WoodMarvels.com October 1st, 2009 Review
As expected, the month of September was busy in all departments, from video views (maintaining a 7% monthly increase month after month) to sales despite having to disable sales of all our 10mm and 4mm physical laser cut kits due to crazy shipping costs but we still managed to release some cool new stuff! I guess the good news to come out of all this is that using 6mm as my standard size is now working in my favor but I am anxious as hell to get 4mm and 10mm kits back online ASAP!
WoodMarvels.com Volume 2 Update
I’ve sent off another proof, had to fix a few things but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be available at Amazon by the end of October. It’s by far the most ambitious book I have ever put together, it’s huge, full of great designs and I’m sure it will get the attention it deserves!
Huge Achievement: International Exposure
I’m very happy that WoodMarvels.com was included in a 10 page spread about Ponoko (our laser cut kit provider), you can read it online but it’s the first time we get this kind of print exposure! Next month we’ll be in another magazine in another fashion, more details about that later.
HD Video Updates
I also had the chance to updated some old videos to HD quality, at first, I started small (400 x 225)but am now rendering anything in the future at 640 x 360 HD quality. I’d love to render higher but rendering the animations is getting increasingly taxing, I’m due for a major computer upgrade by the end of the year! So many more video things I want to do!!!
We’ve also updated the following models to HD
- Full Armor Gear Bull
- Abstract Bank A
The new stuff!
This month we released a bunch of new models including:
- P-38 Lighting Aircraft
- Medieval Castle Bank
- Medieval Tower Bank
- CH-47 Chinook Helicopter
- Infinity Winerack (Collaborative piece)
As well as some updates to some older ones:
- Desktop Organizer A
- Desktop Organizer B
- Desktop Organizer C
- Pen and Pencil Holder
- Pen and Pencil Holder B
- Coaster Die and Puzzle
And wrote a little about CNC vs laser cutting machines and their future. in addition to a special appearance on Core77.com of our Rhino!
The Bottom Line
Lots of fun, as usual, designing, selling and problem solving!