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The Search For A Better Tomorrow

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The Search For A Better Tomorrow If you are at all cognizant of classic Hong Kong cinema, the title will catch your attention. If not, take a moment, read this wiki and come back to today's post. For some time now I have been evaluating numerous Print On Demand ecommerce services. Redbubble. Teepublic. Cafepress. Amazon KDP. Ingramspark. The online ecommerce world is changing and not always for the better. Honestly, it takes time, often months to test out what any POD service can supply, what social media works best for small businesses and most of all, how to do it all while spending as little cash out of pocket as possible.  For wall art and apparel POD I started out with Cafepress and Redbubble back in the early 2000's. Cafepress was good until it wasn't. Redbubble was great until it wasn't. In both cases the powers that be chose profits over viability. Cafepress was bought out and ceased to be a serious player. Redbubble recently enacted a tiered artist structure th...
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PrintsAntiquA - Victorian Stag Emblem Illustration

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Victorian Stag Emblem Illustration PrintsAntiquA - Redbubble Just added this 1870 Victorian Stag Emblem to PrintsAntiquA. Adapted in eggshell white and also available in black. Stickers, posters, prints, etc. Most apparel available in many different garment colors Shop PrintsAntiquA
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Dragons! Art at PrintsAntiqua Shop

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Dragon Art at PrintsAntiquA Available now at my PrintsAntiquA Redbubble shop. Stickers, Tees, Posters, Phone Cases and more . Adapted from the original 19th century illustration in my collection. Classic Norse or Celtic design of four dragons circling a ring. Available on a wide variety of products.  Check out PrintsAntiquA for more Good Stuff!  
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Shop PrintsAntiquA

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P rints A ntiqu A My Redbubble shop for T's, Cards, Stickers, Hats and more. Every illustration has been created in-house from the original books, photos, and ephemera in my personal collection. Check out some samples or jump straight to my shop P rints A ntiqu A
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Japanese Woodworking chantarokichi5630

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chantarokichi5630 Japanese Woodworking Tools and Techniques Youtuber chantarokichi5630 has created an excellent set of vids on traditional Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and architecture. Check out his Youtube page, learn and enjoy! His vid on Japanese Chisel Backs is just a start. He has 388 videos, all of which you can peruse at your leisure.
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Japanese Blacksmith Chisel Marks

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  Japanese Chisel Blacksmith List An excellent resource for anyone interested in traditional Japanese Blacksmith marks is this site devoted to Japanese Chisel Maker Marks. Japanese Chisel Blacksmith List
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How To Make An 18th Century Iron Leg Vise

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The Making Of An Iron Leg Vise From the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert Ever wonder how long the classic Blacksmith's iron leg vise has been around and how it was made by hand? Here is Plate No. 6 from the  Encyclopédie  volume on the making of tools. Think about that. You have to make tools in order to make tools. Without modern machinery. By hand. In a forge. With Plate 6 of Taillanderie, Suite de la fabrique des Etaux , now you can make your own iron leg vise. Let me know when you're finished with this project. A bit of history on Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert: Back in 1765 Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert published the  Encyclopédie. " André le Breton , a bookseller and printer, approached Diderot with a project for the publication of a translation of  Ephraim Chambers '  Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences  into French, first undertaken by the Englishman  John Mills , and followe...
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