| If you enjoy woodworking as much as I do than I | | | | order to get the best price. Your workshop has to |
| know you get the same warm glow of pride when | | | | be organized so that you have room to store the |
| you have finished a project. There's nothing more | | | | bulk lumber. You need to figure out a way to |
| pleasing that starting out with a raw piece of rough | | | | uniformly finish your products so they all look |
| lumber and ending up with a beautiful project like a | | | | approximately the same when finished. It's almost like |
| knick-knack shelf or bookcase. | | | | you need a time and motion study done to make |
| There's another great feeling when you are a | | | | sure you're not wasting time and energy. |
| woodworker and that's when you decided to sell | | | | Now to make things harder you have to spend a |
| your products at a local craft store or craft show. | | | | few hours a couple of days per week making sure |
| The feeling of pride and accomplishment that runs | | | | your booth is properly stock and displayed well. You |
| through your body when you make your first sale. | | | | also have to keep bookkeeping records for purposes |
| Nothing can be better. It's amazing how humble we all | | | | of income tax, Oh what a difference this is from just |
| get when a customer takes our product to the | | | | making one piece at a time for your home. This also |
| register to buy that shelf we put in our booth just | | | | is the time when you must make sure you have |
| yesterday. What a feeling of fulfillment. | | | | plenty of wood project designs with diagrams, |
| Of course on the flip side we now realize we are not | | | | drawings and instructions so you don't make a |
| just making a project from that beautiful piece of | | | | mistake in building your products. There no time |
| walnut we love so much. Now we have to watch | | | | allowed in your budget for error. Even though you |
| what we spend on the lumber. The market will only | | | | may be working on a high profit percentage if the |
| pay so much for a shelf or a small bookcase. | | | | item you're selling goes for around $15.00 the dollar |
| Competition is tough out there and we have to be | | | | profit isn't that high on any one sale. That's where |
| competitive if we are going to continue to be in | | | | volume comes in but in order to get the volume up |
| business. Also we now have to make multiple pieces | | | | you need more finished product stock. Its like a big |
| of the same product so we have plenty of stock. | | | | circle. The you make the more you have to sell, the |
| It's unbelievable how much stock it takes to fill a | | | | more you sell the more you have to make... and |
| booth for the craft show. | | | | there you have it the circle is complete. |
| It takes some capital so that you can buy in bulk in | | | | |