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18th May 2011, 03:39 PM #1rogerjenkins Guest
Pizza Trays
Have received an interesting, and potential enquiry from a business located in XXXXXX. named, XXXX who specialize in XXXXXXX. They are seeking someone to make some genuine Wood, or ( Wood product ), Piza Serving Trays measuring 520mm.long x 260mm.wide, with a 40mm.serviette hole in one end, and with rounded over edges, and round corners. Material thickness requested,- 6mm. - 10mm. Anything over this thickness is considered too heavy for the waiters to safely handle. The client has asked IF possible they would like to trays to have a nice natural Wood-grain to them. Finish can be either a Satin Polyurathane, or a suitable Timber Oil.
As I live on the Yorke Peninsula Region of South Australia, which is a 200km drive to Adelaide one way, and the client 's business in near Melbourne, I would prefer an enterprising Victorian chippie to handle this. You can go direct, to the client;-
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Over to you guys,
Roger
Edited by Moderator to removed contact details as it was a request for someone to do the work, but is no longer required.Last edited by RufflyRustic; 23rd May 2011 at 01:48 PM. Reason: No longer need a chippie
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22nd May 2011, 05:50 AM #2
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I might follow this up.
Will probably need to use ply for the thickness.
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22nd May 2011, 12:20 PM #3
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I followed this tip and it seems they don't want to pay what it costs. 9mm ply works out to $5 per tray, plus polishing @100 per sq.m (satin polyurethane) works out to $36 per tray.
Total materials = $41 plus labor/time.
I quoted $55 each and it was too expensive.
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22nd May 2011, 01:09 PM #4
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Did they say what they would pay? Not that I am interested in doing it.
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22nd May 2011, 01:17 PM #5
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Nope, just said they were looking at other options
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22nd May 2011, 01:56 PM #6
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On the surface, not having priced it, I would have thought the finish cost is too high. It's around $100/sqm commercial rates for a premium epoxy finish. A 4L can of poly costs about $60? and covers about 12-15sqm/L.
Just imagining the finished product and the application, I couldn't see them wanting to pay more than $20- $25 per item.
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23rd May 2011, 03:38 AM #7
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I have been told they need to be 120g or less.
12mm ply works out to be approx 900g and that is too heavy.
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23rd May 2011, 07:14 AM #8
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And it can't be thinner than 6mm which would be 450g.
I'm not sure what they want it made of but it doesn't exist.
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23rd May 2011, 10:52 AM #9rogerjenkins Guest
DON'T BOTHER !! They have now changed their minds and have desided to make their own Piza Serving Trays, to save a Dollar,-( Wich they are entitled to ), although I personally don't know how they plan to achieve or make what they seek by themselves. Anyway that's their problem.
Anyway, a B-I-G THANK-YOU to all those who contacted the business in question and offered to make the Piza Serving Trays.
Roger
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23rd May 2011, 10:56 AM #10
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Originally Posted by elanjacobs
What's a normal ceramic plate weigh? Waiters seem quite capable of carrying those! 
Why do they need it so light? It will blow away in the wind! 
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23rd May 2011, 09:48 PM #11
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For what it's worth, I just put a standard dinner plate on the scales and it's 580g. A serving plate would have to be at least double that. Originally Posted by tea lady
What's a normal ceramic plate weigh? Waiters seem quite capable of carrying those! Why do they need it so light? It will blow away in the wind!
Maybe they missed a zero and were going for 1200g instead of 120
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24th May 2011, 07:45 PM #12
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That is what I would have thought, but I have it in writing. Not sure if they planned to put plates on the tray. 900g over the size does not feel heavy. Originally Posted by elanjacobs
For what it's worth, I just put a standard dinner plate on the scales and it's 580g. A serving plate would have to be at least double that.
Maybe they missed a zero and were going for 1200g instead of 120
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