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WOODWORKING BUSINESS xx ARTS & CRAFTS BUSINESS xx BUSINESS xx WOODWORKING Gearing up for a wholesale market. Advice for professional wood turners on applying for space in major trade shows. Thoughts on production turning. Advice from a hand turner on setting up and marketing a small production shop. Marketing part-time and weekends in a small crafts business. Some tips. Cash flow analysis or forecasting for a small business. Some tips. Advice on how to prepare for starting a woodworking business. Woodworking as a business. Professional cabinetmaker outlines the preliminary steps which the enterprising woodworker should take. Turning for cash. Tips on getting started in the craft-selling business. Costing out materials used in furniture construction. Some tips. The business of opening shop. How to turn a woodworking hobby into a business. General advice on turning a woodworking hobby into a business. Tips on outlets for selling woodworking crafts. Gearing up for sales. A list of items that help when selling woodworking crafts. Taking care of business. Four woodworkers share their advice on becoming a professional. Woodworking for pay. How to make money from workshop efforts. Want to be a pro? Advice on how to build a business as a professional woodcarver. Advice for woodcarvers on the pitfalls of estimating commissions. Getting started as a pro. Some techniques to use in production carving. Meditations of a commission woodcarver. Includes advice on operating a woodworking business based on the commission concept. A look at how you can make money in refinishing and refurbishing old furniture. Figuring costs. How to use a working drawing, pricing sheet and job cost envelope to prepare estimates and record costs for producing products in the small shop. Woodworking education. Directory of woodworking schools and comments on the state of the art in training woodworkers. Making 50 tables. Using jigs, fixtures, and production methods to build 50 identical tables. How to market. A comment on small-shop economics. Survivors. Several professional woodworkers describe how they earn a living at their craft. Planning for profit. Basic cost analysis for woodworkers. Includes information on pricing for the art market and using a computer for bookkeeping. Tips for professional woodworkers to avoid giving away their time and ideas in the form of "free estimates". Shop insurance. Liability, business and personal property insurance which a self-employed woodworker should consider. Making and marketing multiples. Advice on setting price, marketing, production techniques, etc. Handling large commissions. Overcoming the limitations of a small shop. Includes some construction details for a large mahogany breakfront (9-ft wide, over 8-ft. and 20" deep) in the style of late-18th-century Georgian period. Advice for amateurs on working with clients who are willing to pay for your skills. Production basics for a small shop. (1) Grouping workshop operations. (2) Ordering and layout process for solid-stock components. (3) Joining face frames using angled pockets and screws. Tips on pricing the products of a woodworking business. Cash in at craft fairs. Tips on selling at craft fairs. A description of how one man buys old furniture at auctions and refinishes it for a profit. How to manufacture hardwood combs from woodshop scraps. Includes information on making and finishing the combs, as well as tips on marketing them. How to build rustic Spanish-Colonial furniture for a living. The description of one man's business in New Mexico. A booming barn-board business. How to locate, tear-down, and resell the siding and beams found in old barns. Understanding the differences and implications of woodworking as a hobby and woodworking as a busines. Earning for the future. Advice for the self-employed person on how planning for retirement will affect your selling prices. Pricing your work. Determining the price of materials, overhead, salary, and profit. Getting the word out. Advertising advice for small business. The politics of the home shop. Advice on legality of operating a business from your home. Selling and marketing advice for the small shop. Is mail order for you? Advice for small businesses. What makes a shop run? Advice on managing a small production woodshop. On being self-employed. Advice for the woodworker considering starting a business. Getting into the woodworking business. Advice on both buying an established business and starting from scratch. Mail order selling advice for the woodworking business. Money in your pocket. How to prepare cost spreadsheets and profit/loss statements for a woodworking business. Advice on promoting a small business that makes decorative wooden items. Reasons behind success or failure in a small business. Advertising techniques for small woodworking businesses. Description of a successful woodcraft marketing cooperative (the Pacific Wood Products Cooperative). Part 1. Description of a successful woodcraft marketing cooperative (the Pacific Wood Products Cooperative). Part 2. Marketing advice for woodworkers. How to develop your reputation and sell your work. Looks at both mass production and custom work. Co-operative woodworking ventures. Advice for professional woodworkers when considering this form of business venture. How to deduct home woodworking business expenses from federal income taxes. Tips on starting your own part-time or full time woodworking business. Band saw boxes. How Richard Rothbard succeeds with craftsmanship and selling savvy. Includes band saw box techniques and 10 tips for sales success. Selling your woodwork at craft fairs. Information you need to get started. Three alternatives to craft fairs are also noted. Woodworking as a business. Answers to help hobbyists who are considering switching to a business status. Ten ways to boost your sales through craft fairs. Advice for woodworkers on deciding what to sell. How to price woodworking products. What you need to be legal when turning a woodworking