WoodMarvels.com September 1st, 2009 Review

I was expecting the month of August to be a little slow but as you can see  from the WoodMarvels.com, that prediction never came to fruition! I decided to begin selling our EPS files, got a bunch of blueprints available for direct download and continued the video conversion into HD while updating many older models. Youtube also began replacing Blip as our main streaming video provider. The work wasn’t much fun but a necessary evil, in addition, many blueprints were made free as well!

So what happened over the month of August?

  • EPS’ed a number of files such as the Zulu Main Battle Tank, Medieval Castle Walls, Bus, Rusk Fortress, Mobile Crane B, Amazing Train, Ferris Wheel, Straddle Carrier B, Submarine, Mayan Temple Bank, Pterodactyl, Elephant and Rhino, Dolphin, Bread Crumb Tray, Cantilever Side Table, both Future Cars, Whale, Dinosaur Collection, Helicopter, Piper, Cessna, Gaming Table B, Marble Game, Trip Game, Crab, Brontosaurus, Centrosaurus, Four-in-a-Row Game, Super Snail, Parasaurolophus, Pyramid Calendar, Stegosaurus, Abstract Bank B (also redesigned), Bank Feeder A (also redesigned), Halloween Guillotine Tray, Halloween Sword Shelf, Halloween Serving Coffin, Slice Chair, Bed Tray and Table (also redesigned), Volcano Bank (also redesigned) and finally, Bird Feeder B (redesigned as well)

  • Performed some site upgrades to fix downloading issues
  • Made our earlier blueprints free such as our Platform and Mobile Crane, Medieval Castle Walls, Straddle Carrier, Volcano and Abstract Bank,
  • Explained my EPS pricing system and changed it after some additional thought.
  • Rebranded WoodMarvels.com
  • Released some news about the second volume of WoodMarvels.com focused on laser cut plans
  • Ponoko wrote a short piece about me
  • Released a downloadable version of our WoodMarvels.com first volume book that had most models using round dowels.
  • Wrote about the Evolution of WoodMarvels.com so far, why I run my businesses on a constant improvement cycle
  • Our Brontosaurus was spotted looking down a street in New Zealand
  • Answered a question regarding custom toy design
  • I also completed editing the first proof of the new WoodMarvels.com book

Animation of our Pen and Pencil Holder

The Bottom Line

When the winds of passion begin to gust, make sure you have your sails up!