Don't listen to the weird online haters. Their lives must not be where they want it to be yet :(
Suggestions for you. When I do signs like this, I do three key holes in the back, one is centered, the other two are 16" on center so they can either use one screw or use two if they want it going stud to stud. And I print a sticker and place it on the back explaining the holes placed right near the center hole. I've received so many great comments back on these stickers. Another sticker I print is the name of my business, my email address and website so if they need to recommend me to someone, it's right on the back of the sign. I've received numerous job projects this way. Two simple stickers and your helping your business.
Oh, I love that - great idea! Thank you!
I would opt for a small laser to do your logo, email and website, then you could also use the laser engraver to to signs also!
Love these ideas!!!!!
I would also use toe clamps and bevel in the machine instead of by hand. A planer would make all of those boards usable except the knotty ones.
It's not a huge sign going stud to stud would be pointless on something that small!! If it was a huge sign or something the size of a TV set then for sure but I understand what u mean just not really necessary for this little sign a good long tac would hold it on the wall or just 1 pic nail would do fine
This was an excellent video! Great craftsmanship, and I love how you went step by step in your process!
Thank you!
After watching the video advert i was still skeptical. But when i finally downloaded the plans th-cam.com/users/postUgkxZF0EMnrujZvqHhGkxiz559uIABJWR9TG i was very impressed. The whole plan was just as you said in the video. Thank you very much. I now have a large and valuable collection for my woodworks. This is great!
Nice job broham! As a guy starting a new business and juggling still being in the service and deploying, it’s nice to come across videos that inspire. You gained another subscriber.
Great video! Cool idea, and I love that you're willing to share this knowledge to inspire others!
Alternatively -- stain the board, then shellac it , then carve it. Then, when you paint the letters you can just wipe off the excess paint instead of needing the masking
Nice I like your method
I've done this many times (with any clear finish, not just shellac). It saves lots of time.
@steamboat shellac doesn’t dissolve with mineral spirits (it’s solvent is alcohol) so you can wipe excess paint with mineral spirits and shellac will be ok
Bort
Using a mask is faster and less of a mess to clean up.
Nice job! Thanks for showing all the time that goes into your craft.
Excellent video! Thanks for showing us your design, fab, and packaging process!
Great video, awesome product!! Small tip with sanding after your finish, I use a 0000 steel wool, gives the finish a great smooth finish and gets into the grooves a bit easier.
I just want to say thank you for making such a wonderful video. You really make it easy to understand. You have great energy and communication skills. I wish you well and I look forward to learning more! I respect your openness and humility! Great job. I will share this with everyone I know that this will help. Happy New Year!
Thank you for the kind words!
@@CasualBuilds Thank you 😊
I would say Bravo on the breakdown of your steps. What you should be really proud of as well is your shop and set up. Your items and area is clean and organized and you have your shop vac there and available. Space to work. Your clamps in the back were all lined up waiting for their next job. It's a shop I want to work in because it feels like everything has a place, I have room to work, and I have access to everything I need. Very nice.
I appreciate that!
Pretty awesome, I'm retiring this year and wanted to do something with my spare time where I'm not concerned about making any money, just keeping busy. This would be perfect, love woodworking. Good job explaining all the steps. CNC is a 'game changer' as they like to say. Subscribed!
Thanks for watching! You should look into laser engravers too, been spending a lot of time with my new one as well. Happy future retirement!
Beautiful! Sign is not bad either! 😊
Seriously, thanks for sharing - love the sign! You’re very kind and generous to share. ❤
I recently tried using a propane blow torch on a custom outdoor pine bench. It turned out way nicer / cooler looking than I ever thought basic pine would. Give it a shot sometime. Fun video 👍
Thank you for the step by step description of how you go through and lay out your plan on one master computer, then transfer to the workhorse computer on the CNC. I suspect most people who use a CNC have a similar arrangement. I still like watching being and explained in layman's terms.
That project came out awesome, I been working on welcome signs working with a Cricut Machine slow progress but steady looking forward to getting one of those CNC machine. Keep up the great content.
Thanks, Eddie! I've seen a ton of great signs made with the Cricut as well.
