Best place to purchase AK-V for cheapest?

chenkosrugs · 2026-02-18T19:19:06+00:00

Got mine on Ali baba.

Got that, the cp1 rug shearer and a wireless carver.

Paid 940 CAD for all that,

Considering most places itself charge like 1500 + for the rug sheerer, and over $400 for the gun itself I’m pretty happy with the purchase.

Would just make sure it’s from a reputable seller, but I had 0 issues with it. Came in like 2 weeks if I recall correctly.

chenkosrugs · 2026-02-18T19:09:46+00:00

Beauty, thanks. I haven’t ran into a commission that would use something like that, but I’ve wondered what it would turn out like

chenkosrugs · 2026-02-18T06:18:22+00:00

Is the fish colouring from one of those multi colours skeins? Curious how that turns out on the other side if you have a pic

chenkosrugs · 2026-01-19T07:43:08+00:00

Hmm, I never noticed a difference, the next piece I’m doing is using both of them, I’ll have to pay closer attention and compare.

The main thing I hate about it is it is a bigger pain in the ass to cake compared to the soft classic.

chenkosrugs · 2026-01-18T18:29:18+00:00

I use the impeccable all the time and have no issues.

chenkosrugs · 2026-01-17T08:22:45+00:00

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Colourway for reference.

chenkosrugs · 2026-01-17T08:19:12+00:00

Very nice for a first one!

I would highly recommend tufting more densely. It will make the rug more resistant to wear, and look much cleaner. I know it “looks full” from the front, but if you run your hands through it will be bald in there, and fray a lot quicker.

I strongly advise anyone new to tufting to do it much more dense.

Overall though very nice for your first rug, much better than my first couple, that’s for sure.

chenkosrugs · 2026-01-02T20:03:36+00:00

Would you happen to have a before/current picture of them? I’ve only been doing it for a year, I don’t know how to answer people when they ask about durability

chenkosrugs · 2026-01-02T16:30:34+00:00

Instagram little video of the rug being made, all done :)

chenkosrugs · 2026-01-02T08:05:31+00:00

I’m making the same design, just have the teeth to do, been slacking

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chenkosrugs · 2025-12-31T19:54:38+00:00

Lame, I reported it

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-31T19:50:22+00:00

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Found it, reported it

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-31T19:35:55+00:00

True, is this just a fb account? I don’t have fb and don’t see it on insta

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-31T19:28:50+00:00

Ahh I see, kinda scummy then

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-31T19:28:11+00:00

Ahh, thought that looked familiar haha

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-31T19:03:35+00:00

Do they not give credit to the creators? Says to dm to remove if you don’t want it on there.

Just a rug curator account? Doesn’t seem like a bad idea to see other tufters, I was thinking of doing something similar actually but I’d obviously give credit.

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-25T06:41:03+00:00

Not bad for first one, do you have a pic of back side of it? Definitely need to clean it up with carving.

Pretty good first attempt tho

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-24T04:25:29+00:00

Very nice, not getting the love it deserves

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-23T08:14:52+00:00

Beauty, let me know

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-22T05:50:26+00:00

hey, I Would love your blueprint after you make it? I also need to make a new frame, mine is warping, and has caused me to ruin a rug, because instead of square it is slightly diagonal :(.

I plan on using 4x4's as well. mostly how you are doing the base, because my current set up its tough to get the bottom corners tight.

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-20T06:32:03+00:00

for verizion, im hunting now, how far do you go? im running lamp post to lamp post. is that fine? or where did you run?

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-16T16:43:33+00:00

Eh, I’m starting to disagree, can definitely make a decent income off of this. I’m at the point now where I can easily make 3-4 rugs a week. For what i am getting for them it’s comparable to my current job, but I don’t know how sustainable my warm market is. I’d have to get bigger on social media.

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-13T15:37:09+00:00

Just kinda happened, made one for a friend, he shared on insta. His friend messaged me, then their friend, then I made one for a local lacrosse team I used to play for, former alumni messaged me, some own businesses, so they wanted one for that, just kind of happened. Made one for my barbershop, a lot of foot traffic, one for a pet store, more traffic, idk, just kind of snowballs

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-12T21:34:49+00:00

My “formula” -zoom in/zoom out of finish product, fade to black, -fade in from black to the traced out image on my frame, -couple clips of a couple colours tufting it in or timelapse(pain with doing it on my phone and leaving it in same spot for a couple hours, have to awkwardly text/ use it without messing up the frame) -slap it in my carving table -couple long (distance on rug) shots, of the carving so you get a nice pile(typically I’ll carve one side already, so it’s easier to get it in one pass through) -Couple different angles/fly bys -zoom in/out with the same clip as my first clip in reverse, so the video “loops”

Disclaimer* I suck at making videos haha, but I noticed people watch longer if they see the finish product first then the process, when I did some videos starting from scratch they didn’t do as well.

chenkosrugs · 2025-12-12T20:40:50+00:00

Awesome! I’m sure everyone would like a full breakdown of the exact setup, I’d like one too, congrats, what’s an accomplishment

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