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Thread: New Member Currumbin
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14th November 2011, 09:41 PM #1New Member
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New Member Currumbin
Hi everybody. I've been a casual member for a while and thought it time to introduce myself. I'm Chris . I've been working fulltime with timber all my life except 2andahalf years on an excavator (which was fun). 30 years ago I started a furniture making business and after a while it became a manufacturing business and a while after that it became a thing that was there for the benefit of wealthy iconic australian retailers to feed their racehorses , albeit employing just under 20 people for a fair while and training up to tradesman level about 18 apprentices. After the last "lower cost/increase efficiency/sharpen the pencil" squeeze to make a nice item for $1500+13.5%rebate cost to then become $3950 retail, I realised something was drastically wrong...... Yes it had been 25 years and I must be slow.
Now we make custom built - direct to the user - a lot more fun and maybe one of the last ways to sustainable employment in woodwork.
Thanks, Chris
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14th November 2011, 10:04 PM #2
Welcome! Sounds like you might know a thing or two then.
anne-maria.
Tea Lady
(White with none)
Follow my little workshop/gallery on facebook. things of clay and wood.
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14th November 2011, 10:19 PM #3New Member
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Thanks. But I sometimes feel like a beginner with my hand skills. Even after our downsize I'm still torn between working and managing. I'm hoping working will win but I might need a manager?
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14th November 2011, 10:53 PM #4Senior Member
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Welcome Chris!
Wouldn't have been in bedroom furniture would it? Gerry has that effect on people.
The folk around here are great, no rebate hikes to worry about. A place where people give more than they take.
Danny
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14th November 2011, 11:21 PM #5
Welcome to the forum. At least you stayed at something you enjoyed.
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15th November 2011, 07:45 AM #6
Welcome Chris
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