Adam Herman
11-28-2016, 12:14 PM
I am going to start making things and selling them. I am going to start with various sizes of wood boxes for desks, center pieces, etc.
I can build one box fairly efficiently but have never made more than one of a thing at a time.
box is 4 sides of 1/2 in thick pine, mitered corners, with a 1/2 by 1/2 reveal around the bottom so that it "floats" The bottom is dark stain and the whole thing is finished with tongue oil. On the first iteration I spray polyed the inside to seal it up. The prototype is blue stain pine with grain wrapping around and 1x poplar for the bottom. I used another 1/2 thick piece of pine for the "base" to create the revel. I was thinking of using a 1 in thick pine peice for the base to eliminate the extra piece. I can get the lumber relatively cheaply.
i used my miter saw and had to mess around to get the miters nice and the correct lengths.
i have available: table saw, scms, router table, lunchbox planer, good assortment of hand planes and chisels.
could i get more repeatable results if i build a crosscut sled and cut the miters/lengths on the table saw?
this is my first time trying to make and sell something from the woodshop.
other advise? I have some good ideas for products and the friends/family demand seems to be strong, and there are other similar products in stores that are not nearly as finely made as I strive for, for a price I believe I can compete with. I am going to start with a few sizes of this particular thing and see how that goes.
I can build one box fairly efficiently but have never made more than one of a thing at a time.
box is 4 sides of 1/2 in thick pine, mitered corners, with a 1/2 by 1/2 reveal around the bottom so that it "floats" The bottom is dark stain and the whole thing is finished with tongue oil. On the first iteration I spray polyed the inside to seal it up. The prototype is blue stain pine with grain wrapping around and 1x poplar for the bottom. I used another 1/2 thick piece of pine for the "base" to create the revel. I was thinking of using a 1 in thick pine peice for the base to eliminate the extra piece. I can get the lumber relatively cheaply.
i used my miter saw and had to mess around to get the miters nice and the correct lengths.
i have available: table saw, scms, router table, lunchbox planer, good assortment of hand planes and chisels.
could i get more repeatable results if i build a crosscut sled and cut the miters/lengths on the table saw?
this is my first time trying to make and sell something from the woodshop.
other advise? I have some good ideas for products and the friends/family demand seems to be strong, and there are other similar products in stores that are not nearly as finely made as I strive for, for a price I believe I can compete with. I am going to start with a few sizes of this particular thing and see how that goes.