😀This an outstanding and inspirational video. I am having an explosion of ideas from this project!! Thanks for pointing me in right direction.
Amazing that some people can do things like this!
Very nice, easy pace and conversation. You make it look easy.
Thank you!
I have to say it was a very well presented video.
Well done 👍🏻
Great product concept and build, plus a really well made video!
Nice work and thank you for sharing.
Your process looks smooth. Well done.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your techniques with us. I so appreciate it! Greetings from Germany. :-)
There’s also a glyphs window under the type menu within illustrator to show you all the special characters for the font! 😀
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! You answered several questions about pricing and shipping I’ve been wondering about.
Awesome, glad you found it valuable!
Great video. Glad to see you using Easel. I also had easel when i had other cnc then upgraded to larger cnc. Went to vcarve pro, haven't figured it out yet, wished i'd stayed with easel. LOL! THanks
sharing your process is generous. thanks.
Great video. I am inspired to make my own. THANK YOU👍
Love this video as you have the information concisely.
Just the video I needed to see! I can apply this at work also. 😁
As mentioned below shellac the board before putting the Oramask on...I also seal the "v-carved" letters so there is no paint bleed through. Also you need to shellac both sides as the board will warp with no finish on one side.
how do you seal the letters?
@@TheShaggyfrog sorry, I just saw your reply...once carved I seal them with shellac and then paint
Solid presentation. 2 thumbs way up.
Thank you for telling us about the character map. I had no idea. Very informative video. Thanks for sharing.
You got it! There's also a feature within Illustrator called Glyphs that does the same thing as well.
I bought one, honestly worth that price. I expected a good shelf, i didn't expect great hardware and attention to detail.
Nice work!!
And thanks for sharing your complete process up to, and including, your pricing.
Now I’ve gotta work on my wife - I really need the CNC. 😬
Haha, just tell her it'll pay for itself!
Excellent video keep up the great work,
Great video Tim , the signs are perfect
Thanks pops!
I really enjoyed and appreciated your video. Thank you for sharing. 😁
- V E R Y nicely done. Planning to learn to use the CNC. Thanx 4 sharing.
Great video! Straight to the point.
Just found your page and subscribed. This was a great informational video. Thank you! Looking forward to your other videos.
Thank you!
Great video! I use High Logic main type to access any special characters for fonts it's bigger so easier to see. I use the free version
Very nice video! Great way of showing the different techniques. I'm from Europe, $50 really sounds like there's hardly any margin left for profit. Maybe also nice to see a pricing video for these kinds of projects. Taking into account material cost, cnc cost, time, shipping and what it comes down to in the end in terms of profit / hourly wage.
Agree, Germany here, thats way too cheap imho. If you want to make profit and pay your taxes you work almost for free here :/
Enjoyed this video!! Great job walking us through the steps and providing the detail. For those of us interested in getting started doing some of this, what C&C do you use?
Awesome job looking from here in Australia!
I’m just starting out carving signs with a 3000 Dremel and will sell on Etsy here. My daughter is setting up to sell T’s etc with a beach design on Etsy. Thank you.
That sign looks great. Thanks for the video and your thoughts and pricing much appreciated
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video and great project! Keep it up. You got my subscription.
Appreciate it!!
Great tutorial! Thank you.
This is great! As a newish woodworker with lofty goals I'm always looking for some way to turn my hobby into extra income. I really enjoyed seeing your process here, even if I don't have a CNC machine. I'd be interested in more like this. 👍
Thanks Bryan! I recently got a laser engraver and will be doing a video on that soon. That may be an option for you!
Awesome video I also have a xcarve and you gave me some great ideas to make my carvings better thanks!!!
Thanks!
This is a quality build and great value for $50. As a content creator myself I respect the amount of time you put into this and focus on the details to inspire others to build something awesome. You have a new subscriber. 👍🏼
Thank you!
Detail.. is a routers piece of pine with vinyl.. if it took longer than 20 mins to make you are in the wrong business..
@@wildandcrazyevents4513 I agree it could be that simple, but this build wasn’t done with vinyl and more time and quality went in it.
