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18th March 2014, 12:51 PM #1Senior Member
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Furniture making workshop / workshop hire
Thought I'd share my progress for those who I've met and who've helped me tremendously up to this point.
Finally launched my website: www.makimaki.com.au
Only a few bits and bobs on there, but has been a lot of hard work, time and money to set up shop, a new business and finally ready to start taking orders and making!
I'm now also in a position to meet and collaborate with other designers and makers.
Firstly I'm not looking to employee anyone at this stage.
So, there's a few workable scenarios.
Rent and share my workshop at Chandler making your own stuff.
Freelance on a job by job basis making my designs for a set project fee.
Down the track I will be looking for a partner to potentially co design and build with, but this is some way off.
workshop.jpg
The workshop has:
20” spiral Head Thicknesser
12” Sliding Table saw
Tilt Chisel Mortiser
8” Spiral Head Jointer
Festool Kapex 120 Sliding Compound Mitre Saw
Drill Press
14” bandsaw
635mm Dual Drum Sander
Clear Vue Max dust extractor
Router
Biscuit Joiner
Cordless Drill
Impact Driver
Random Orbit Sander
4” Angle Grinder
etc..
Amenities:
Toilet
Microwave
Jug - tea/coffee
Water
Fridge
Speakers for music
Let me know if you're interested.
Cheers,
Cam.
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18th March 2014, 03:44 PM #2.
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Looks good sofa, but there seems to be a major omission, externally venting ducted dust extraction.
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18th March 2014, 04:24 PM #3Senior Member
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Thanks Bob, Ductwork to go is soon and will be exhausted through the wall on the far side.
Are you saying it should go into a filter cartridge?
Cheers.
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18th March 2014, 04:51 PM #4
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18th March 2014, 06:18 PM #5
What wongo said.
The person doing the photography really knows what they are doing with lighting, particularly "Interior" top left. That pic rips!
I like the fluidity of the site too.
Cheers
FF
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18th March 2014, 06:43 PM #6Senior Member
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Thank you! I do all my own photos etc.
Gotta say, dragging furniture around the place to take photos is a chore though.. Might have to knock up a little studio space outside the shed.
Cheers for the kind words.
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19th March 2014, 11:49 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Thats a great setup, nice and roomy.i wish you every success.
There is nothingin your post about setup for finishing. What are you planning there?
Also, you've clearly made a deliberate decision to depersonalise your website. Why is that ?
Cheers
ArronApologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.
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19th March 2014, 02:06 PM #8.
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Are you saying it should go into a filter cartridge?
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19th March 2014, 05:23 PM #9Senior Member
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Hey Arron,
Thanks for the encouragement!
There's plenty of room inside and out for finishing (not pictured), but no dedicated space yet.
To be honest most of my work so far has just been oiled, and I have a table outside undercover which works.
Any words of advice though? What do you have/ recommend?
The reason to 'depersonalise' my site is for a few reasons.
Marketing: My market wants a high end brand, not a joe blogs piece.
Opportunity to diversify: I have the opportunity for collaborations, other designers/makers etc to fall under the makimaki banner. It's also not 'woodworking' for that same reason. I make furniture - and that can be as broad as I like.
Reputation: Far easier to build and establish a reputation as a brand/company opposed to an individual.
Cheers!
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19th March 2014, 05:52 PM #10
dust extraction
regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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19th March 2014, 06:41 PM #11Senior Member
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19th March 2014, 07:27 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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19th March 2014, 09:23 PM #13GOLD MEMBER
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Nice website and really nice work.
I also like the name 'MakiMaki'. It has a good ring to it.
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