Yeah, saw that… originally they had “only to US” on the listing for that item.
I eagerly await to hear what carrier (and service level) they send it to you when using the $8 standard shipping option. I’m guessing either USPS or FedEx. DigiKey does FedEx Overnight for $8. Or ultimately, I guess, what you end up getting dinged for… if it comes via USPS I’d be happy to order a few and pay the $10 fee to Canada Post.
Well it took closer to 11 months, but here is a video of me putting the LR3 into temporary storage. From fully functional to fully stowed away is only 3 minutes 30 seconds.
The wooden blocks you see at about the 1 minute mark have a slot routed on the inside so the side mounted belt doesn’t get crushed against the side of the table.
It was sent via Fedex Ground. It was originally scheduled to take 7 days, then it was updated to take only 4 days, then it was later updated to take 6 days (it arrived at the end of day 6)
I haven’t received an invoice yet for brokerage and taxes yet. But it is coming.
According to their fee schedule, I’m expecting (CDN $):
$11.40 Disbursement Fee
$21.25 Clearance Entry Fee
$16.50 Other Government Agency Fee (may not apply)
12% actual taxes (probably compounded to include the above fees, along with the actual value of the item)
It would have been cheaper to have it sent to my mail drop at the border, but after hearing a lot of horror stories recently, I’m trying to avoid interacting with US Border Agents and ICE as much as possible.
Wow you guys okay? In Germany I fought DHL for taking 6€ for doing the customs stuff for me and registered as a Selbstverzoller (so I’d have to pick it up myself from the customs office) so I didn’t have to pay it because I hate people taking money without asking… Looking at your fees, my 6€ are just fine… plus taxes, obviously… 
Yeah, me too. This time Fedex did tell me up front that I would have to pay some fees. They just didn’t specify how much they would be.
I once had an item arrive that cost more in brokerage fees than it did for the purchase, shipping and taxes combined. I was pretty choked about that.
Now, whenever possible, I either have the shipper use USPS/Canada Post (fees are about 30% of Fedex/UPS), or have it shipped to my US mailbox and walk it across the border ($4 CDN per package, usually no taxes if it is less than $200 US). But the changes in attitude at the border have me avoiding that
Finally got the table felt design finished. We’ll be doing a test print to verify the colours (it will be a bit darker than shown here, something about the printing process vs. a backlit computer screen).
The test prints are due around Oct 01, and the final print should be done around Oct 15.
In the meantime, I bought a 10W (optical) laser, and am doing a bunch of stuff related to that (designing and printing a mount, installing the wiring and air assist hose, etc.).
I’ll throw some pictures up here once I’m further along.
It looks fantastic, but I’m afraid you are going to explain what air assist is for! 
On a laser engraver/cutter, a focused air blast along the laser beam is used (should be, some cheap engravers don’t have one) to blow smoke away and somewhat to burn the workpiece faster.
Ah thanks, I thought it was a reference to something in the poker table! 
Well, good poker players are sometimes referred to as “sharks”…
