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I'm not a carpenter, but I am pretty sure I can learn how and get tools to become one for less than the TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS that this company is asking for their wares.
Gods bless them if they're making money and thriving, but I don't think I even have the space for the little table, let alone the $12,500 monster at the top end of their range.
Likewise, while I'm no electrician, I know that stringing that thing for lights and running power to each seat is not rocket science.
They charge what the rubes will pay. My immediate thought was the Bestmade company axe, which had a few colored stripes on the handle and a bunch of marketing that apparently led hipsters to pay 3 times the price of a Snow & Neally axe withoutthe decoration.
ReplyDeleteBiggest cost of their tables is likely labor.
ReplyDeleteI think you would be surprised at how much you would spend on power tools, but it would really started to add up for the clamps, chisels and other misc stuff such as sharpening stones for the chisels, blades, glue and plans. Lumber prices have increased in the last few years with 4/4 red oak costing $6.80 board foot for 100 to 249 board feet.
Then you need to value your time, building takes time away from other projects you could be doing.
If I ever see Red Oak again I'll poke out my offending eye balls. For some reason, the wood of choice for cheap cabs. Ugh
DeleteI have been active in woodworking since before high school. So, 50 yrs or so.
ReplyDeleteI've owned two cabinet shops. I've made countless items of fine interior furniture, including upholstered furniture. I've designed, built, and sold my own lines of outdoor furniture.
I have done so for less than 10k in machinery. Brian does make the point of supplying the accoutrements. That can add up, but would not equal the price of machinery.
Many of my hand tools are fifty plus yrs old. My oldest I reckon to be well over one hundred years.
It's fun to scout garage sales. That's how I acquired over two hundred molding planes, various sets of chisels, even my cherished 150 yr old three foot timber slick. I prefer honest American steel, by God.
Something else, a look at your tools tells if you're worth hiring. Someone with a collection of new bought or cheap, is suspect. I've sent away prospective employees based solely on that.
At best, they become the butt of jokes.