My Walnut, Fluted-column Shaving Stand
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jimgood
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Re: Shaving Stand
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
Kevin54
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Very, very, nice!!!
Thanks guys.
I've often thought it would be nice to be able to actually sell stuff like this and make something at it, but unless you build them 'in multiples', it would be hard to get a reasonable price for them. In hindsight, it probably would have been a good idea to just make several at the same time as long as I had machines set up, and hope to sell them. :S
You'd be amazed at how much time you can put into something like this with setting up jigs, fixtures, stops, router bit depths, etc. (mainly the column with the flute spacing, etc.)
Pretty much a 'niche market' too.
I've often thought it would be nice to be able to actually sell stuff like this and make something at it, but unless you build them 'in multiples', it would be hard to get a reasonable price for them. In hindsight, it probably would have been a good idea to just make several at the same time as long as I had machines set up, and hope to sell them. :S
You'd be amazed at how much time you can put into something like this with setting up jigs, fixtures, stops, router bit depths, etc. (mainly the column with the flute spacing, etc.)
Pretty much a 'niche market' too.
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Greeny
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Nope. Nope, would not be surprised at all.
My hairs get noticeably longer during a WW project.
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Dick in Wisconsin
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I think you could make some money making and selling them. Sell them for a premium. There is a market that will pay for quality.
Jazz them up with some marble or granite base or top. Consider using Corian for the base and/or top.
Would make a great father's day present for the guy who thought he had everything.
8man
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Very nice work.
Thanks, all. Good ideas too!
Pricing stuff like this is an awful task! People don't realize how 'fiddly' some work is, unless they are woodworkers themselves. Take the columns, for example-----getting the table and spacers and spacing set up to work out evenly, getting the start/stop blocks set-up, etc. On this particular job, that was the killer. Next time, it would definitely be worth making multiple pieces once everything is set up! To duplicate this stand now would take me almost as long as the original one took.
Pricing stuff like this is an awful task! People don't realize how 'fiddly' some work is, unless they are woodworkers themselves. Take the columns, for example-----getting the table and spacers and spacing set up to work out evenly, getting the start/stop blocks set-up, etc. On this particular job, that was the killer. Next time, it would definitely be worth making multiple pieces once everything is set up! To duplicate this stand now would take me almost as long as the original one took.
You're exactly right. As long as I thought they'd sell, the time definitely goes down per item to make multiples! A mini-production run, so-to-speak. I've thought of that and would definitely make multiples of any small project like this in the future.
rcktsled
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A lot of people say they are willing to pay for quality, hand-crafted stuff like this but in the end buy it from Ikea or Target.
That's what I've found too. Everyone says, 'Buy American!' , but wants it at import prices :S Don't complain about the American economy if you're buying imports, whether it's cars or razor stands! Besides being much nicer quality and American-made though, this isn't a mass-produced stand. It's my own design, and until someone copies it and starts mass-producing it, it is unique, which is worth something to some people.
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