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  1. Skil Phil

    Still around

    Hi All, Been a while since I was last here. Times were hectic with a lot of production work. Then came the July violence with burning and looting of shops which slowed everything down. Am now quiet as business is trying to recover from the mayhem. Production work has stopped as business recovers...
  2. M

    Starting a Business

    Bit of a long story but I will try to keep it short(ish). I bought a signmaking franchise many years ago which didn't last long due to me having to charge very high prices, after the franchise dumped me I carried on because I still had to pay the equipment & other costs so just kept doing the...
  3. Les ELm

    Taylors Mirfield ................

    Still in business? Rumors floating around that Dan Smith is going out of business? Les
  4. cowboy

    l need your Help

    Hi all First of sorry for not been posting for a while been very busy, and not been on here. first of all l am on PIP, {disability allowance} and l am getting told more and more l should set up on my own full time business. l have a 1000 questions l need help with but l will keep it short, l...
  5. P

    Hello and possibly goodbye!

    Hello to you all my name is Jon and I run a really small business called Prokraft (run by myself and my wife). Firstly I am not here to sell you anything in fact we sell very few pens - lots of other bits and pieces but only pens as service line really. I am however primarily a woodturner and...
  6. stiofanpadraigcrafts

    Hobby or business?

    At what point does your turning go from a hobby to a business. If you already have a full time job but turn in your spare time then sell these items are you a business? If so, at what point do you register as a business and register to pay taxes? If you do a few craft shows and use a website or...
  7. P

    Chisels Have Arrived

    Here are the chisels from Woodcrafts and Carbide Chisels Supplies. They look the business.
  8. Bill Mooney

    Rustic Rabbit.

    Now that Neil is doing branch slice snowmen I thought I'd show my rabbit which I made as my business logo back in 1984 when I started my business which was called RUSTICRAFT. I made quite a few of these & put customers names on. I could resurrect the rabbit & sell them for Blind Veterans as an...
  9. Terry Q

    Crack in the windscreen

    CRACK IN THE WINDSCREEN I'm driving along at 65 miles an hour (the speed limit), Minding my own business, When outta nowhere there's this big crack in my windscreen.
  10. Penpal

    Another finish close to the forum home this time

    My swap in the USA is the agent for Yorkshire Grit an abrasive paste and Hampshire Sheen anyone familiar with these in the UK? his moniker in business is The Walnut Log Studio and Supply. his name Tieflier aka Jeff Hornung St Louis MO. Peter.
  11. Buckeye

    What a shame.

    I have just read that at the end of the year Leroy from Smitty Pen Works will be retiring and unfortunately his business will be taken over by exotic blanks, ah well, it was good while it lasted. Peter
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