On Jan 7, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> In my business, I was (still am) required to pay for the lease, the
> machinery, the electric bill and the labour as well as the
> materials!  :)

You are absolutely correctomundo!  My shop is my garage, I have long
since amortized all my tools on my personal remodel jobs, etc. & like
Larry C. says, "pay it forward"?  But if I don't charge at least
double what it costs moi to make something, I am probably loosing $$$?

Tom

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> On Jan 7, 2008 4:57 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> On Jan 7, 2008, at 5:42 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:
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>> And if you're only charging that little, it sure as hell won't be
>> a profit
>> centre!
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>> Materials are less than $10, so my labor/profit would be the rest?  I
>> might have a friend w/ a large cabinet shop cut them out on a
>> computerized
>> router table if the price was right.
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>> BZ
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>> Heck, I have all the necessary skills and tools ( I used to make
>> furniture
>> for a living after all) but if you're giving them away for $30.00
>> I'll buy
>> one.   :)
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>> On Jan 7, 2008 4:31 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> On Jan 7, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Richard Golen wrote:
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>>>> Good evening!
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>>>> My lack of ability with wood, carpentry, etc., are legendary in
>>>> these
>>>> parts....I'd like to install a BZ shelf in my 87 Westy (once I
>>>> get it
>>>> running correctly again...), however, if I make one myself, it will
>>>> look more like a piece of primitive art rather than a shelf. Is
>>>> anyone making and selling the shelves?
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>>> I suppose I could crank some out(I mean create some fine pieces of
>>> furniture) in my shop, if there was enough interest to make a
>>> minimum
>>> 5-10?  Mine are 3/4" Baltic Birch ply, sanded, w/ 2 coats of water
>>> based polyurethane finish. price would depend on how many I make,
>>> but
>>> probably $30-50 each w/ all hardware included.
>>>
>>> Mr. BZ-honestly, I wasn't planning on making this into a profit
>>> center
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>> --
>> Jake
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
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> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/