Thread: Money makers?

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No, just curious on what every body doing in wood working these days US or on the other side of the world…. I don’t think you have to worry about me coming to Australia in the near future and stealing all your wood working customers.. But it sure would be nice to see you country side I heard it is a very beautifully country…

Originally Posted by Woodtec

I heard it is a very beautifully country…

Yes it is.

When it is not being Burnt to a Cinder
OR
under 12 Metres of Flood Water

Come on fellers, show him some photos of our great brown land

I hop on Google to see other places, but it doesn't show the true feeling of the country.
Here is a couple of pics from the center of ozz

opps no pics

Money makers?



My job is basically going from site to site armed with a circular saw and a BIG hammer. When I relax in my shed, I do a lot of turning and build the occasional box or item of furniture to order with as much care and attention to detail as my meagre skills and budget allow.

On an hourly basis, my ability to bash bits of wood into approximate position earns far more than my painstakingly built works of love. It just doesn't feel right. Topsy-turvy world, ain't it?

Maybe I should put on airs, call myself an "artiste" and add a couple of zeros to my price tags?

Anything that can't be bought at IKEA - especially fitted stuff. Or sawing up IKEA stuff so it fits. As a handyman, at first you feel guilty taking money for such simple work. Then you realise heaps of people can't even hammer a nail into the wall...

You have minimal material outlays, the time investment is 100% calculable, the clientbase is huge and you get paid more per hour than when you build something unique and special.

Then you take some of the money you make to build something satasfying and give it away to a relative because no-one else can afford it anyway.

True, things that cant be bought at Ikea. Things with an original eyecatching thing about them.

Donna

G'Day Woodtec,
Market demands decide what I make, Bread and butter is made with jewel boxes and Small clocks (see clock section of the forum).
My true love is towards mechanical movement clocks, eg Long Case and mantle clocks BUT at the cost of good movements they are only made as comission jobs, However I am about to start two smaller Longcases to sell on spec. HOPEFULLY!!!

I want to make myself an 8 footer with tubular chimes but the mech is going to cost a few thousand and SWMBO has let me know that the only way I am going I am going to it is earn the money.

Also throw Decks, Pergolas and any other thing that will earn a dollar to buy the Bakky.

Catchya
Andrew