I was thinking the same thing. For $50 (including shipping) it seems like he is pretty much breaking even (when you account for time as well). Great value!
Its vinyl.. if it was hand painted id agree...
Is watching a vinyl cutter cut your lettering too difficult for you?
Vinyl is $1 for 1x2 foot piece... you would get 2 to 3 signs off $1 of material...
Nice job ! Looks great 👍
just found your page but i hope all your videos have such amazing sound effects lol
Here's an idea that can speed up your project: stain the board with something dark, and then carve (which will expose the unstained brighter wood underneath), and ship it. No masking or painting shenanigans
Yep, I do have that as an option as well.
Thanks for sharing. I appreciated the info even if others did not.
Good idea - it’s actually already suggested in the video. th-cam.com/users/clipUgkxjej1eCGtFYY2792XCKc7_Khb4RA2kJIx
@@sydneyaf1117 hehe 👍🏽
Great Video. Great work.
Excellent narration. You just got a new subscriber 👍🏻🇺🇸
Appreciate that!
Awesome work, dude! They look fantastic! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thank you!
totally used your amazon affiliate link for the mouse sander!!! My arthritis thanks you!!!!
Haha, thank you! That thing is the best!
Enjoyed the video!
Couple thoughts to add to what you do.
Pre stain conditioner on soft wood will keep the stain from blotching. Old Masters has quick dry wiping stain that would help move the process along. If you seal your stained board before you run the CNC it will protect your stain from the paint. Also you can use rattle cans to paint and that would be less messy.
And most importantly you need to charge more for your work.
Good luck!
Now I need a CNC machine lol.
Great CNC Video. I’ll see you on Etsy. Thanks
Thanks for your generous and kind-hearted share. I’ve been working with my adult son, born with Down syndrome, to find opportunities for him and his peer community, to build sustainable entrepreneurial efforts. We’ve been working with jewelry - silver and simpler items - it’s OK, but extremely time intensive and requiring fine motor skill capabilities, so something like this just might be another option - maybe not replace for him, as he likes what he does, but I am getting a ton of requests from other parents in my situation, as to what to do to help their children. I will explore this and see if this is an option for us and them. Looking to move across the country next summer and setup in a smaller community with a vibrant arts focus, and - well, ideas now are on full percolate. Sometimes a simple shared moment can have the impetus to unknowingly change lives.
That's amazing and thanks for sharing your story. I'd recommend heading to a few local craft fairs and checking out what other people are making in the community to gather some ideas as well.
Really nice! Bravo!
great video, very informative
Considering all the time you spent learning this and materials (tools) $50 is not bad. The sign is beautiful.
Thank you!
Muy lindo trabajo! gracias por compartir!!
Great job and idea. You've put a lot of time and effort in the video, as well as in the sign itself. In that perspective 50 USD, including shipping in the US is really a bargain.
Great tutorial. thanks
Awesome video Tim!
Thanks Erik!
wow i learned a lot on your video great video be safe
Sweet build!
You should try golden mahogany. My favorite go to for my signs, and more. It’s beautiful on all woods.
Oooh, I'll have to check that one out! Thanks for the recommendation!
You should do the chanfrein with your router on the end grain ends first. Then the edges. It reduces tear out
Actually, this will produce tear out along the edge grain when doing the end grain first. Using a router table, you want to do an edge grain side first, then rotate 90deg clockwise. Repeat.
I was with you right up to CNC LOL. That's out of my budget for the foreseeable future.
Great video dude thanks
Great looking product! Thanks for showing how you do it. I bought an X-Carve last year and have yet to make my first carve. Got sidetracked with my basement finishing project and am hoping to wrap that up by the end of the year. Maybe then I’ll start to spend some time on the X-Carve and learn. 🤣
Thanks! I know how home renovations can take away from playing with new tools, right there with you!
I have a Shapeoko XXL that sat in the box for about two years. I finally got it put together last year, and it has done nothing but sit there and COLLECT dust instead of MAKE it. 😂🤷🏼♂️
@@jonhatton4354 I feel your pain brother! 😂
I bought a BOBSCNC and yes it’s still sitting. 2 years. One day
@@Wiggysmooth23 you’re not alone there. 😃
Maybe save yourself some money - Purchase Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. These are one off purchase programs and they rival the Adobe suite. As a Graphic Design firm, we switched over 2021 and have never looked back. You'd be better off signing up to Envato Elements for a year and you can download a lot of fonts and vector files for your work. Thanks for producing this video - really informative.
