Moshe Eshel
11-10-2009, 11:39 AM
To post this, I figured - this is the safest to post my question...
Some of you know me, I'm not as active as I would like. Lately I have been considering opening a woodturning/woodworking store where I live (In Israel - the state of...)
We don't have enough businesses that sell quality tools and even less that sell wood...
OK. Let me present the concept(s):
1. This will be a small and friendly store
2. It will not sell power tools (I don't have the space or inclination)
3. We will sell hand tools (carving, woodworking and turning tools) - probably some lathe accessories and such, carving accessories etc.
4. I also want to sell pre-cut wood (almost impossible to get this in Israel basically you need to know someone who is willing to do it for you or import) - all the businesses force you to buy a full board (they will not even agree to cut it for you or surface it) - I believe that many turners, carvers, and woodworkers would appreciate the possibility to purchase small/medium/largish blanks without purchasing the whole board. to top it all it is also quite hard to find any exotic wood here - even if you are willing to buy the board...
My problem, I don't want to start buying boards and cutting them up - I don't want to deal with it, nor have the equipment to do it, or the time... so I would like to buy this stuff wholesale from someone...
Where would I go? I need to keep a certain amount of stock available (not a big stock) and shipping has to be by sea - otherwise it becomes way expensive...
Can anybody help me out (information, business offer, suggestions, anything?)
All the best
Moshe
P.S. No intention of making a living from it... Not possible I'm afraid - not even enough potential customers in the country to do it (not to mention the area), and if there were - I'd have 10 competitors in a second. this is purely part time, off hours, out of the way, small, side venture, to operate mostly on a small unassuming website and my small workshop which has some room (by no means spare :-) ) that can be used for storage and display of merchandise (again not a large amount).
It is mostly a way to get to know and help out some new and interesting people and to help some hobbyists like me, and make some money off it - hopefully, maybe to pay for a new tool (just like putting adsense on my blog in a way - I might buy a new tool in a couple of years of it :-().
Some of you know me, I'm not as active as I would like. Lately I have been considering opening a woodturning/woodworking store where I live (In Israel - the state of...)
We don't have enough businesses that sell quality tools and even less that sell wood...
OK. Let me present the concept(s):
1. This will be a small and friendly store
2. It will not sell power tools (I don't have the space or inclination)
3. We will sell hand tools (carving, woodworking and turning tools) - probably some lathe accessories and such, carving accessories etc.
4. I also want to sell pre-cut wood (almost impossible to get this in Israel basically you need to know someone who is willing to do it for you or import) - all the businesses force you to buy a full board (they will not even agree to cut it for you or surface it) - I believe that many turners, carvers, and woodworkers would appreciate the possibility to purchase small/medium/largish blanks without purchasing the whole board. to top it all it is also quite hard to find any exotic wood here - even if you are willing to buy the board...
My problem, I don't want to start buying boards and cutting them up - I don't want to deal with it, nor have the equipment to do it, or the time... so I would like to buy this stuff wholesale from someone...
Where would I go? I need to keep a certain amount of stock available (not a big stock) and shipping has to be by sea - otherwise it becomes way expensive...
Can anybody help me out (information, business offer, suggestions, anything?)
All the best
Moshe
P.S. No intention of making a living from it... Not possible I'm afraid - not even enough potential customers in the country to do it (not to mention the area), and if there were - I'd have 10 competitors in a second. this is purely part time, off hours, out of the way, small, side venture, to operate mostly on a small unassuming website and my small workshop which has some room (by no means spare :-) ) that can be used for storage and display of merchandise (again not a large amount).
It is mostly a way to get to know and help out some new and interesting people and to help some hobbyists like me, and make some money off it - hopefully, maybe to pay for a new tool (just like putting adsense on my blog in a way - I might buy a new tool in a couple of years of it :-().