hobby into a business. Ten tips for woodworkers on marketing what they make. Ways woodworkers can reduce fire risks and other hazards so they can obtain better insurance rates. How to keep the pleasure of woodworking from becoming a drudgery after you start selling your products. Pump up the profit. Professional wood turners show how to add value to a basic piece of turning in order to maximize your profits. Part 1. Producing a batch of simple plates. Pump up the profit. Part 2. Upgrading the design and finish of a basic plate to attract a wider marker. Pump up the profit. Part 3. Producing a top-of-the-line presentation plate. Small is viable. Tips for success in your own woodworking business. The emphasis is on making and selling pine furniture. Woodworkers. Making a living. Part 1. Tips from three successful furniture makers. Woodworkers. Making a living. Part 2. Two professionals share their experiences. Wooden toys. The business end. A discussion with a couple who put their own designs into production. Woodworkers. Making a living. Part 3. Two more professionals talk about their working lives. The woodwork business. Beginning a new series which looks at making a living (and profit) in woodwork. Your motivation. Government assistance. The woodwork business. Marketing. Commission work. The woodwork business. Marketing (continued). The woodwork business. Determining your prices. The woodwork business. Locating working capital. The woodwork business. Bookkeeping and records. The woodwork business. Where and how to get business and financial advice. The woodwork business. Clinching the sale. The woodwork business. Design for production. A three-fold look at the problems and processes in designing for commercial makers. The woodwork business. The search for efficiency. Three aspects of making work easier and quicker (using help, workshop layout, machinery). A table for all reasons. A large boardroom table is used to illustrate the process of taking a woodworking commission from the initial brief to final assembly. Wood turning supplement. Determining a selling price for crafts. Starting and running your own business. Part 1. Nine tips to help you get it right. Starting and running your own business. Part 2. Starting and running your own business. Part 3. Starting and running your own business. Part 4. Starting and running your own business. Part 5. Pricing, promoting and marketing. Starting and running your own business. Part 6. Manufacturing and sub-contracting. Starting and running your own business. Advice on the business plan. Starting and running your own business. Finance and financial control. The beginning woodworker. The steps involved in the accurate squaring, measuring, and laying out of stock prior to cutting. How to make money by selling processed lumber that you recycle from pallets, etc. Tips on selecting and registering a name for a woodworking business. Tips on selling your woodworking projects to a wholesaler or shop on an "exclusive" basis. Tips on selecting wood products which will sell well to gardeners and can be produced in the home workshop. Tips on ideas for wood products to sell, including pet supplies. More tips on securing free wood and marketing your wood products. Tips on how to play up the superiority of wood over plastic for the many items which a woodworker can make and sell. Tip for making money in woodworking. Make specialized display racks for collectors. A list of 10 areas of woodworking specialities open to the worker who wants to use his woodworking talent to make money. Tip: Make money from your woodworking by selling accessories (such as wood boxes) for fireplaces and wood stoves. Tips on the problems and costs which a woodworker will encounter if he decides to make and sell kits instead of completed items. Tips on making money by building sturdy play furniture for children. Workshop income. Tips on selling your woodcrafts to retailers. Tips on making your woodworking talents known and accessible. Guidelines for setting prices on your woodworking projects. Workshop income. A look at the question of liability insurance for the products of the hobby woodworker. Workshop income. Some thoughts on selling. Workshop income. Bookkeeping. Part 1. Workshop income. Bookkeeping. Part 2. Workshop income. Don't sell for less than cost. How to calculate the true cost of making wooden furniture. Looks at materials, labor, operating expenses, depreciation, etc. Woodworking income. The added costs of being in business. Workshop income. Woodworking for fun -vs- woodworking as an occupation. Workshop income. Record-keeping: the key to profitable costing. Workshop income. Keep track of costs to avoid paying too much tax. Workshop income. Some thoughts on low-cost, no-cost advertising. Workshop income. Display advertising in the Yellow Pages and the newspaper. Workshop income. Tips on mail-order selling. Workshop income. Retailers answer the question: "What sells best?" Workshop income. Starting a business. Part 1. Workshop income. Starting a business. Part 2. Selecting tools, location and financing. Workshop income. Toys and children's articles. An outline of the Consumer Product Safety Commission standards. Workshop income. Product liability. Part 1. Workshop income. Product liability. Part 2. Workshop income. Secrets of success. Workshop income. On getting paid for your work. Excerpt from the book "The Law (In Plain English) for Craftspeople". Workshop income. A general guide to craft fairs. Workshop income. An interview with toymaker Clare Maginley on selling at craft fairs and pricing. Workshop income. Selecting the right project for production. Looks at cost, time to produce, and marketability. Workshop income. Are your prices competitive? How to calculate the actual costs of mass producing a wooden toy. Workshop income. Wholesale and discount sources of supply. Workshop income. Direct mail promotions. Defining the market for your work. Workshop income. How to create a direct mail promotion. | |||||||||
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