Great video and a beautiful final product! Thanks for showing your entire process - very cool. Question - if you don't mind me asking, what would you say you have cost wise in each board?
A 1"X12"X8' pine board is like $13, so it's pretty cheap. Gotta be around 5 to $10 of materials per unit of finished product. A healthy margin for sure.
Looks clean and easy, so can your recommend a cheap CNC model that can do the same job with same result. Love it. Thanks.
Awesome video!
Liked. Subscribed. Awesome info, thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
i am a creator myself i focus more on 3D but i love the work. new subscriber also i dont know if you tried it but i found if you put the shellac on after the stain it makes the stencil stick better and if you get paint on the stain it comes off easy without messing it up. i usually do two coats then put my stencil on. Not that you need the advice but i thought i would throw that out there.
I actually discovered this technique after I posted this vid and it works amazing - thank you!
I have seen people selling hand painted signs made from stencils that are charging more than this. All the work you put into this with the equipment you use and especially with your attention to details, you should be charging way more than just $50!! JMHO!
You might try putting a single layer of your shellac over your stain BEFORE masking with oramask for 2 reasons: 1) the mask will stick better to the shellac than to the oil based stain, therefore eliminating any potential paint bleeds after your carve and 2) if the shellac is covering the face of the sign and you accidentally get paint on it when peeling your mask, you can wipe the paint off! The shellac keeps it from being absorbed into the wood so no need to sand any stray paint away.
Workflow optimization
Absolutely, learned this after posting my video lol
Interesting. Thank you 🙂
I myself am a crafter and I truly don't have the thousands of dollars worth of tools that you do. I love watching your ideas I do signs as well however, I wish that someone out there would show us how to do things with wood where it doesn't take tools that a single woman with no garage has and I definitely don't have the room even if I did have the money to buy tools such as you have. It would be nice if someone would show us how to make wood projects without needing tools we don't have I know it can be done and I mean no disrespect I am very happy for you. It would truly be nice to be shown how to do the wood projects without tools that some of us don't have and don't have the money to buy or the space to put them. If you can please share if not I understand keep up the great work
Instead of sanding the 45° chamfer, consider lowering the router several thousandths and using a brand new router bit and run the board again. You might also consider using a trim router to minimize any irregularities from board warpage.
You might consider getting a planer to salvage some of that wood. MTypically shop planer marks are easier to sand out than industrial planer marks.
Appreciate the suggestions!
Bru your shit is dope... I love how u explained everything so well
Very Nicely done Video!!!!
Appreciate it!
What a nice guy thanks mate..
love the Evan and Katelyn style edits/explanations "just {waves hands vaguely because it's too simple to say in words}"
Haha "words are hard"!
Love the video. Just started wood working about 3yrs ago. Build small things like drill cabinet holders and squaty potties. Just curious, what kind of CNC do you use? Been very interested but no idea where to start and don’t want to pay thousands for my first one. Thanks a lot!!
Wow you even interact with every comment, you seam very passionate!
I try!
@CasualBuilds - I’ve never used a cnc before. Can you share suggestions on what is a good model to use? TIA
Great instructional video BTW!
curve in the wood is due to more moisture on one face than the other.. putting a damp cloth on the convex side over night will flatten board out with a little practice its quite easy to get flat pieces
Good video, thanks
I come from a family that has designed and manufactured signs for over 70 years. I’m surprised you produce the sign for $50, much less include shipping. I wouldn’t have booted the computer for 50 bucks - lol. Good video - thanx
Lol, yeah is quite apparent from the comments here so far that I need to charge more haha - thanks for watching
Great vid! I starting my own business and I am doing the first draft of calculations for production. Time is a factor why I wonder how long time the carving for this took. What cnc machine you have and what spindel motor. Many thanks in advance!
Love it bro! You are helping people to make changes in their life. Great job!
Truly amazin'