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Thread: Storing New Furniture
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17th January 2011, 08:45 PM #1
Storing New Furniture
Storing New Furniture
Supposing I decided to make a couple of shipping containers full of chairs/furniture over a few months, should I fit the storage containers with air conditioning and humidifiers etc to prevent degrade of the timber and finishes.
All comments and suggestions welcomed.
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17th January 2011, 09:05 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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My suggestion is yes. Inside a container, if outside, will achieve very high daytime temperatures. As we are moving towards autumn the nights will get quite low.. Then there is humidity and condensation.
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Are you going to compete with the Asian furniture manufacturers
I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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19th January 2011, 08:11 AM #4
Interesting question, I wonder how the big companies store their furniture.Would be interesting to find out.
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Cheers John
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21st January 2011, 12:19 AM #5
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21st January 2011, 05:19 AM #6
Bob
climate controlled containers are likely to be more than a bit exy to hire and run fro any length of time.
a standard container a couple of feet off the ground (on chocks) with the doors open and a tent over the top to keep the sun off should come pretty close to replicating the conditions in your wood store and workshop -- assuming neither are air conditioned, and table tops are not in contact with each other.
Then it'll come down to how good your finishing techniques areregards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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26th January 2011, 03:25 PM #7
Peter, I realise your comment is tongue in cheek, but I think it's quite practical to compete with them. The key is to work smarter as working harder won't cut the mustard. Plus you need your supply lines of Timber worked out.
But why bother competing in the dregs of the market for low margin per unit sales when there are considerable opportunities a bit more upmarket.
Thank you to everyone else who has posted , there are a few things to chew over. Obviously it seems desirable to flat-pack tables at least, as a container will hold far more units that way. Flat-packing chairs is a bit more complex in better quality stuff, may not be acceptable to the target market.
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30th January 2011, 07:25 PM #8
Bob,If your target market is who you are hinting at, do they really expect to be able to buy "off-the-shelf"?I would have expected that they would be prepared to wait while you build their pieces of custom furniture.
regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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2nd February 2011, 09:06 PM #9
Ian, It was my intention to go down that very path about 10 years ago, but I got sidetracked by becoming the volunteer manager of a Scout Camp instead. Since leaving that position I have been considering various activities to keep myself amused and decided to draw on my experience as a higher volume furniture manufacturer. 10 to 12 years ago I designed and built dedicated chair making machinery. I now think its time for production. But I will specialise as I really don't want to be a conventional volume manufacturer.
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